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Kingfisher Bookcase Review Club will meet Monday, April 27, at the Farm Bureau Insurance Building, 117 W. Sheridan Ave., in Kingfisher.Traci Sloriani will review the book “The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year” by Margaret Renkl.Lunch will be catered at 11:30 a.m. and is $15 per person.

Tiffany Rowen got right to the point at the April 10 special meeting of the Hennessey town trustees.“I might as well rip off the Band-Aid,” said the town administrator.“The police department needs renovations, town hall needs renovations and the library needs renovations.

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week is under way this week in Kingfisher County.County commissioners approved the resolution Monday during their weekly meeting.First Assistant District Attorney Eric Epplin signed the resolution following its approval.

The following traffic accidents are being investigated by the Kingfisher Police Department: March 14, 3:40 p.m. At U.S. 81 and Seay Avenue.Noah Truitt, 28, Yukon, driving a 2024 Honda Pilot, was southbound in the left lane of U.S. 81.

[ Ed. note: Reggie Redwine has authorized the Times & Free Press to publish the following paid announcement of his candidacy for the at-large seat on the Pioneer Telephone Cooperative Board of Trustees, subject to the April 20 election.

Lovell, a 1944 HHS graduate, is a longtime member of the Hennessey Lions Club.State Sen. Chuck Hall, R-Perry, also notified the Times & Free Press that he will be attending the event.

[ Ed. note: Beth Seifried has authorized the Times & Free Press to publish the following paid announcement of her candidacy for the at-large seat on the Pioneer Telephone Cooperative Board of Trustees, subject to the April 20 election.

Kingfisher’s city commission reshaped - partly - on Monday as it gathered for its April regular meeting. Tammy Sammons served for the final time, Dawn Taylor relinquished her seat and Daniel Ruhl took the oath of office before the commission got to work on the meat of the agenda.

Kingfisher High School’s tenure without a full-time principal will soon come to an end. A reconfigured board of education on Monday night followed Superintendent Andy Evans’ recommendation to hire Lauren Coleman starting next school year.