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MORE POP – Jesse Williams, far left, and John Griffin, far right, of Precision Fireworks were in Kingfisher recently to look over the downtown area to plan for setting up the annual Kingfisher Christmas parade fireworks display. This year’s event is Dec. 6.

Early voting begins this Thursday, Nov. 13, for the half-cent sales tax extension proposed by Kingfisher County.The sales tax funds a number of county services and has been in place since 1991.If approved, it will extend it for another five years.Election day for that sales tax is Tuesday, Nov. 18.

With the need increasing exponentially and funds dwindling, the Kingfisher County Food Bank has started a drive to ensure those in need within the county will continue to be able to put food on the table. Local groups and companies have been stepping up to help fund the food bank.

A case pending before the Oklahoma Supreme Court asks a simple question. Is it legal to require that initiative-petition efforts gather signatures from across Oklahoma? The answer is easy: Yes.Senate Bill 1027, by state Sen.

[Victor Davis Hanson, a senior contributor for The Daily Signal, is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show.” Contact him at authorvdh@gmail.com.]This interview has been slightly edited for clarity.

The Cashion FFA Chapter was preparing, competing and succeeding in September and October, finding fall momentum in a busy season.Beginning in September, the freshman and eighth grade opening and closing ceremonies teams worked hard practicing and competing around the state.

DOVER ELEMENTARY announced its Students of the Month for October 2025 recenty.

Needed “updates” to the town-owned Community Center facility were discussed at the Nov. 4 meeting of the Golden Eagles.That group meets at the center at 10 a.m.

All the county’s school districts will honor military veterans with assemblies, programs - and some even with meals - this week.Veterans Day (Nov. 11) falls this year on Tuesday.

There’s still going to be time to jingle with several Christmas events planned, but the Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce took time for one last year-end mingle event Thursday night. The chamber held a “grand year-end member mingle” at The Cedar Gate for its members.