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Longtime transportation executive Gary Ridley, who served as Oklahoma Department of Transportation maintenance superintendent in Kingfisher early in his career, died Wednesday night.
Read moreRichard Stern is a senior policy analyst for budget policy at The Heritage Foundation.
Read moreLomega School recently announced its Students of the Month for October and November 2022. Earning the honor for October were (top photo), from left: Lagan Meier and Molly Tisdale for the junior high and Darcy Roberts and Mario DeLeon for the high school. November award winners were (bottom photo), from left: Taylor Gardner and Brenden Uhlenhake in the junior high and Braxton Murray and Sydni Walker for the high school. [Photos provided]
Read moreNBC Oklahoma’s Teresa Grellner, left, and Chase Farrar, right, recently presented Kingfisher resident Elmer Becker, center, with a framed and signed print of Starr Hardridge’s painting “Little Brother of War.” This painting is the 18th commissioned work in the NBC Oklahoma Artist Series and Becker won the print in a drawing at the bank. For more information about the series or the painting, go to nbc.bank/ art or the bank’s gallery website at nbcwigwam. art. [Photo provided]
Read moreKingfisher Junior High has announced its December 2022 Students of the Month. Pictured with Buzz the Yellowjacket, those earning the honor were, from left: seventh graders: Joshua Haynes, Buzz’s Student of the Month; Vaness Gomez, Outstanding Student of the Month; Fredric Belin, Yellowjacket Character Trait of the month (creativity). Also, eighth graders: Brinley Reese, Outstanding Student of the Month; Audrey Long, Yellowjacket Character Trait of the month (creativity); and Hannah Jeter, Buzz’s Student of the Month. [Photo provided]
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Read moreLeadership Hennessey seniors Leslie Carrillo (left) and Raven Bedford wrap presents for their 2022 Reserve Police Angel child. These HHS seniors are missing the third member of their team, Tyson Chalmers, who was helping a team of boys who’d never wrapped presents. The two girls also won the “Solemn” awards and were encouraged to smile and talk more, especially during their internships. Carrillo is interning at Royal Signs as a graphic artist, and Bedford at the Hennessey Police Department as an officer in the school’s new internship program this year. [Photo provided]
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