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The end of school comes with it the annual inflow and outflow of teachers and coaches in school districts everywhere.Kingfisher County is no exception.While we’ll have more on the new teachers in our Aaron Norton will be Tyler Tuck.

local districts in our back-to-school edition later this summer, I did want to point out some of the coaching moves that have been taking place.Some coaches are staying put but taking on new roles.Some have moved on and some have moved in.Some are familiar faces, but just at new schools.

While last week’s onset of 100-degree temps suggest otherwise, summer doesn’t officially begin until Tuesday.Three days later is the first official summer event at Kingfisher Park – Fourth Friday in the Park, sponsored by Kingfisher Community Collaborative.This free family event runs from 6:30-8 p.

A recent school shooting has put school safety in the spotlight once again.Hennessey Public Schools has tried to stay out in front of the issue, Superintendent Jason Sternberger said.

Wheat harvest hummed along this week in Kingfisher County as clear skies and hot temperatures paved the way for long days for combine crews.Estimates on status of the harvest ranged from half done to complete.

Pioneer Telephone Cooperative’s soon-to-be new general manager Blake Callaham shared updates from the county’s largest employer at last week’s Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

During his last five-year stint in state prison, Kyndal Ray said he transitioned from a man with an addiction to a man on a mission.Ray, 29, stopped in Kingfisher on his way to La Push, Wash., from Jacksonville, Fla. – on foot.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health has identified the state’s second probable case of monkeypox in a central Oklahoma resident with recent international travel to a country with confirmed cases.The individual is currently in isolation.

Richard Simunek told his peers he’s ready for reform in Hennessey.“I’m giving a 30-day notice that I’m going to distribute some information,” Simunek, a town trustee, said in a special meeting of the Hennessey Board of Trustees last Wednesday night.

Officers and board members of the Kingfisher County Retired Educators Association (KCREA) met this summer in the home of Donna Jech to work on plans for the coming year. Pictured at the meeting are, from left, Terri Peck, Jech, Dana Golbek, Nancy Teders, Cathy Howard and Kathy Kadavy.