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U.S. MILITARY VETERANS, long-time members and officers in the local American Legion Post No. 5 and active community leaders Kenneth Tollison, Bill Tucker (in a photo from his service in Vietnam) and Larry Talbott, from left, will lead Kingfisher’s annual Red, White and Boom Fest Monday as parade marshals. The parade begins at 10 a.m. in downtown Kingfisher. More fun is in the offing at Kingfisher Park beginning at noon to 10 p.m., including games, train and fire truck rides and more. Great eats and cool treats are available from local food vendors from 2-10 p.m. Live music begins at 7:30 p.m. with the Katie Bailey Band, followed by fireworks at dusk sponsored by the City of Kingfisher. See the center spread of the second section in today’s issue for full details and biographies of parade marshals in Sunday’s edition.
Read moreKingfisher city commissioners voted at a special meeting last Tuesday to approve a $17.3 million budget for the new fiscal year which begins July 1, noting a desire to prioritize sewer, water, drainage and street projects.
Read moreJune 21 is a day of special significance for Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. Bill Reitz of Kingfisher.
Read moreOne jokester on the internet posed this question: “What do you do if your electric car runs out of charge on the highway – walk to a service station and get a bucket of electricity?
Read moreIt’s been a long time since my stomach, and my back, hurt so much from laughing. But that’s what happened Saturday afternoon with Jill and Tracy.
Read morePer a new report from Gallup, the percentage of Americans now saying they believe in God is the lowest since they first started doing the survey.
Read moreIn the 2008 case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court recognized the individual right to gun ownership in the home. In the 2010 case of McDonald v. Chicago, it recognized that the right of individual gun ownership extended to states and local municipalities. This week, in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, the court found that “New York’s proper-cause requirement violates the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms in public for self-defense.”
Read moreKingfisher County 4-H Club was represented at the OSU Dairy Field Day and the Perkins Dairy Field Day judging contests recently. From left, Lester Yost, Ian Pope and Madeline Pope of Lomega and Zoie Cox of Cashion receive the second-place award from Ayrshire Princess Addison Bailey for their showing June 17 at the Perkins contest. Madeline Pope was the first-place individual at the contest. The team competed the day before at OSU where Cox was named the first-place individual. [Photo provided]
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