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Betty Lea Bower was born Oct. 28, 1932, in Okarche to Fred and Susie Kordis.
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Vincent Edward Scott died January 20, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. Ed was born May 16, 1968, in Oklahoma City where he was raised and lived in Kingfisher for 23 years.
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PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE plans are shelved for now at the new Kingfisher County Justice Center. Sheriff Dennis Banther said the decision was made to move inmates in last week to accommodate a sudden influx of females, which exceeded the old jail’s capacity to segregate inmates by gender. While a professional moving company relocated files and equipment from the old jail, a borrowed school bus driven and manned by law enforcement transported inmates on Wednesday. Staff members who have been training for several months in the new facility are now putting those skills to work. Photo above, Reserves Sgt. Corey Thompson works at one of the deputy computer stations as Banther looks on; top left, Jail Administrator Rechele Hirom at work in her office; top right, Detention Officer Dillon Booth sits in the elevated control tower, where he has a line-of-sight view of both tiers of the two cell pods, as well as video feeds to all areas of the building, center right; Banther demonstrates the videophones in the visitation room, bottom right; Sgt. Nathan Mowdy and fellow detention officer Daniel Mendoza, at left, set up equipment in the inmate booking area. [KT&FP Staff Photos]
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Kingfisher city commissioners awarded a contract Wednesday night to an Idaho con-struction company to build a premier feature of Newfield Community Park.
Read moreIn what was billed on the agenda as a “sales tax proposal” workshop, Kingfisher city commissioners, staff and fire department personnel narrowed down the path forward for building a new fire station and the sales tax proposal needed to fund it.
Read moreGov. Kevin Stitt’s office issued an appeal for both medical and nonmedical volunteers to help accelerate the state’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccines to eligible recipients.
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