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Kingfisher County commissioners Monday set a tentative date to reopen the courthouse – May 18 – if there is no upsurge in COVID -19 cases in the county.

Two Kingfisher County student-athletes were recently named Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-State in Oklahoma. Announced as recipients during an online presentation over the weekend were Emma Barnett of Kingfisher and Jaxon Vallerand of Okarche.

One Hennessey official said testing for COVID-19 isn’t available at the levels state officials say as the town’s board agreed to start reopening per Governor Kevin Stitt’s recommendation.

The Lomega Youth Action Council was focusing its energy on educating the Lomega Elementary students about the dangers of e-cigarette use when the second semester was cut short. “Thankfully, all fifth and sixth grade students received the training in February,” said Julie Myers, Lomega YAC sponsor.

Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade teachers and staff will be in front of the Hennessey Early Childhood Center from 5-7 p.m. Friday,May 8, to welcome all elementary school students and honor pre-K and fifth grade graduates.

Dr. Jim and Nancy Stock, owners and operators of Wheatland Veterinary Hospital north of Kingfisher for the past 42 years, have announced their retirement effective Friday, May 1. They have sold the practice to Dr. James Matousek of Hennessey. Matousek, who has been associated with his uncle, Dr.

After social distancing rules threw a monkey wrench into Kingfisher County Republican Women’s plans for its annual scholarship banquet, the club decided to pivot to the next best thing –a video awards presentation streamed on social media.

More local businesses reopened Friday as the state continued to meet benchmarks in the Governor’s Open Up and Recover Safely plan and local regulations also were eased.“Many parts of our state started to safely and responsibly reopen April 24,” Gov. Kevin Stitt said in a press briefing last week.

On the heels of last week’s successful Drag Main event in Kingfisher, locals organized a classic car cruise for Saturday, May 2. Classic car owners were invited to park their cars along Main Street at 6:30 p.m. and then cruise south on U.S.

Kingfisher city commissioners, acting on behalf of the city and the public works authority, formally accepted a $4.328 million loan from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board on Wednesday to rehabilitate the city’s aging wastewater treatment plant.