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Marriage LicensesKingfisher County Court Clerk Lauren Stroh issued marriage licenses recently to the following couples: January 17: Enoc Fredman, 27, and Marli Guzman, 31, both of Enid.

Kingfisher High School seniors Brayden Osterholt and Emily Altizer are the January 2025 Junior Lions.The two were guests at a recent meeting of the Kingfisher Lions Club.Osterholt is the son of Amanda Osterholt.

Kingfisher Board of Education members acted on some personnel items and discussed several others Monday at their February regular meeting.Among the moves was approving Interim Superintendent Andy Evans’ recommendation to rehire all the current principals on staff for the 2025-26 school year.

Kim Gritz was selected as the Hennessey Public Schools’ 2024-25 Teacher of the Year by school staff last week.Gritz was initially voted the Hennessey High School Teacher of the Year, making her eligible for the district honor.

Six people had filed for various municipal offices as of press time of this edition.A majority of them were for the two trustee positions open in Hennessey.Filing began Monday and ran through 5 p.m. Wednesday for positions in Kingfisher, Hennessey and Dover.

Kingfisher Public Schools’ financial audit for 2023-24 offered no major red flags.The report of the audit’s findings were presented to board of education members Monday during their February regular meeting.The audit was prepared by Britton, Kuykendall & Miller CPAs of Weatherford.

Lee E. Briix, a retired Hennessey High School history teacher, is making his rounds in Kingfisher County this week to sell, and sign, his first historical fiction book: “Train to Muddy Waters.

Kingfisher County commissioners heard lengthy reports on two matters at their weekly meeting Monday.John Gooden, chairman of Kingfisher Trails, said he was appearing on the matter of the Kingfisher Airport Authority’s planned runway extension to allow larger planes to utilize the runway.

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