Kingfisher Oklahoma

With a winless team coming to town and a massive showdown looming the next week, there may have been some cause for concern of the Cashion Wildcats overlooking Watonga.Not to mention it was homecoming week.That concern was extinguished on the game’s very first play.

DOVER ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL Jared Reese, far left, recently announced the school’s Students of the Month for September 2025.

Government shutdown; Who cares?I read where the federal government has been shut down by Democrat senators. I hadn’t noticed.It might be a good thing. I’ve always wondered if the nation might not be a lot better off without so much “help” from the bureaucracy.

That’s what my Daddy said after Momma made his favorite dinner, including cherry pie, and there was vanilla ice cream, too.It was a hot summer afternoon after she’d fried a mess of okra from her garden to go with some cornbread, and brown beans.

Since Democrats have shut down the federal government because they want another $1.5 trillion bailout of Obamacare, it’s a good time to remind everyone that the law has been a wide-ranging and expensive fiasco.

The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has shoved uncomfortable truths into the light. Among them is the fact that the fringe-left views aggressively promoted on college campuses have morphed into an active embrace of assassination culture.

• GOVERNOR CANDIDATE TO VISIT: Kingfisher County Republican Women is continuing its series of hosting candidates for next year’s Oklahoma governor election. Appearing at the next meeting will be Mike Mazzei. The meeting is 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13, at Farm Bureau Insurance. The public is invited.

Kingfisher County Commissioners gave their approval Monday to a Fiscal Year 2025-26 county budget totaling $44,044,257.66 and the county health department budget of $3,725,104.14.County Budget Maker Nick Storm, C.P.A.

The next 50 years is offi cially under construction.More than 100 people on Monday attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Kingfisher Fire Department station.

Although property owners in Kingfisher Public Schools’ district will see an increase in ad valorem taxes on their next bill, the school district is working to keep it from happening beyond that.