Kingfisher Oklahoma

My elders have always told me that I loved animals from the time I first laid eyes on a dog. They say, and I find this hard to believe, that I was even captivated by grandma’s cat... the one who’d later try to scratch my eyes out.

[ Lorenzo Prieto is a journalism fellow at The Daily Signalz.]President Donald Trump’s plans to build a new White House ballroom continue to send Democrats and the Left into full meltdown mode.Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif.

The need is real and it’s only getting worse.Danica Kramer sees it every month, every week, every day.And it’s getting tougher for the Kingfisher County Food Bank as a result.

The Oklahoma State University Alumni Association recently named 51 students as OSU Seniors of Significance for the 202526 academic year.Three of them were from Kingfisher County.

Kingfisher County commissioners agreed Monday to look into creating a county-wide time bank for all county employees.District 2 Commissioner Michael Sparks suggested the plan.He said it could provide assistance to employees facing difficulty due to injury or sickness.

County voters are being asked on Nov. 18 to once again pass a one-half cent sales tax to continue to fund a multitude of county services.If approved, it will extend the sales tax for another five years.It was originally approved in 1991.

Virginia Frances (Fite) Hellwege, 92, beloved longtime resident of Kingfisher, passed away peacefully on Oct. 22, 2025, at Great Plains Medical Center in Elk City.Virginia was born Aug. 1, 1933, at home on the family farm a mile south of Brinkman to Leo Francis and Iva Maude Ella Hood Fite.

Brenda Lavonne (Chaino Ahkeahbo Williams) Mechling was born March 18, 1957, in Kingfisher to Don Chaino Ahkeahbo and Averial (Rivers) Chaino.She passed away Sept. 28, 2025, at the age of 68.

Born in Dane, Okla., to Ralph “Shorty” Russell and Bertha Kile Russell, Anna Mae Steen passed peacefully at home on Oct. 16, 2025.Anna Mae grew up in Kingfisher, where she graduated from high school in 1949. She later moved to Bethany and attended business school.On Sept.

The beautifully-lived life of John Henry Hopkins, Jr., of Kingfisher came to an earthly end on Oct. 25, 2025.Born in a farm home near Cashion on July 16, 1932, he was the son of John Henry Hopkins, Sr., and Esther Viola Best Hopkins.