Kingfisher Oklahoma

COVID-19 touched lives around the globe including those at Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

The list of events left canceled in the wake of COVID-19 is practically endless. The list of repercussions from those lack of events is even more endless.

Pete Brown, Brown & Borelli Inc., Altman Engineering Inc., and Borelli Oil Co. LLC are receiving a total of 30,000 CE certified three-ply masks they plan to donate throughout the Oklahoma City and Kingfisher areas as the masks arrive.

The Legislature reconvened this week after a long month off due to COVID-19. The first bill the House passed will protect our health care workers from frivolous lawsuits filed during this pandemic.

Those who would be most harmed by a $40 billion federal bailout of the state of Illinois are the people of Illinois, a Republican state senator says, because such an aid package would reward and reinforce irresponsible behavior by the state’s politicians.

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor; almost instantly automobile manufacturers were building fighter planes and bombers. Typewriter makers were making rifles, housewives were working on airplanes, and working in shipyards.

To fully recover from COVID-19 shutdowns, policymakers must pursue job growth. Legislators should make permanent the waiver of regulations lifted to address COVID-19. The state functioned without those waivers and lives and livelihoods were saved.

After new documents showed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation plotted to entrap ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn on perjury charges, the Department of Justice announced it was dropping the criminal charges against him.

Oklahoma has seen an unprecedented increase in the number of unemployment claims, officials said. Unfortunately, some of the more than 51,000 filed claims have proven to be fraudulent since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020.

The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports: April 23 - Display fictitious license plate, expired license plates, possession of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.