Kingfisher Oklahoma

On May 24, 1935, Shirley Ann Young was born to Walter and Alice Young of Kingfisher. Shirley lost her father when she was a baby but gained a loving, supportive additional father when her mother married Delbert Gerber 10 years later.

Kingfisher County’s wheat harvest went great guns Saturday but Saturday night rain shut it down.Area elevator operators reported that wet fields and high humidity were holding harvesters out of the field in most areas of the county.B.J.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced last week the launch of Oklahoma Checkbook, fulfilling a campaign promise to provide Oklahomans with an easy-to-navigate site so they can understand how their taxpayer dollars are being spent.

In the United States, June marks the start of a peak wedding season that runs through the early fall.Across the country, happy couples are discussing their seating charts, selecting a song for their first dance and planning their honeymoons.

Surprise. Surprise. Surprise. The 2019 wheat harvest is under way throughout Kingfisher County and the early results are encouraging. After weeks of flooding and sodden fields, harvest is off for the races and early yields and test weights are better than expected.

With the country in a financial deficit year after year, Brian Walter of Kingfisher believes the nation will fail if unsustainable spending continues. Walter was inspired by now retired U.S. Senator Dr. Tom Coburn and his vigorous and continual battle against government waste and deficit spending.

John Salmon was hired as the solo full-time prosecutor in Kingfisher County in July 2017. But a Calumet double murder case commanded at least some of his attention since almost his first day in the Kingfisher office.

Two distinguished alumnae were honored by Dover Public School during its graduation ceremonies last month. Earning the “Longhorn Leaders” award for 2019 were Joan Burge Schilde and Sherry Prim Junius.

Flooding problems in Hennessey were recently made worse because of school construction and added parking on Oklahoma Avenue and by a homeowner who paved his driveway over a tin-horn on Oklahoma at Walnut Street. Homeowner Abel Moreno, 600 E. Oklahoma Ave.

Rep. Mike Sanders called the most recent legislative session “one of the smoothest sessions we’ve had.” “Of course, it is a lot easier when you have more money,” he said.