Kingfisher Oklahoma

Martha Kay Cherry, age 85, formerly of Fullerton and Yorba Linda, Calif., passed away Sept. 12, 2020, from the effects of a stroke. She was a graduate of Kingfisher High School and received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1956.

When Matthew Stone was younger and headed to basketball tournaments in Dallas, he was always curious about the college campus that sat at the I-35 split in Denton. Little did he know then, but that school was the focal point of Stone’s announcement last week.

Another disappointing district loss befell the Kingfisher softball team, but this time in dramatic fashion. With her team trailing, Blackwell’s Raegan Moore slapped a two-run triple in the bottom of the seventh to lift the Lady Maroons past KHS, 2-1.

The OSSAA recently announced district assignments for fall baseball and the two smallest classes in fastpitch softball. District tournaments can begin this week and must be completed by Saturday, Sept. 26, in both sports.

Kingfisher’s eighth graders improved to 2-1 and the seventh grade squad just missed out on an unlikely comeback win in junior high football action last Monday. The eighth grade Jackets dominated Bethany 28-0 in the nightcap in Kingfisher.

Notices were mailed Wednesday to Hennessey residents warning of extremely high nitrate levels in the town's water supply based on routine testing Sept. 2. However Town Administrator Tiffany Tillman said Friday that a retest on Thursday showed nitrates now at safe levels.

A four-year old boy walked out of the Hennessey Early Childhood Center in the middle of the day and started home “because he wanted to get home to his momma,” said his mother, Ashli Cooper.

CAROLYN FLOOD DAY was proclaimed Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, by Kingfisher Mayor Roxie Alexander, left, to honor Flood, center, who retired after decades of service on the planning and zoning commission.

Close to 14 years after acquiring the former Bill’s DX station just east of the Main Street intersection on S.H. 33, Kingfisher Trails Inc. hopes to begin construction of the long-awaited Kingfisher Visitors Center.

After successfully passing the rigorous bar exam, prospective new attorneys from the state’s three law schools typically can look forward to a prestigious ceremony formally admitting them to the state bar.