Kingfisher Oklahoma

An added $5 per hour in hazard pay was approved for Hennessey school cooks, custodians, secretaries, business office personnel and other hourly employees required to work March 23- May 8.

A Hennessey bar owner asked town board members if he was going to have trouble with the law if he couldn’t control customers who don’t practice social distancing when he reopens on Friday.

The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports: May 2 - Identity theft. Officer Justin Trumbley took a report of identity theft. Stephen Rempe reportedly stated he was contacted regarding a claim for unemployment benefits using his Social Security number.

The Center of Family Love has experienced its first confirmed case of COVID-19 on its main campus in Okarche. One of the 130 intellectually and physically disabled individuals the organization serves tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.

The COVID-19 pandemic shutdown knocked May sales tax checks for all county municipalities, Kingfisher County and the state of Oklahoma tumbling.

I was very disappointed I would not get the chance to have “my last...” My last time to bat or run out on to the field with my teammates; my last time to cheer on my other teammates when they were up to bat; my last time to be in a huddle with my teammates; my mom yelling from the stands.

I was very excited for this year’s season, therefore, I was extremely disappointed when it was canceled. I had been consistently throwing the discus in practice past my last year’s record, which made me excited as I faced this coming season.

I was really looking forward to track this year and running one last time with my track team. Since my football season got cut short due to an injury, I was really confident in the place I was at knowing that we were going to have a good team this year.

Betty Zoe Waters was born Nov. 22, 1926, in Davenport and departed this life on May 11, 2020, at the Homestead Assisted Living in Wellington, Kan. She was 93 years old. Betty was the daughter of Alfred Parks and Mildred Leona (Townsley) Waters.

Joyce Louise Rohling Lorenz was born Jan. 30, 1943, in Watonga to Deak and Louise Rohling and passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of May 12, 2020, at the age of 77. Joyce was a lifelong resident of Watonga and member of the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church.