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Gov. Kevin Stitt recently appointed former Oklahoma State Rep. and House Majority Leader Mike Sanders to serve a five-year term on the Oklahoma Funeral Board. The 116-year-old, seven-member board is the state licensing and regulatory agency for the funeral service profession.

Amanda K. Demackiewicz-Schovanec of Kingfisher graduated with a doctor of osteopathic medicine degree at the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine commencement ceremony held on May 15. She was one of 118 medical students who graduated from OSU-COM this spring.

Okarche recently announced junior high and high school students who were named to honor rolls for the second semester of the 2020-21 school year.

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The following traffic accidents are being investigated by the Kingfisher Police Department: June 1, 5:30 a.m. - At South Main Street and Bowman Avenue. A 16-year-old female, Yukon, driving a 2018 Nissan Sentra, was eastbound on West Bowman Avenue.

Three area seniors and one recent local high school graduate were among the 86 graduates in Oklahoma’s 47th Cadet Lawman Academy at Connors State College in Warner. Those cadet grads are Jay Jech, Hennessey; Xander Bolner, Kingfisher; Heather Wade, Cashion, and Hanna Culp, Piedmont.

An anonymous complaint proved to be unfounded, but still left Hennessey officials scratching their heads as to why it was made. “Our records are open,” said Hennessey Mayor Bert Gritz. “Our board meetings are open and if someone thought there was a problem they could have come to us.

Kingfisher High School had yet another strong delegation at the 2021 Oklahoma American Legion Boys State. Boys State has been an annual gathering of selected Oklahoma high school junior boys where they learn about leadership, government and patriotism.

When bids were opened for the Kingfisher cheer and softball facility in April 2019, everyone involved was shocked by the sticker price…in a good way. The shock returned on June 1 when bids were unsealed for additions to the high school campus’ agriculture barn.

While so many spent a year in quarantine hunkered down binging Netflix, 2 people with local ties complete big projects