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The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports:March 24 - Malicious injury/destruction of property. Officer Dustin Brodrick took a report of property damage in the 100 block of North Main Street.

There is a saying, “the one constant in life is change.” Everything changes: relationships, bodies, weather, tax laws, taste buds, fashion, etc. Change happens to us and/or with us through illness, injury, addiction, death, job change, move, children, marriage, divorce, etc.

EAGLES OF THE WEEK –Hennessey Elementary School Eagles of the Week for the week ending April 8 include pre-kindergarten students Sophia Ramirez, Keegan Hyatt, Kendra Fernandez-Hernandez and Leydi Avila; kindergarten students Anastasia Bohnstedt, Elsa Martinez and Aspen Lott; first graders Oaklee...

Sending one or more officers to a week-long, 40-hour training is a huge commitment for rural police forces where manpower may already be stretched thin.

Kingfisher City Commission and Hennessey Board of Education both seated newly elected or re-elected members at their April meetings Monday night. At top, Kingfisher Mayor Roxie Alexander presents a certificate of election to Ryan Deatherage, who was sworn in as the newes commissioner.

Kingfisher County commissioners, at the request of county fire departments, declared a two-week burn ban Monday.The ban, starting on April 11 and ending on April 25, has several exceptions to the ban including the following:• Welding, cutting torch and grinding – 1.

From networking opportunities to Easter fun to a walking challenge, the local calendar of warm weather events is heating up.

Sts. Peter and Paul Altar Society met Wednesday, April 6, with 19 members and guests present.After a short business meeting, Donna Krittenbrink introduced the guest speaker, Sister Maria Faulkner.Sister Maria is from the Gospel of Life Disciples, who minister to the elderly and terminally ill.

A fire truck siren will be sounded at exactly noon Saturday, April 16, for Hennessey’s annual Easter Egg Hunt at Bull Foot Park, said Shelley Burch of the Hennessey Reserve Police Angels.

The following traffic accidents are being investigated by the Kingfisher Police Department:March 21, 2:58 p.m. - At 200 W. Starlite Drive.Mike Wiley, 46, Jonesville, La., driving a 2019 Dodge Ram, was northbound in the Walmart parking lot and struck a concrete pole.