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The following traffic accidents are being investigated by the Kingfisher Police Department.August 30, 5:00 p.m. - At U.S. 81 and Locust Avenue. A 16-year-old male, Enid, driving a 2002 Chrysler, was traveling northbound in the inside lane of U.S.

MMS Construction of Kingfisher won the contract to build a 60 by 70-foot driveway and sidewalks for the Dover Fire Department Monday. MMS submitted the low bid of $30,450 on the work. The action came at the weekly meeting of Kingfisher County commissioners.

Nearly 230 years ago, before Alexander Hamilton died dueling Vice President Aaron Burr in 1804, he faced Thomas Jefferson in the political arena. They clashed on nearly every issue, including how to use the count of every person in the nascent nation.

Rotary District 5750 Governor Lance Singleton, left, made his official visit to the Kingfisher Rotary Club last week. Kingfisher Rotary President Neal Brown, right, introduced him to club members and guests.

Kingfisher High School senior Harrison Themer was named one of approximately 16,000 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists last week. Themer, the son of Dennis and Tammy Themer, is ranked among the top 1% of U.S.

Despite low voter turnouts Tuesday, Kingfisher and Cashion school districts easily exceeded the 60% super majority threshold required to pass their bond issues, while only 20 Dover voters were able to defeat the town board reorganization initiative.

Kingfisher County Sheriff’s deputies are still trying to locate a man who allegedly shot at a rural resident and her grandson when they interrupted an apparent burglary in progress shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday. Maggie Lumpkin had just pulled up to the west side of her residence at 25616 N.

Not only did Cimarron Electric Cooperative finish its 2017 and 2018 Fiscal Years with record net operating margins,but its 83rd annual meeting also drew a record crowd Thursday night at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds.

A Kingfisher County Jail inmate awaiting preliminary hearing on a felony domestic abuse charge now faces up to life in prison after allegedly assaulting two jailers and threatening to shoot a county judge. Ralph Marque Pigee-Wilson, 46, 201 N. First St.

For The Times & Free Press Bull Foot Park pond dam repairs, a waterline replacement grant and a police shooting range were among the topics discussed at the Tuesday night meeting of the Hennessey Board of Trustees.