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Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Shauna Rupp, center, was the featured speaker at the Kingfisher Lions Club last week. Rupp said the chamber office move to the more visible location at 110 E.

The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports:October 19 - Driving with license canceled/ suspended/revoked.

Five of six Kingfisher County towns and Kingfisher County showed increases in sales tax checks for November compared to a year earlier.Loyal led the parade in percentage of gain at 93.1%.Dover was the only town with a smaller check but it was only a 4.6% decrease.

Proverbs 16:3 was one of the verses that came to mind when Pastor Wendell Prim considered canceling his church’s free Thanksgiving dinner for a second year: “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.

Inflation. Skyrocketing gas prices. Work absences due to illness. Unexpected job loss. Christmas looks mighty bleak this year for lots of area families and Santa gets that.

O COME LET US ADORE HIM — A crowd gathered Friday night as the community Christmas tree was lit for the first time and a choir led by longtime musical director Harold Drake performed carols outside the new Kingfisher Visitor Center.

The candidate filing period for area school boards and an unexpired Hennessey Town Board seat is scheduled for 8 a.m. Monday to 5 p.m. Wednesday Dec. 6-8, Kingfisher County Election Board Seceretary Shawna Butts said.

A project began Monday to replace the single-lane bridge on Bowman Avenue, east of the Golf Course.Kingfisher County District 1 Commissioner Jeff Moss announced the project start at Monday’s county meeting. (Maintenance of that section of Bowman Avenue is under county jurisdiction.

Opening NightThe 2021 opening of Kingfisher Winter Nights, the walkthrough, drive-through lighted Christmas displays at Kingfisher Park, starts Saturday.KWN opens 6 p.m. nightly from Nov. 27-Dec. 26, closing at 9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Eighteen Kingfisher 4-H and FFA members participated Nov. 12 in the Local 4-H and FFA speech contest held at Kingfisher Middle School.Six of the participants, of which five are Cloverbud members, recited the 4-H Pledge to three judges.