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The flood gates have opened on the 2021 wheat harvest in Kingfisher County.
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FIREFIGHTERS FROM the Kingfisher Fire Department read books to Gilmour Elementary School students as the first event in the Summer Lanterns program, a grant-funded, literacy-building effort organized by Kingfisher Public Schools, held on an early June evening on the lawn of the school. About 25 children and their families took part in the event, the first of four scheduled this month and next. Read the full story on Page 7. [Photo Provided]
Read moreMarlin Kremeier, southeast of Okarche, discovered a saltwater stream on one of his farms last week.
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The Cashion FFA Chapter held its annual banquet on Friday, May 14.
Read moreMay 26 — Officer Matthew Bruner was running radar at West Jack Choate Avenue and Cemetery Road facing east into town at 11:22 p.m. when he saw a pickup truck followed by a gray car both traveling at high rates of speed, according to his report.
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Kingfisher County Sheriff Dennis Banther, right, was the guest speaker of the Kingfisher Rotary Club last week. Pictured with Kingfisher County Associate District Judge Lance Schneiter, Banther narrated a PowerPoint presentation showcasing the new and improved features of the new Kingfisher County Justice Center and also compared the facilities to those recently vacated. “No kidding, I had a bucket in my office permanently in place to collect the constant sewer drip from the floor above,” he commented. Banther said the new facilities are now fully operational and all is running very smoothly. He said the new facilities, located just northwest of the Kingfisher hospital south of town, were built to accommodate future growth. While answering questions, he said he believed the old Kingfisher County Sheriff’s Office building and county jail would be leveled at some point to make way for more parking at the court house. [KT&FP Staff Photo]
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Okarche junior high students Brenna Crider, left, and Jaici Easton, right, were recognized at the annual Delta Kappa Gamma conference held June 5 in Oklahoma City. The girls submitted essays to the DKG’s annual essay contest and, after placing first in the countywide contest, continued to the state level. Each placed first at her respective grade level. Crider and Easton received certificates of achievement and a monetary award. Their teachers are Traci Fuller, pictured center, and Lyndal Westmoreland. [Photo provided]
Read moreThe Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports:
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