OHS top students
Okarche High School has announced its honor Students of the Month of October 2025.
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Award-winning Yearbook Staff
Okarche yearbook staff and advisers are pictured with their Gold Level banner for the 2025 yearbook. Pictured are, from left, Morgan Shepherd, Jordyn Darst, Traci Fuller (adviser), Ayden Munier, Chesney Black, Robert Ford (adviser), Jaici Easton, Gabby Mayer and Brianna Mollohan.
Lomega Homecoming is Friday
Homecoming coronation for Lomega High School basketball will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21. The coronation will be held prior to the Lomega’s basketball games with Burlington.
KHS announces October Students of the Month
Kingfisher High School has named its Students of the Month for October 2025.Students are chosen based on many characteristics including responsibility, leadership, work ethic, reliability, kindness and more.
BOCC slates interviews for KCEM director
A special meeting is set this week for Kingfisher County commissioners to interview candidates for the open position of director of county emergency management.The meeting is set for 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 20.The interviews will be conducted in executive ses- sion, which are not open to the public.
Filing is early next month for school board seats
Candidate filing for the board of education in local school districts begins Monday, Dec. 1.Seats will be up for grabs on school boards at Kingfi sher, Dover, Hennessey, Cashion, Lomega and Okarche public schools as well as Chisholm Trail Technology Center.
Upcoming Events
• LOTS OF HOLIDAY CHEER: Look inside this edition for a host of upcoming events to get us ready for the holiday season. Tree lightings. Snow. Downtown shopping deals. (Shopping! Shopping! Shopping!) Kingfi sher Winter Nights opening... and much more. SEE INSIDE FOR DETAILS!
Election Results
Voters went to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of a proposition to renew a one-half cent sales tax in Kingfisher County for five years.If approved, the revenue generated will fund a variety of county services.Polls closed at 7 p.m., which is after this edition went to press.
Commissioners select jail trust members
A new board of directors for the Kingfisher County Jail Trust Authority was named Monday at the Kingfisher County Commissioners weekly meeting.
City tabs Gooden to head up project
City commissioners voted Monday night to hire John Gooden as the project manager for the “Harry’s Hole” wetland project that will eventually lead to an expanded airport runway.