Kingfisher Oklahoma

Anne Katherine Wittrock Coffey passed away peacefully with her family at her side on June 4, 2019, after a sudden illness. Anne was born Jan. 5, 1938, to Paul and Kathrine Alig Wittrock and was the oldest of their five children.

Kenneth “Kenny” Eugene Stoner of Okarche was born Dec. 25, 1980, in Honolulu, Hawaii, and departed this life Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at the age of 38. Kenny grew up in the Oklahoma City area. After graduating from Putnam City West High School, he attended Vatterott College.

Rose Katherine Cook passed away June 2, 2019. Rose was born in El Reno on Jan. 21, 1943, to Cletus and Loretta Wittrock. She graduated high school in 1961 from Holy Trinity in Okarche and later married Carl on Christmas Eve 1969.

Oklahoma Blood Institute will hold a blood drive in Hennessey this week. The drive will be from 2-7 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, at The Event Center, 600 N. Main St.

No man can stop the truth Thank you Father, Mother, the great I Am for this day. Thank you for protecting President Trump and his family. Thank you for watching over our Congress, nation, and world. Thank you for my local newspaper, Kingfisher Times and Free Press.

More heavy rains arrived in Kingfisher County Wednesday night and Thursday. Local Weather Observer Steve Loftis reported a total of 1.85 inches at the National Weather Service Station in Kingfisher with .10 inch recorded at 7 a.m. Thursday from the preceding 24-hours and 1.

Kingfisher, Hennessey, Dover and Loyal had larger sales tax checks for May. The Oklahoma Tax Commission, which handles collections of sales tax for cities, towns and counties as well as for the state of Oklahoma, provided the data for the May report.

Timing can be everything and for an Illinois native, timing helped land him one of the most coveted FFA jobs in Oklahoma.

Major changes were made in plans for a new seventh and eighth grade center for Kingfisher during a recent collaborative session. On Monday at its regular June meeting, the Kingfisher Board of Education got its first detailed look at the changes and potential design plans.

Kingfisher County missed tornadoes but got a heapin’ helpin’ of flooding in May.Kingfisher ended May with a total of 17.02 inches of rain for the month and a year-to-date total of 27.19 inches of moisture, a little more than eight inches under its average annual rainfall of 35.