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Kingfisher County commissioners approved notices to proceed on two asphalt overlay projects by Haskell Lemon Construction Co. based on low bids submitted earlier Tuesday at their weekly meeting. One project is in District 2 – NS 2830 Road from the Cimarron River Bridge north to S.H.

Light Your World Church southeast of Okarche is now lighting the road with an 85-foot cross erected by the congregation last month. Several contractors donated their labor to help cut the cost of the project by more than half.

The Kingfisher Emergency Medical Service District (522) has received a clean audit for the 2018 fiscal year, State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd has announced.In a letter to the board of directors, Byrd wrote:For the purpose of complying with 19 O.S. § 1706.

A quartet of Kingfisher High School seniors attended last week’s Kingfisher Rotary Club meeting as guests. Attending were Emma Barnett, Kenzie Smith, Keely Franks and Keaton Abercrombie. Barnett is the daughter of Fay and Tiffanie Barnett.

Hennessey town board members approved two changes to plans for the community pool at a special meeting last Wednesday (Sunday, Sept.

President Trump is the first to stand up to Communist China in almost 50 years.  Beginning with President Nixon, who was then under the spell of Henry Kissinger, presidents of both parties have appeased China.

A 46-year-old Kingfisher man was pronounced dead at his home from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head Saturday afternoon.The body of Bradley Allen Schoelen was found at his home at 12058 E. 770 Road about 4:10 p.m.

More Kingfisher County Free Fair results follow, listed in order of placing: OPEN CLASS ART Junior Division Grades 7–9 Colored marker – Matthew Miller, Kingfisher Pencil (graphite) Portrait – Matthew Miller Still life – Matthew Miller Animals and Birds – Matthew Miller Unclassified – Matthew...

After six witnesses testified in a preliminary hearing Thursday, Kingfisher County Associate District Judge Lance Schneiter ordered Steven Kurtis Stricker bound over for trial on charges of murder and desecration of a human corpse.

Former longtime adjutant for the American Legion of Oklahoma David Austin Kellerman was sentenced to three years in prison last week for embezzling from former veterans.