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May 26 — Officer Matthew Bruner was running radar at West Jack Choate Avenue and Cemetery Road facing east into town at 11:22 p.m. when he saw a pickup truck followed by a gray car both traveling at high rates of speed, according to his report.

Kingfisher County Sheriff Dennis Banther, right, was the guest speaker of the Kingfisher Rotary Club last week.

Okarche junior high students Brenna Crider, left, and Jaici Easton, right, were recognized at the annual Delta Kappa Gamma conference held June 5 in Oklahoma City.

The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports: June 2 - Protective order violation (two). Officer Dustin Brodrick took a report of two occurrences of a protective order violation occurring on May 22 and 26.

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Heroes come in all forms. Some Gilmour Elementary students recently got to interact with local heroes that just happen to drive cool trucks and fight fires… all while promoting literacy. The first Summer Lantern event of 2021 was held June 8 at the school.

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Kingfisher County commissioners retained Total Assessment Solutions Corp (TASC) Monday to assess oil and gas properties and services in the county. The contract, at an annual cost of $55,000, covers the period from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022.

The 2021 wheat harvest got under way in a serious way on Monday in Kingfisher County. Loads of wheat began arriving at elevators in Kingfisher and Okarche and a spokesman at CHS Elevator at Hennessey said heavier harvesting was expected to begin there on Tuesday.

Hennessey’s residential trash pickups will go from twice-a-week to once-a-week effective July 1. All residential customers may get additional polycarts at $6 each and commercial users will pay $20.40 for each added polycart.