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In what could best be described as a climatological anomaly on steroids, Oklahoma soared to its warmest December on record, besting the previous mark by more than 5 degrees.

Can the Okarche girls make it three in a row?Can the Cashion boys win their fourth straight?Can Kingfisher’s boys win their eighth straight (well, sort of anyway)?Those questions will be answered by Saturday night at the latest as the first of two big tournament weeks this month begins Thursday.

The Kingfisher High School wrestling program will crown its king and queen and honor seniors all in one night.Kingfisher will host Clinton for a dual Thursday, Jan. 6, at the APB.Junior high wrestlers will begin at 6 p.m.

Honor rolls at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Sayre and Yukon have been announced for the 2021 fall semester.An undergraduate student earning all A’s in 12 or more hours during a semester qualifies for the President’s Honor Roll.

Eloise Gray, pastor at Mount Olive Baptist Church near Dover, will be signing her book, A Journey of Women of Valor, at two events this month. The first is 3:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, at Paper Pages Bookstore in Crescent and the second is 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan.

Hennessey Fire Department recently filed the following reports:Fires ReportedGrass Fire – Firefighters with three brush pumpers, one tanker truck responded to a grass fire at N. 2890 Road and E. 650 Road at 11:07 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5. They were joined by a patrol officer and Dover firefighters.

After record-setting December temps, New Year’s weekend brought a cold snap and first snow of the season. The Roy siblings in Okarche are among many county children who made the most of it. From left, Wyatt, age 3; Vivienne, 9; Holden, 10 months, and Elizabeth, 7.

Variant sequencing at the state health department’s Public Health Lab of most recent COVID-19 specimens from over the holidays shows a mix of 57% omicron 43%delta.This surveillance data is important to providers and the public to understand what is going on in the state.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Friday before deciding whether to pause the federal vaccine mandate for employers with more than 100 workers.

With November’s release of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s final report, last February’s arctic freeze and its impact on the Oklahoma and Texas electrical grids is back in the news.