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Kingfisher High School seniors Gracie Rowan and Cooper Young were named the Junior Lions for November 2025.The two visited a pair of meetings last month as guests of the Kingfisher Lions Club.Rowan is the daughter of Jeremy and Melinda Rowan.

Filing began for school board seats across the county on Monday morning.As of press time of this edition, only incumbents had filed for seats at they county’s school districts and no races had developed.

“After 12 weeks of intensive training at Ft. Benning he was sent to Vietnam in 1969, where he received his first Purple Heart after he and his battalion were ambushed. Sgt. Toney is a recipient of two bronze stars, as well as other honors.

• ART ON DISPLAY: Kathryn Merrill Western Art will be open to the public on two different dates this month in lieu of its annual open house. The dates are Dec. 6 and Dec. 20 and it will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Kingfisher Public Works Authority received approval last week for a $5 million Financial Assistance Program (FAP) loan.That announcement was made in a press release by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board after the board approved the loan last Tuesday.

Kingfisher Winter Nights celebrated its 2025 opening night last Saturday. The opening was commemorated by the lighting of a 55-foot Norwegian Spruce that’s planted at the north entrance of Kingfisher Park.

Once again, Kingfisher is THE place to be for the Christmas celebration… and it’s the place to be all day long.This Saturday - Dec.

Kingfisher Board of Education members on Monday opted to not conduct the evaluation of the school district’s superintendent.The December regular meeting’s agenda called for the action, but members said they didn’t evaluate Andy Evans during an executive session that lasted about 45 minutes.

Now that Thanksgiving is over, the Christmas holiday season kicks into high gear.Of course, that means it will soon be time to write those “Letters to Santa.”We’re calling all teachers to once again email us your elementary students’ letters.