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The following traffic accidents are being investigated by the Kingfisher Police Department:January 8, 8:45 p.m.- At U.S. 81 and Miles Avenue. Wayne John, 47, Albuquerque, N.M., driving a 2014 Western Star semitruck, was stopped at the U.S. 81/S.H. 33 stoplight in the outside southbound lane of U.S.

Following are reports and citations issued by the Hennessey Police Department since Dec. 26, 2019: Fire/car accident – Driver Heather Hawk, Hennessey, hit telephone utility pole at Nebraska and Main Sts. Jan. 16, 12:12 a.m. Ambulance and two pumper trucks responded. Electrician called.

Based on the developing situation with Iran, House Democrats have passed a war powers resolution ordering the president to stop all hostilities with Iran within thirty days. This brings up many Constitutional questions and seems confusing for many.

Just when you thought it was safe to resume normal driving speeds in and around Kingfisher, a new highway construction project is slated to begin Feb. 10. Oklahoma Department of Transportation spokesperson Lisa Salim confi rmed Friday that a $1.

The Rev. Marvin Lev-en, longtime former pastor at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, is one of the priests named for alleged sexual abuse allegations in an ongoing investigation by the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley said last week.

Two former Kingfisher County Sheriff’s Offi ce employees filed a wrongful termination lawsuit Jan. 16 against Sheriff Dennis Banther and the county, alleging they were fi red last year in retaliation for their association with a possible political rival.

A former welding instructor at Chisholm Trail Technology Center was charged Thursday with embezzling more than $26,000 from the career tech while he worked there. A warrant was still outstanding at press time Friday for the arrest of Weston Carroll Chambers, 54, 319 W.

State and federal lawmakers and agricultural industry representatives praised the Environmental Protection Agency’s action last week fi nalizing the Navigable Waters Protection Rule to narrow the definition of “waters of the U.S.” A definition of waters of the U.S.

Kingfisher High School has named its Students of the Month for December 2019. Selected by the teachers were freshman Alli Them-er, sophomore Brenden Hill, junior Aldo Muñoz and senior Wes Hine.

Honor rolls at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford and Sayre have been announced for the 2019 fall semester. An undergraduate student earning all A’s in 12 or more hours during a semester qualifies for the President’s Honor Roll.