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Cindy Gruntmeir, left, Digital Technologies, Inc., instructor at Chisholm Trail Technology Center, was the guest speaker at the Kingfi sher Rotary club last week.

HENNESSEY ELEMENTARY School Eagles of the Week for the week ending Jan.

The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports: January 23 - Malicious injury/destruction of property. Officer Travis Gray responded to a report of vandalism in the 500 block of North First Street.

Three school patrons voiced frustrations and concerns Monday over various issues regarding the district to the Kingfisher Board of Education at its February regular meeting. One man’s issue was with the very process it took for him to be able to appear in front of the board.

An Enid man was killed about 6:30 p.m. Sunday when the semi tractor-trailer rig he was driving failed to yield at a railroad crossing and was struck by a Union Pacific train south of Kingfisher, according to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol report.

If Papa can’t fix it, we’re all in trouble. The words of Mark and Connie Pirtle’s 16-year-old grandson, Isaiah, say a lot. Kingfisher became home to the Pirtles in 1979, where they raised three sons, Dustin, Chris, and Bradley, as well their grandson, Isaiah.

The traditional opening contest of the Presidential delegate-gathering marathon fizzled this week with Monday’s Iowa caucuses still mired in confusion and no results even a day later.

After meeting in executive session for just over an hour, the Kingfisher Board of Education closed its most hectic meeting in years by finishing up some work it started a month ago.

Voters in Kingfisher County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the March 3 election should apply now, Kingfisher County Election Board Secretary Shawna Butts said.