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Commercial bank account fraud is on the rise and one local bank officer encouraged Kingfisher County commissioners to help prevent it.
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WALKING OUT THE WIGGLES — This group of Kingfisher elementary students participated in the first of three Walking Wednesdays, sponsored each fall by Kingfisher Community Collaborative and the Kingfisher County Healthy Living Coalition. Students met at Clearview Circle off 13th Street at 7:20 a.m. on Wednesday, then split into two groups and walked with chaperones to school at Kingfisher Heritage and Gilmour Elementary. These star walkers include, front row, from left, Paycen Page, Hudson Creps, Madie Harder, Briar Coughlan and Paxton Terrell; middle row, Scarlett Redwine, Owen Matthews, Jerzi Ellis, Pressley Page, Emily Francis, Sofie Ellis, Easton Kuehn, Jalee Owens, Avery Harder, Kaelynn Coughlan, Elina Creps, Khloie Williams and Liam Imes; back row, Brooklyn Redwine, Hannah Johnson, Addison Francis, Rylee Johnson, Bentlee Williams, Declan Matthew, Phillip Askey, Brody Willms and Brooklyn Kale. The next two Walking Wednesdays are scheduled for Sept. 29 and Oct. 6. [TIMES-FREE PRESS Staff Photo]
Read moreMore than 50 county residents will be taking advantage of October’s cooler temps to up their daily step counts as participants in Kingfisher Community Collaborative’s first-ever Walk-tober.
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“Maps and Mapmaking: Historical Maps of Oklahoma,” a temporary exhibit at Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher, earned an honorable mention certificate from the Oklahoma Museum Association. The display includes mapmaking equipment and an explanation of the process, as well as a number of historical state maps. Museum Curator Jason Harris (holding the certificate) said the display will remain up for a couple more weeks. [Photo Provided]
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Kingfisher Electric Department workers didn’t get much sleep Thursday night and neither did Kingfisher, Dover, Okarche and some Hennessey residents without air conditioners or electric fans.
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Wyatt Burnett of Lomega 4-H claimed the biggest pumpkin trophy at the Oklahoma State Fair with this 572-pound giant. A front-end loader was needed to lift the pumpkin into the back of a pickup truck for transport. Wyatt is the grandson of Donald and Cathy Schweitzer of the Omega area. [Photo Provided]
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