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Kingfisher’s basketball games at Blanchard scheduled last Tuesday were postponed.
Read moreA Kingfisher woman was arrested east of Kingfisher Saturday evening after a high-speed chase with a Kingfisher County Sheriff’s deputy.
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TURBINE FIRE — A wind turbine caught fire sometime Saturday at Kingfisher Wind Farm southeast of Kingfisher at the intersection of NS 2920 and EW 840 roads. Okarche Fire Department was notified of the fire shortly after 12:30 p.m. and responded with five firefighters and three units, Chief Steve Liebl told the Times & Free Press. Trucks from Big 4, Kingfisher and Cashion also were dispatched but turned back when it was determined they weren’t needed. Liebl said representatives of Apex Clean Energy also were at the scene. The fire was mostly confined to the engine housing but also partially burned the blades and about three acres of grass below, Liebl said. Two similar fires have occurred at the wind farm near Calumet, but Liebl said this was the first reported at the Kingfisher farm. An Apex representative quoted in the Enid News said the turbine was taken offline and the cause of the fire is under investigation. [Photo Credit: Charles Jindra]
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Kingfisher’s Isabella Gomez and Caleb Hendryx performed recently with the “best of the best” among junior high choir students in Oklahoma.
Read moreHennessey Board of Trustees member Richard Simunek quizzed Kingfisher County commissioners Monday regarding the county sales tax funds dedicated to fire departments.
Read moreMonday night’s monthly meeting of the Kingfisher City Commission was canceled when three commissioners were sidelined by illness, City Manager Dave Slezickey said.
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JAIL TOUR — Kingfisher County Sheriff Dennis Banther, third from left, led county commissioners and members of the Kingfisher County Justice Center Trust Authority on a tour of the facility Monday after a meeting of the trust board. At the board’s request, Banther completed a punch list of what he told the Times & Free Press are mostly minor remaining issues with the building, which has been in operation for nearly a year. Among those participating in the walk-through are, from left District 3 Commissioner Heath Dobrovolny; Van Storm of project management company Joe D. Hall; Banther; Wayne Todd, also of Joe D. Hall; project inspector Robert Barnett, and trust board member James Matousek. District 2 Commissioner Jeff Moss, County Clerk Jeannie Boevers and other members of the trust authority also participated in the tour. See the full story in Sunday’s Times & Free Press. [KT&FP Staff Photo]
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