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Kingfisher Oklahoma

Shelley Privott

Shelley Dawn Privott, 49, of Kingfisher, passed away Thursday Jan. 14, 2021, at Mercy Hospital Kingfisher. Shelley was born March 27, 1971, to Olin and Linda Privott. Public Schools where she played saxophone in the high school band and was co-drum major her senior year.
Shelley Privott

Leroy Smith

Leroy William Smith was born June 10, 1960, at St. Anthony’s Hospital to Phyllis (Jackson) and Arnold Smith. He passed away Jan. 10, 2021, at the age of 60 at Integris Hospice House in Oklahoma City. Leroy was raised in Okarche and graduated from Okarche High School in 1978.
Leroy Smith

A reason for optimism

A house divided against itself cannot stand, President Lincoln reportedly said. The United States appears to be near that point again.
A reason for optimism

Lessons learned during COVID-19

What I’ve learned during COVID-19: 1. There is never a pen close by when you want to write something down. 2. A microwave works better when you clean all the spills inside it. 3. Never give away your fat pants. 4.
Lessons learned during COVID-19

BLM activist arrested in capitol breach

The Black Lives Matter activist who was seen on video breaching the U.S. Capitol and encouraging others to do the same on Jan. 6 has been arrested.
BLM activist arrested in capitol breach

State official says Medicaid draining education money

A top state official told lawmakers one reason Oklahoma spends less on education today is because the state’s Medicaid program is consuming more and more taxpayer resources. During a budget hearing conducted by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education on Thursday, Glen D.

PBS counsel: Take away children of Trump voters

The principal counsel for taxpayer-funded PBS called for Homeland Security to take away the children of “Republican voters”, cheered a spike in covid deaths in “Red States” and said Americans are “so (blank)ing dumb.

DOWNTOWN WALKABOUT

DOWNTOWN WALKABOUT — Masked adventurers from Blair Early Education Center in Kingfi sher stopped for a photo with the similarly masked statues in front of City Hall Monday afternoon on their way to Medic Pharmacy for a treat from the soda fountain.
DOWNTOWN WALKABOUT

Making Progress

One Times & Free Press reader said booking an online COVID-19 vaccination appointment right now is about like trying to score a Rolling Stones concert ticket the day they go on sale.

LEADING BY EXAMPLE

History is silent as to whether legendary Kingfisher figure Apostle Paul Sykes wore a mask or advocated their use during the Spanish flu pandemic of his time, but his likeness in front of Kingfisher City Hall wears one regularly, along with the World War I soldier and little girl in his audience.
LEADING BY EXAMPLE
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