Kingfisher Oklahoma

The following traffic accidents are being investigated by the Kingfisher Police Department:February 7, 12 p.m. - At 13th Street and Werner Avenue. Ryan Crow, 18, Kingfisher, driving a 2005 Ford F-150, was northbound in the inside lane of South 13th Street near Werner Avenue.

More volunteers are desperately needed for the Ombudsman Program at the Long Term Care Authority of Enid, Area Agency on Aging.

Happy Homemakers held a meeting Feb. 10 at the Kingfisher Church of the Nazarene. Amy Tollison called the meeting to order and led the flag salute. Carol Liles gave the devotion then Irene Garrett gave the treasurer’s report.

Lomega has announced its Students of the Month for Decemeber 2019 and January 2020. Pictured are December students earning the honor. They are, from left, junior high students Austin Chestnut and Dafne Rivera and high school students Abbigail Hansen and Riley Lumpkin.

ROTARY SPEAKER – Kristi Hatfield of Weatherford, right, area membership sales manager for Air Evac Lifeteam, was the guest speaker at Kingfisher Rotary Club last week.

Canadian County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Shirley Lanning, 58, died in a two-car accident Friday, Feb. 14, on Northwest Expressway. Investigators’ reports indicated that Lanning’s vehicle crossed the center line for unknown reasons and collided with an oncoming eastbound vehicle head-on.

ANOTHER VIEW of the lighted marquee sign installed last week on Hennessey Public School’s Eagle Event Center (see related photos on Page 1). The two-story facility includes a basketball court, four locker rooms, training rooms, coaching and administrative offices.

As agricultural markets respond anxiously to China’s attempts to control its coronavirus outbreak with a countrywide quarantine, economists are urging patience.

County Treasurer Robin Rother reports that 61.8 percent of the county’s 2019 ad valorem tax has been paid. As of Thursday, Feb. 20, county property owners had paid $23,021,977.50 of the total tax certified for collection – $37,442,543, leaving a balance of $14,218,776.

Joriaun Caldwell provided most of the punch in getting Dover the lead. Trinton Ritz and Damion Turner helped make sure it stuck. The Longhorns kept their season alive Thursday by holding off Shidler 59-52 in their regional consolation quarterfinal at Mulhall-Orlando.