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The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports:February 24 - Domestic abuse assault and battery.Officer Matthew Hollon responded to a report of an altercation in the 800 block of West Kens Drive.Officer Justin Conner assisted with the investigation.

(As recorded by Local Weather Observer Steve Loftis in Kingfisher.)March 12 40 15March 13 59 11March 14 69 35March 15 68 48March 16 65 37March 17 81 32March 18 71 45 0.45Monthly RainfallJan. 2022 rainfall ...............0.02January 2021 rainfall ......... 1.95February 2022 rainfall........ 1.

If you’re seeing this edition before 3 p.m. Saturday, you still have time to take in the sights, sounds and – most importantly – tastes of the Old West at the Chisholm Trail Museum’s annual outdoor Chuckwagon Gathering. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and admission is free.

Two state agencies have launched investigations into allegations of hazing, bullying and abuse in the Kingfisher High School football program, which were made by a former player and his parents in a federal lawsuit against the school district and coaches.In an amended petition filed Jan.

Fresh on the heels of his recognition as Kingfisher’s Citizen of the Year by the chamber of commerce, Times & Free Press Managing Editor Michael “Swish” Swisher is presented a Media Excellence Award at State Fair Arena by Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association Assistant Director David...

An early morning burglary last week at Heritage II Pharmacy in Hennessey mirrors a similar incident at a Kingfisher pharmacy last month.Owners of the Hennessey pharmacy reported to the Hennessey Police Department that $19,330 in narcotics and $1,285.

The state’s medical marijuana laws made Hennessey’s town board take a left turn instead of approving a proposed employee handbook.That handbook wording would not allow an employee to use or possess “alcohol or illegal drugs” on town property, or while conducting town business.

CHAMBER SPEAKER — Dr. Ruth Inman, center, a former assistant professor of agricultural communications at Oklahoma State University, discussed marketing plans and strategies at Wednesday’s Biz-Connect Luncheon sponsored by the Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce.

Hennessey children who will be 4 years old on or before, Sept. 1, 2022, may sign up for the fall 2022-23 pre-kindergarten classes this month.Parents will sign up children from 9 a.m.-2 pm. in the seminar room at the school auditorium.

Hennessey Mayor Bert Gritz, who is also the owner of Cordry-Gritz Funeral Home, said he didn’t know the exact date when the Hennessey Cemetery became town property.But apparently the Hennessey Village did in 1913, he said, and sent along the document pictured.