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![DENNIS BANTHER stands outside the Kingfi sher County Criminal Justice Center in December 2020. Moving from the old jailhouse to the new facility was just one of many major changes the sheriff’s offi ce made during Banther’s tenure, which will come to a close at the end of this year. [KT&FP Staff Photo]](https://www.kingfisherpress.net/sites/kingfisherpress.etypegoogle10.com/files/styles/medium/public/dennis_banther.jpg?itok=e_zxOcGk "DENNIS BANTHER stands outside the Kingfi sher County Criminal Justice Center in December 2020. Moving from the old jailhouse to the new facility was just one of many major changes the sheriff’s offi ce made during Banther’s tenure, which will come to a close at the end of this year. [KT&FP Staff Photo]")
Longtime sheriff will miss bond with other officers, won’t miss time away from family
Read more![KHS CHOIR members performed during the Kingfi sher Chamber of Commerce Christmas tree lighting ceremony last weekend. Some of the selections they sang were from the “Elf The Musical JR.” which they’ll present along with drama students three different times later this month in the auditorium at Kingfi sher Heritage School. [KT&FP Staff Photo]](https://www.kingfisherpress.net/sites/kingfisherpress.etypegoogle10.com/files/styles/medium/public/khs_choir.jpg?itok=QEWJ7bMv "KHS CHOIR members performed during the Kingfi sher Chamber of Commerce Christmas tree lighting ceremony last weekend. Some of the selections they sang were from the “Elf The Musical JR.” which they’ll present along with drama students three different times later this month in the auditorium at Kingfi sher Heritage School. [KT&FP Staff Photo]")
County residents soon will have the opportunity to embrace their inner “elf.”
Read more• Kingfisher’s annual Christmas parade will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. Presented by the Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce, the theme this year is “Cowboy Christmas”
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Read moreRecently, Oklahoma voters made their voices heard in three judicial retention races. For the first time in the almost 60 years since Oklahoma adopted a new way of appointing and retaining judges, voters chose not to retain a sitting Supreme Court justice. And while two others survived retention, they did not enjoy the comfortable margins they appear to have taken for granted. The focus now is on replacing Justice Yvonne Kauger, which requires us to get out some old maps.
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Read more![ROTARY CLUB – Doug Linehan, executive director of the Oklahoma Tax Commission, left, was the guest speaker of the Kingfi sher Rotary Club recently. Pictured with Kingfi sher Rotarian Randy Mecklenburg, right, and Emily Haxton, public information and press liaison for the OTC, center, Linehan spoke of the many citizen-friendly changes made at the OTC since he took over as executive director in January of 2022. [KT&FP Staff Photo]](https://www.kingfisherpress.net/sites/kingfisherpress.etypegoogle10.com/files/styles/medium/public/rotary_club.jpg?itok=Kdb6y586 "ROTARY CLUB – Doug Linehan, executive director of the Oklahoma Tax Commission, left, was the guest speaker of the Kingfi sher Rotary Club recently. Pictured with Kingfi sher Rotarian Randy Mecklenburg, right, and Emily Haxton, public information and press liaison for the OTC, center, Linehan spoke of the many citizen-friendly changes made at the OTC since he took over as executive director in January of 2022. [KT&FP Staff Photo]")
The executive director of the Oklahoma Tax Commission said when he took over the role in January 2002, he was confronted by a lethargic, fearful and broken culture at his office.
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