Cashion’s board of education has tabbed the person to lead the district through its next phase.

Oklahoma State basketball analyst and 38-year coaching veteran Barry Hinson will be the keynote speaker for the annual Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce banquet Monday, Jan. 31.

Plans for a travel plaza on the west side of U.S. 81 was presented to the Hennessey Board of Trustees Thursday night by Town Administrator Tiffany Tillman.

Cashion carried over its momentum from the Three Rivers Conference Tournament into last week.

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]

Kingfisher’s Isabella Gomez and Caleb Hendryx performed recently with the “best of the best” among junior high choir students in Oklahoma.