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The civil lawsuit against Kingfisher Public Schools as well as two current and two former football coaches will continue with a named plaintiff.An amended complaint was filed in what was the case of John Doe No. 1 vs.

Lyuda Cameron talked with Kingfi sher Rotarians last Tuesday about ongoing fundraising efforts of Sooner Hope for Ukraine, which provides aid to Ukrainians suffering hardships following the invasion of that country from Russian military aggression that began early last year.

Kingfisher High School seniors Andrew Osborn and Lily Fletcher are the May 2023 Junior Lions.The two were guests at recent meetings of the Kingfi sher Lions Club.Osborn is the son of Debbie Osborn.

Hennessey High School students graduated Friday, May 12, at the Eagle Event Center, but before that they were celebrated during an awards program Thursday, May 4, at the school auditorium.College ScholarshipsNOC — Hunter Hubbard, Freshman Regents Scholarship.

Kingfisher’s 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) STARS program provides before, after and summer programming to students in fourth-eighth grades. Under the guidance of one of the district’s music teachers, Teresa Greco, students have participated in World Music Drumming.

The Apron Annies HCE group hosted the 2023 Okarche High School senior class baccalaureate services Sunday, May 14. Apron Annies has hosted this event for 30 years with the first being May 1993.

There were four bidders on the Hennessey Public Schools’ $1.215 million in building bonds dated July 2023.The low bid by Bank of Oklahoma was accepted by the school board at 3.5925% with a net interest of $87,297.75.Other bidders were Country Club Bank of Kansas City (3.

Kingfisher Elks Lodge recently held its annual honors banquet to recognize some of Kingfisher County’s top seniors. Also that night, the lodge distributed $800 scholarships to each of 11 seniors (top photo).

Two semi-trucks and a pickup-truck were involved in an accident Wednesday that resulted in one injury.The accident occurred just 70 feet west of the intersection of Banner Road and County Road E680, which is three miles south and four miles east of Hennessey.

United Way of Northwest Oklahoma had a near-record campaign in 2022, which allowed it to allocate even more to its partner agencies. Dan Schiedel, executive director for the Enid-based agency, was the guest speaker recently at Kingfisher Lions Club.