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The University of Oklahoma announced today the students named to its spring 2022 honor roll, a distinction given to those who achieve the highest academic standards.A total of 8,095 students were named to the spring 2022 honor roll.

Sample ballots are now available for the June 28 primary election.Voters can download a sample ballot using the State Election Board’s OK Voter Portal at oklahoma. gov/elections/ovp or pick up a copy at the Kingfisher County Election Board during normal business hours.

I often wonder what my wife was like when she was the same age as our teenage daughter is now.Was she spoiled?Was she flirty?Was she a tomboy?Was she the kind of girl who dotted her “i’s” with hearts?

During their regular June meeting Monday in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation commissioners approved additional opportunities to harvest antlerless deer and approved hunting season dates and bag limits for this year’s migratory bird hunting seasons.

A $3,500 feasibility study of Hennessey’s current 94-year-old public library was approved by the newly-appointed Library Building Committee last Wednesday morning.

The Town of Hennessey’s current expenses for 2021-22 are expected to be almost $3.7 million, but the budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year is $4.7 million.The reason for the increase is grant money, said Town Administrator Tiffany Tillman.

As it turns out, David Glover will not be the athletic director and director of operations at Kingfisher Public Schools.He will, instead, be the 20 th person to hold the job as KPS superintendent.

After a two-hour executive session Monday night, Kingfisher city commissioners voted to reappoint administrative and judicial staff but said they would vote on amendments to City Manager Dave Slezickey’s continuing contract at a later date.

A driver who led Oklahoma Highway Patrol on a high-speed chase southwest of Hennessey was arrested after his vehicle struck a deer and then caught fire Friday.

The embattled 2022 wheat harvest finally got under way in earnest last weekend with the arrival of hot, dry weather.The mercury surged past the 100-degree mark Saturday (100), Sunday (104) and Monday (101), with scorching heat indexes in excess of 110 at times.