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Kingfisher County commissioners tabled action on the Wagon Wheel Wind Project in north Kingfisher County for a second time at their meeting Monday.

About 70 attended the Hennessey United Association’s annual Red Carpet Night Thursday, April 18, at Hennessey Mercantile to help recognize family and friends receiving awards.

Multiple members were finalists and the team brought home an academic honor when Okarche High School took part in the Class 3A state speech tournament.

ALTRUA CLUB DONATES – The Altrua Club presented its annual donation to Jason Harris, director of the Chisholm Trail Museum, at the February meeting. Part of their donation was earmarked in honor of longtime member Julie Storm who passed away in 2023.

The Hennessey Farmerettes met Thursday, April 11, in the home of Lily Rourke with Pansy Wheeler, president, presiding over the meeting.Jamie Akenhead led the American flag salute, followed by the group reading the Oklahoma Home and Community Education (OHCE) Creed.

All five members of the Hennessey’s town board were smiling when they left last Thursday’s special meeting to update town codes.That’s because Town Attorney Jared Harrison suggested it was “more of an administrative job... and we can bring you back a fairly final product for your approval.

Marriage LicensesKingfisher County Court Clerk Lisa Markus issued marriage licenses recently to the following couples: March 22: Michael Thomason, 62, and Melissa S. Thomason, 53, both of Yukon.April 1: Jacob Allan Farrell, 25, and Jill Marie Newer, 24, both of Kingfisher.

Planting by the Moon (also called "Gardening by the Moon") is a traditional way to plant your above- and be - low-ground crops, especially at the start of the season. Here's how it works: Plant annual flowers and vegetables that bear crops above ground during the light, or waxing, of the Moon.

Shane Hood’s commute to work will be much shorter next year.The Cashion Board of Education voted in a special meeting last Monday to hire Hood as the district’s next superintendent.He’ll succeed Leon Ashlock, who is taking the same position at Muldrow Public Schools after two years at Cashion.

Kingfisher County District 2 Commissioner Ray Shimanek, Hennessey, cuts the ribbon during the official opening of the Hennessey Fire Department’s $1.9-million addition.