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Davis Sanders of Kingfisher is one of seven teens in the nation recently appointed to the Soft Bones Teen Advisory Council. Davis, the son of former state representative Mike Sanders and his wife Nellie, will be a seventh grader at Holy Trinity Catholic School.

The following traffic accidents are being investigated by the Kingfisher Police Department: April 26, 3:30 p.m. - At 401 W. Hill St.

Okarche High School has announced the students being honored as the April and May Students of the Month. April’s honorees (above left) are Brody Sadler and Anna Shirey. May’s Students of the Month (above right) are Ryen Wittrock and Madison Nance.

Turnout may have been light, but voters who did participate in last Tuesday’s election overwhelmingly approved a five-year, half-cent sales tax to fund a new fire station and other capital improvements. The proposition passed by a vote of 159-66, a nearly 71% approval rate.

It may look like a bounce house has been installed at the in-progress Newfield Community Park, but the inflated, doorless cylinder is actually the form around which the concrete $83,632 band shell will be constructed.

Kingfisher Mayor Roxie Alexander is pleased the Kingfisher Fire Department will get a new station to replace the current overcrowded, 50-year-old facility.

The Kingfisher County wheat tour Monday turned out well despite the rain, County Extension Ag Educator Bryan Kennedy said. Those attending met inside at the fairgrounds where Dr. Amanda de Oliveira Silva, extension wheat specialist and Dr.Tom Royer and Dr.

After House Democrats in February passed HR 1, their election reform legislation which they call the “For the People Act,” former President Donald Trump said: “This monster must be stopped. It cannot be allowed to pass.” It appears the monster has been stopped, by a Democrat. Sen.

The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports: April 28 - Unlawful for registered sex offender to reside within 2,000 feet of prohibited areas, fail to register within three days of entering jurisdiction and provide false or misleading registration...

The ability of rural Oklahomans to connect to the internet through high-speed broadband will be the topic of discussion when the newly-formed Oklahoma Rural and Small-Town Table of Common Interests soon meets. The group will hold its second issues forum from 6-8 p.m.