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NEW BACKPACKS fully loaded with all the supplies their schools require make Hinsley Brodrick, Kaelynn Coughlan, Whitley Brodrick, Adam Williams and Adah Anderman, from left, excited about the first day of school.

Road construction on U.S. Highway 81 is not the only project in Kingfisher suffering delays caused by Mother Nature. The new Kingfisher County jail was initially set to open this year, according to Sheriff Dennis Banther.

District 1 County Commissioner Jeff Moss and District 2 Commissioner Ray Alan Shimanek announced Monday that the Dover-Crescent Road which was closed after two major washouts in recent flooding, has been reopened its entire length.

A Mobile Disaster Recovery Center opened Monday at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds to assist local residents affected by flooding earlier in the spring. Michael D.

Kingfisher County may be home to another wind farm, if the Oklahoma Corporation Commission approves an application filed Monday by Public Service Company of Oklahoma.The application seeks regulatory approval to add 675 megawatts of Oklahoma wind-generated power to PSO’s energy mix.

Conditions in Iran were rapidly deteriorating in 1978. The shah had stepped down, the prime minister had no ability to stop the growing political and social upheaval, and the mullahs, led by the Ayatollah Khomenei, were aggressively moving to seize power.

The Hennessey Lions Club will sponsor its second annual Chow Down at the Park food truck event Saturday, July 20.It will be held from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. at Memorial Park on North Main Street.There is a seated pavilion at the park, along with picnic tables, and lots of shade trees.

The late Glenna Simpson of Kingfisher had a servant’s heart.   Educated and certified as a nurse’s aide, she never entered the workforce but chose instead to remain home to raise her five children.

The Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher will host a traveling exhibit of photography by Lewis Hine from Sept. 1 through Nov. 22.

Dan Schiedel, executive director of the Enid and Northwest Oklahoma United Way, center, was the guest speaker of the Kingfisher Rotary Club last week.