Kingfisher Oklahoma

In the four months she’s served as administrator of the Kingfisher County Health Department, Jan Fox has been busy rebuilding morale and adding back services and personnel in the wake of state-wide furloughs and reductions in force, she said.

Kenneth “Ken” Lee Hill, 70, of Kingfisher, passed away in peace Sunday, March 10, 2019, at his home. Ken was born Sept. 15, 1948, in Okeene to George William and Mary Bell (Dodson) Hill. He graduated from Okeene High School in 1966.

I was disappointed with our City Council members vote, or should I say non-vote regarding the Sober Living Homes. It became obvious the zoning codes we were “required” by the City to apply for, never fit the need at all, as noted by those present at the meeting.

Kingfisher County commissioners are asking the State Legislature to vote down House Bill 2150 they say will further reduce county authority over rights-of-way. Commissioners sent the following letter to House members: The Board of County Commissioners of Kingfisher County oppose HB 2150.

Kingfisher County commissioners approved purchase bids from several vendors and a request from Big 4 Fire Department to purchase a tract of land adjacent to the fire department building at their weekly meeting Monday.

Justin Maddox, left, market leader for BlackRock Investments in Oklahoma, Kansas and Northwest Arkansas, was the guest speaker of the Kingfisher Rotary Club last Tuesday.

ROLLOVER ACCIDENT — The driver of this truck walked away from this crash east of Kingfisher on S.H. 33 Friday after he swerved to miss a vehicle pulling out in front of him and lost control on the wet pavement. An accident report was not available at press time Friday [Times-Free Press Staff Photo]

Hopefully social services, food pantries, utilities assistance programs and other safety nets are working to provide for families with large or long-term financial crises.

A Kingfisher woman who allegedly stabbed her live-in boyfriend in the chest with a serrated kitchen knife after an evening of drinking Feb. 25 remains jailed on a felony charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. Katlin Taylor Brook Branscum, 24, 13917 E.

A state jail inspector’s report shows more changes have to be made to the Hennessey Police Department’s jail. That’s what Police Chief Hank Weber told town board members in a special meeting Wednesday morning before they approved spending $15,000 for improvements.