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A Hennessey town trustee said he couldn’t vote for specific items without having more information in front of him.“I can’t vote to approve purchase orders that I haven’t seen,” said Hennessey Town Trustee David Jones. He made the statement during the board’s Sept. 14 meeting.

Kingfisher County commissioners accepted a bid from SPM Services of Weatherford to build a new parking area at the courthouse Monday at a cost of $245,000 – $160,000 for the parking area and $85,000 snow melting sidewalks.

A fire broke out Monday afternoon in a Kingfisher assisted living facility, but officials report the damage was mostly contained to one room and no injuries were suffered by residents or staff.A fire started sometime after 2 p.m. at the Homestead Assisted Living Memory Care located at 1604 S.

The 2023 Kingfisher County Fair results have been announced. Results are listed in order of placing unless otherwise indicated.

A 36th annual pro-life event is slated early next month in Hennessey.Life Chain will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1, at the corner of U.S. Highway 81 and State Highway 51.The local event will coincide with similar ones taking place across the U.S. and Canada at the same time.

Three members of the Kordis family are headed to the national competition for the 4-H tractor pedal pull. Participating this weekend at the Corn Palace in Mitchell, S.D., are (from left), Julia Kordis, Joseph Kordis and William Kordis.

The sauerkraut is fermenting and will be ready to serve Friday, Oct. 13, at the Okarche Lions Club German Dinner.

The Emergency Drought Commission met last Tuesday and voted to release all remaining funding allocated to the current Emergency Drought Cost-Share Program.The state Legislature appropriated $17 million to the Emergency Drought Relief Fund in May.

There are several needs that could be addressed in applying for Rural Economic Action Plan (REAP) grants, say Hennessey leaders.

Does water run uphill in Hennessey?“No, the water isn’t running uphill (on Mitchell Road),” was Hennessey Mayor Clif Vogt’s answer to a Times & Free Press reporter’s first question in a phone interview Wednesday afternoon.