Kingfisher Oklahoma

Kingfisher basketball players rush to the court and coaches begin to celebrate after the final buzzer sounded Saturday in the Yellowjackets’ 59-39 victory over Heritage Hall in the Class 4A championship game at State Fair Arena.

KT&FP Senior Editor Kingfisher city commissioners defeated two bids by a local church to establish sober living homes without casting a single vote either for or against rezoning requests Monday night.

The Keith Lowry-Henry Ellyson Post 5 of the American Legion will celebrate its 100th anniversary meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 14, in the Memorial Hall Auditorium.

Beginning Tuesday, Kingfisher residents who are water and sanitation customers could start bringing excess trash to the city’s newly-named collection center. City commissioners approved an ordinance raising residential sanitation rates by $2.50 per month to fund the center.

Stats, stars and scholarship offers don’t matter to Reece Lafferty. Winning does. So Lafferty doesn’t care how many points you average, how many stars are on your Rivals profile or how many colleges are longing for your services. You aren’t better than him.

Oklahoma Blood Institute is experiencing an emergency blood shortage and is issuing an urgent call for donors of all blood types. Several days of winter weather, blood drive cancellations, and widespread illness, including a flu outbreak, have all contributed to a sharp downturn in donations.

Kingfisher High School seniors Colton Kostka, Logan Mills and Logan High-tower last Tuesday joined Kingfisher Rotary Club as guests during the civic group’s weekly meeting. Kostka is the son of Blu Kostka and Claudia Green.

Wes Chambers, welding instructor at Chisholm Trail Technology Center, left, was the guest speaker at the Kingfisher Lions Club last Thursday.

The Long Term Care Authority of Enid Area Agency on Aging announces the availability of Older Americans Act funds for legally-formed public, private or not-for-profit organizations in the counties of Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Major and Noble.

The Oklahoma House of Representatives recently was unanimous in passing House Bill 1003, which exempts the American Legion Department of Oklahoma from sales tax. The bill was authored by House Majority Leader Mike Sanders and received a vote of 94-0. It now advances to the state Senate.