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Tuesday marks the 80 th anniversary of the devastating surprise Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.More than 2,400 sailors and civilians died in the attack on the Hawaii naval base and another 1,000 were wounded when hundreds of fighter planes descended just before 8 a.m.

The U.S. Senate passed a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown late Thursday night after a Republican amendment to defund President Biden’s vaccine mandate narrowly failed on a 48-50 vote.

Excitement was building Friday for the return of Kingfisher’s nighttime Christmas parade and downtown fireworks display, one of the most popular holiday events in northwest Oklahoma.

Kingfisher city commissioners met for about six hours Wednesday to start a months-long strategic planning process.

[Sarah Parshall Perry is a legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation.]The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case challenging the constitutionality of Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act.

Kingfisher Meals on Wheels is seeking local donations to help finance its mission to feed hot, noon meals to the area’s elderly and homebound residents.Currently the program serves meals to 35 senior citizens on four routes - three in Kingfisher and one in Okarche.

Kingfisher Heritage School Principal Shane Hood has announced its Students of the Month for November 2021.

Kingfisher students might get an extra day of Christmas break this year.The board of education is scheduled to have its December regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday.Among the items on the agenda is to amend the 2021-22 calendar that would change Wednesday, Dec.

Hennessey Elementary School has announced its Eagles of the Week for the week ending Dec. 3.

Gilmour Elementary Principal Shane Hood has announced the school’s Great Expectations Award winners for November 2021.