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One of Kingfisher’s youngest entrepreneurs told Kingfisher Lions Club members about his booming business. Noah Banther, 19, informed Lions during Thursday’s address that he currently has two full-time employees at Banther Auto Detailing.

The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports: July 16 - Harassment and malicious injury/destruction of property. Officer Charles Trout responded to a report of property damage and possible harassment in the 500 block of South Eighth Street.

The following traffic accidents are being investigated by the Kingfisher Police Department:July 26, 11:45 a.m. - At U.S. 81 and S.H. 33. Adrianna Silvia Garcia, 19, Kingfisher, driving a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado, was southbound in the outside lane of U.S. 81 and stopped at the traffic light of S.H.

In the wake of a 4-3 vote by the State Board of Education last week declining to issue mandatory statewide coronavirus regulations, county school districts are working to finalize local plans for starting the 2020-21 school year in a few weeks.

Kingfisher City-County Emergency Manager Steve Loftis reported Monday that the county’s COVID-19 cases continue to rise but not every day. He told county commissioners at their weekly meeting that the county has registered a total of 79 cases with 19 still active.

Heavy rain splattered across much of Kingfisher County Monday and Monday night. Kingfisher Weather Observer Steve Loftis reported 3.75 inches at the National Weather Service station in Kingfisher. However reports of 4.

Kingfisher County Associate District Judge Lance Schneiter sent an email to the county legal community Tuesday morning advising that the court clerk’s office, courtroom and judicial offices are closed temporarily after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot vowed that she would never accept President Donald Trump’s offer to send federal law enforcement personnel into the violence-plagued city.

The Portland Police Department recovered the “destructive devices” in a bag in Lownsdale Square Park across the street from the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse while investigating a shots fired call, police said.

A voter fraud scandal in Philadelphia appears to be expanding with the indictment this week of a former Democratic congressman and more charges expected. U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced Thursday that former Rep.