Kingfisher Oklahoma

All four Kingfisher County teams provided strong showings over the weekend in the junior high division of the Western Conference Wrestling Tournament.Kingfisher placed third, Cashion was right behind in fourth and Hennessey was seventh in the two-day tournament held at the APB.

Oklahoma Bible Academy had no answer for Camdyn Richardson.The Hennessey senior scored 33 points Friday in the Eagles’ 88-59 home win over the Trojans.Richardson torched the nets for 29 first-half points as Hennessey staked a 5926 lead.

Kate Myers scored nine points and earned a crown last Friday night.Myers was announced as the Lomega High School homecoming queen prior to her team’s matchup with Deer Creek-Lamont.The Lady Raiders followed up the coronation with an 89-17 victory, their ninth straight.

A quick start last Friday propelled the Dover Lady Longhorns to the fourth straight win…and on homecoming night.Rylee Buck was crowned homecoming queen before the game, then scored eight points during a big first quarter in what turned out to be a 38-28 victory over visiting Pond Creek-Hunter.

The City of Kingfisher is looking to relocate a wetlands area from north of the airport to an area east of Atwoods.The move will allow for a runway extension at Kingfisher Airport to accommodate larger airplanes.

The turnout was larger.The support was greater.Voters in the City of Kingfisher overwhelmingly approved a proposition last Tuesday that will allow for the construction of a new fire department.The measure to extend a one-half cent sales tax for another 10 years was approved by a vote of 35382 (81.

There will be an election later this year for the Kingfisher City Commission seat currently held by Jeff Wittrock.City commissioners last Monday approved Resolution 2025-001, which sets Tuesday, April 1, as election day for the four-year term.The filing period will be Feb. 3-5.

[ George Caldwell is a journalism fellow at The Daily Signal. Send an email to George.]Freshman Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas., introduced his first bill in Congress on Thursday, legislation intended to reinstate President-elect Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy regarding would-be immigrants.

I’ve always wondered, when does a town become a city? Is there a magic number like 10,000 or 100,000? I may not know when a town becomes a city but I darn sure know when I’m in one. I start getting the heebie-jeebies at anything over 30,000 people and I left San Diego one time at 3:00 a.m.

Some people of science do speak the truth from behind the plow(A column of opinion by Gary Reid, Publisher Emeritus)Former President Barack Obama liked to use the term, “go with the science” – not real science, of course, just stuff that people with a Ph.D.