Kingfisher Oklahoma

Two people were injured, one of them seriously, when their vehicles collided Saturday in Kingfisher County on State Highway 33.Virginia J.

Outdoor concerts and activities are synonymous with summer, offering Oklahomans an opportunity to enjoy the warmer weather.But these traditions often have a connection to the health of your eyes and ears, so it is important to be mindful as we celebrate the summer and all that goes with it.

A number of current and future golfers were a part of the first of two golf camps held this summer at Kingfisher Golf Course.

Kingfisher city commissioners approved a conceptual master plan for the Newfield Community Park, presented by Kingfisher Trails Inc. President John Gooden at last week’s monthly city meeting.

An Enid man was flown to OU Medical Center Thursday morning where he was admitted in stable condition after losing control of his motorcycle four miles south of Hennessey on U.S. 81.

When Richard Ruhl began his career at Pioneer Telephone Cooperative 43 years ago, the Kingfisher-based corporation was in the midst of a major network overhaul. “The cooperative was completing the upgrade of its copper network to one-party lines from four- and eight-party lines,” remembered Ruhl.

A Mobile Disaster Recovery Center will open at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds in Kingfisher on Monday, July 15, City-County Emergency Manager Steve Loftis has announced. The center will be open for four days according to the following schedule: Monday – 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.

Unemployment remained low in Kingfisher County and most of western Oklahoma in May, the last reporting date of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. The county rate was below the seasonally adjusted rate for the state, 3.2 percent, which was below the national rate, 3.6 percent.

Teens are now using Juuls to smoke vapor cartridges containing THC, the component of marijuana that results in a high, according to Stacy Fletcher of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN). Fletcher spoke to the Kingfisher Lions Club on Thursday about the issue many schools are dealing with.

Starting next month, the Hennessey Board of Trustees will meet the second Tuesday, instead of the second Monday. The change was approved in three “yes” votes, one “no” and one abstention. New board member Richard Simunek, who asked that the item be on the agenda, made the motion for the change.