Kingfisher Oklahoma

Record-setting rainfall over several months is pushing the completion date of the U.S. 81 improvement project to the end of the summer at the soonest, an Oklahoma Department of Transportation division engineer said last week. Edmond-based paving contractor Duit Construction Co.

Doug Moore, representative of Institute for Building Technology and Safety, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides services to communities, explained how his organization can expedite construction projects Monday in an appearance before the Kingfisher County Commission.

Fifty seventh-grade girls, including Breona McConnell from Kingfisher Middle School, have been accepted to the second annual Southwest Alliance for Girls’ Enrichment in Science, Technology, Engineering the Arts/Humanities and Mathematics (SAGE STEAM) Camp at Southwestern Oklahoma State University...

Deborah Maehs, Kingfisher Community Collaborative grant writer and KCC chairman Lisa Copeland with a $1,000 grant awarded at the Oklahoma Rural Health Conference for a one-day free vision clinic to be scheduled through the Kingfisher Compassion Clinic.

Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer Lynda Ozan announced that an Oklahoma Centennial Farm Award has been presented to the owner of a Kingfisher County farm. Joe Wittrock of Okarche owns the Wittrock Farm located in the vicinity of Okarche.

The timing may not be right now, but last week’s Major League Baseball Draft proved the big leagues are definitely within reach for one of Kingfisher County’s best.

Not since the first track meet of her junior season did Madelyn McCabe feel as good as she did last week. Her results proved it.

Kingfisher Middle School recently recognized a number of students at a year-end awards ceremony.

Big dose of sunshine needed in ‘Swamp’ A little ray of sunshine can do a world of good. That disinfectant applies to illness, the weather and government.

(10) Leave the house with my pajamas on. Not just a quick run in my gown to get the morning paper, or a run to the store in my jogging suit that I slept in, but pajamas, no way, yet I did because I had to mail a birthday card.