Kingfisher Oklahoma

Kingfisher County residents gave a big thumbs-up to renewing the county’s designated half-cent sales tax, but 13 votes defeated the city’s proposal for a permanent third-cent capital improvement tax.

There’s nothing like a hotly-contested election to drive up voter participation - even in the midst of a pandemic. Statewide, more than 1.52 million people surged to the polls, cast ballots in the mail or voted early for Tuesday’s General Election, a 7.

The election is over. Now the real fight begins. The major Trump victory indicated in the election day results on Tuesday night became a tight race Wednesday morning. Why? The mail-in ballots, of course. They’d been the leftists’ ace in the hole since one.

Twenty-three Oklahoma state legislators have joined colleagues from across the country to oppose additional federal bailouts for state governments, signing a letter that declares bailouts will incentivize poor financial management and punish fiscally prudent states.

Let the record show that I’m in favor of impenetrable borders and unscalable walls patrolled by border guards armed with AR-15’s... between states, that is.

President Donald Trump, in a 2:30 a.m. Wednesday address from the White House, told supporters that Democrats were trying to steal the election. “This is a fraud on the American public. This is an embarrassment to our country,” Trump said. “We were getting ready to win the election.

Kingfisher High School has recently named its Students of the Month for October 2020. Students are chosen based on many characteristics including responsibility, leadership, work ethic, relikindness and more.

Heather Jones spoke about her job as coordinator for volunteers for the Court Appointed Special Advocates program in Blaine and Kingfisher counties as guest speaker of the Kingfisher Lions Club last Thursday.

A bid for a bridge repair project in Kingfisher County was one of three in House Majority Leader Mike Sanders’ district to be approved at last Monday’s meeting of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission. The bridge and approaches on County Road EW-67 over Turkey Creek 2.5 miles west of the U.S.

Kingfisher County Retired Educators gathered to make a donation to 2020 Santa’s Toyland. This is a countywide project for children ages 0-18. It was formerly sponsored by DHS, but was taken over last year by Kingfisher Community Collaborative (KCC). Accepting the donation was Brittney Hladik.