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An Enid man was killed Thursday when his 2017 Nissan Altima collided with the back of a front-end loader three and a half miles east of Hennessey.Caden Clark, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident by Life EMS, according to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol report.

Light snow fell across Kingfisher County Thursday night and continued during the early hours of Friday.Locally less than an inch of snow was reported as of mid-morning Friday.Local Weather Observer Steve Loftis reported a trace of moisture.

Completion of bathrooms plus a storage area at the Hennessey Cemetery pavilion were among the 1-5-year capital improvement projects discussed by the Hennessey Board of Trustees during a fivehour planning meeting last month.

Kingfisher High School seniors Peyton Townsend and Brenden Hill were recently announced as the March 2022 Junior Lions by members of the Kingfisher Lions Club.Townsend is the daughter of Ron and Julie Townsend.She’s a member of the National Honor Society and Oklahoma Honor Society.

Kurt Thomas, Chisholm Trail Technology Center’s administrative manager, and twothirds of the instructors in the school’s Health Careers Certification program spoke at a recent Kingfisher Lions Club meeting.

The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports:February 17 - Malicious injury/destruction of property and burglary.Officer Aaron Schlegel responded to a report of property damage in the 800 block of South Third Street.

Twenty-five years after a 19-year-old woman was kidnapped from a Bethany carwash, brutally raped and murdered,10 years after a Kingfisher man was instrumental in getting the case reopened and eight months after the killer was sentenced to death, Bill Kurtis will be talking about it on Cold Case...

Kingfisher County is one of several entities that will pay a surcharge to its health insurance carrier to ensure it remains solvent.Kingfisher County commissioners Monday approved paying the $96,381.13 in one lump sum to OPEH&W Health Plan.

Kingfisher Middle School Principal Keith Campbell has announced the Students of the Month for February 2022. Earning the honor were, from left: Mia Moore, fifth grade; Yesenia Rivera, sixth grade; Lily Lunsford, seventh grade; and Scout Snodgrass, eighth grade. [Photo provided]

Eight Okarche High School speech students brought home the Class 3A sweepstakes trophy from the recent Crescent High School Invitational Speech Tournament.Senior Kenzie Beard placed first in poetry and fourth in original oratory.