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Steve and Patty Mendell made one last tour of the old building.Still standing, but mostly gutted, the walls of the former Lomega High School still talked to them.“This needed to be done,” Steve said. “But you still need to shed a tear.

Kingfisher’s newest police officer said the community’s support for law enforcement was a main reason he sought a job here.Officer Jeffrey Robbins is an experienced police officer who worked most recently in Clinton, which he said “had a very negative outlook on police.

Currently in his eighth term of office, U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas stopped in Kingfisher Wednesday afternoon for a meeting with community leaders.Speaking at the Chisholm Trail Museum, Lucas said he’s suspended his usual public townhall meetings in favor of smaller groups due to the pandemic.

Kingfisher voters will finally decide who will be their next city commissioner in a runoff election Tuesday, Sept. 14, between candidates Geoff Covalt and Kaci Farrar.Covalt and Farrar were the top votegetters in a three-way race with incumbent Richard Ray Reynolds last April.

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One Kingfisher FFA team has secured its spot to compete at next month’s national convention.Another is currently making its own bid to do the same.

Lomega High School will hold its annual LHS coronation on Friday, Sept. 10. Candidates for Mr. and Miss LHS are, from left: front row, Jesse James Johnston, Shelby Russell, Hensley Eaton and Blake Snowden; and back row, Abby Swart, Kelby Ott, Owen Duffy and Darcy Roberts.

The Chisholm Trail Museum’s annual Chuck Wagon Gathering, originally scheduled for next month, has been postponed.The event will now be held March 19, 2022.A number of contributing factors led to the event’s postponement, said museum director Jason Harris.It was originally scheduled Oct. 1-2.