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Allegations that town employees had been working “on the town’s clock” while voluntarily cooking for the Hennessey Senior Citizens’ weekly lunch program were debunked during a town trustees meeting earlier this month.

More than three dozen police agencies took part in escorting Sgt. Thomas Duran back to Kingfisher as he prepared for his final resting place.The procession - stretching for more than a mile long - delivered the fallen police officer Monday afternoon to Sanders Funeral Service.

• TRICK OR TREAT: Halloween falls this Friday and, as always, there will be the opportunity to trickor- treat downtown and townwide. The downtown trick-ortreating hosted by the Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce will be from 4 to 5 p.m. The townwide trick-ortreating will be from 5 to 8 p.m.

Two major projects in Kingfisher now have the green light to move forward after the city commission reversed course on a pair of previous city stances.

Kingfisher High School has named its Students of the Month for September 2025.Students are chosen based on many characteristics including responsibility, leadership, work ethic, reliability, kindness and more.

Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) has been notified by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will be suspended beginning Nov. 1.

Lomega Students of the Month for September 2025 were announced at a recent Raider Roundup. Earning the honor were high school students Hunter Russell and Isabel Hansen (left side) and junior high students Brystel Stitt and Jackson Ogle (right side). [Photo provided]

Okarche Public School has announced its September 2025 Students of the Month. The faculty selects one student from each grade (7-12) who they feel exemplifies the qualities of an Okarche Warrior, considering academic performance, citizenship and personal development.

– Pastor Gene MasseyPhilippians 2:9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory...

A bit of history on National Co-op Month from Cooperative Network:• Minnesota was the first state to declare an official Co-op Month proclamation in 1948.• Co-op Month has been a nationally recognized celebration since 1964, when U.S.