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Since 1947, students have been putting their creative talents on display at the Kingfisher County Fine Arts Festival and this year is no exception. Celebrating its 77th anniversary, the festival will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, March 31 and April 1, at Kingfisher and Hennessey.

Come for the chuckwagons. Come for the food. Come for the fun. And it’s all free Saturday, March 28, at the annual Chuck Wagon Gathering at The Chisholm in Kingfisher.

Legislation preventing illegal aliens from accessing taxpayer-funded Medicaid coverage has easily cleared its first legislative hurdle.

The Sts. Peter & Paul Altar Society met at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, and dined on an Irish meal of reuben sandwiches, pretzel bites with cheese and cheesecake served by hostess Francene Eaton. The meeting was called to order by President Ann Finley, who led the Pledge of Allegiance.

The Hennessey Farmerettes met Thursday, March 12, at the First Christian Church with Paula Nicholson as hostess. Jamie Akenhead was selected as the Outstanding Member of the Farmerettes for 2026. She will be recognized at the Hennessey Red Carpet Meeting in April.

A Kingfisher woman is facing multiple felony charges and her husband one as well after being accused of defrauding a woman under their care, one who happens to be a defendant’s mother.

Two has happened before. Eight times, to be exact. Yours truly has been there for five of them. But three? Never. Not once. Not until Saturday, March 7, 2026.

Sonny Wilkinson and Dr. Heather Rice of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation were the featured speakers of the Kingfisher Rotary Club last Tuesday.

Clare Gilbert of Kingfisher has found a hobby she hopes will last a lifetime. The 14-year-old daughter of Eric Gilbert and Jill Gilbert, she’s latched on to flat kart racing.

Kingfisher’s Keith Lowry-Henry Ellyson Post 5 of the American Legion will be celebrating a birthday and honoring first responders this weekend. All veterans and a guest are invited to a meeting this Sunday, March 22, as the local post celebrates the 107th birthday of the American Legion.