Kingfisher Oklahoma

Donnesa Jo Schweitzer, 59, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on April 19, 2021, at her mother’s house in Kingfisher, after a courageous battle with cancer. Donnesa was born Jan. 7, 1962, in Kingfisher to Ladonna Joyce Schweitzer and Doyle Herman Schweitzer.

Kingfisher businessman Brian Walter is writing a book on the late Sen. Tom Coburn, M.D. During coming weeks the Times and Free Press will print chapters of the book on Page 5 of its Wednesday editions.

For the last few months I’ve been on an English muffin kick for breakfast every morning. Saturday was no exception, but I was too tired the night before to bring in the groceries, and was out of muffins.

Do you think the problem with state government is agencies are too small and inexpensive? Perhaps Republicans in the Oklahoma House of Representatives do, because they’ve voted to increase the number of state employees by more than 1,000 and dramatically boost the cost of Medicaid expansion.

The Biden New Deal was introduced during a bizarre joint session of Congress on Wednesday in which fully-vaccinated politicians wore their obedience masks and socially distanced.

Nora Sturgeon, 65, passed away April 30, 2021. Services are pending.

1. Braden Burns’ Banner Week This Kingfisher High School senior was a standout at the 95th State FFA Convention – winning team and individual awards that contributed to another sweepstakes trophy for his chapter and voted by his peers to serve as State FFA Secretary for 2021-22.

On the receiving end of a few good-hearted jokes from his buddies about his obsessive mowing tendencies, B.J. Waeger’s efforts recently received a different type of attention. Waeger’s immaculately manicured lawn was awarded the Silver Spade Award for the month of April.

Joshua and Riley Faulkner will join the Hennessey Public School’s staff this fall, and look forward to finding a home in Hennessey. He will take the HHS principal job after the resignation of Angela Avila, who accepted the Chisholm High School principalship.

Michael Youssef, a Christian preacher and author, discussed his new book, “Hope for this Present Crisis: The Seven Step Path to Restoring a World Gone Mad,” in an interview with Eric Metaxas on Metaxas’ TV program on the religious channel Sunday evening.