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Rowan, Young are November Junior Lions

Kingfisher High School seniors Gracie Rowan and Cooper Young were named the Junior Lions for November 2025.The two visited a pair of meetings last month as guests of the Kingfisher Lions Club.Rowan is the daughter of Jeremy and Melinda Rowan.
KHS SENIORS Cooper Young, left, and Gracie Rowan were announced as the November 2025 Junior Lions. The two were guests of the civic club during meetings last month. [KT&FP Staff Photo]

School board filings

Filing began for school board seats across the county on Monday morning.As of press time of this edition, only incumbents had filed for seats at they county’s school districts and no races had developed.

Hennessey’s Jack Toney is ‘Hometown Hero’ at OSU game

“After 12 weeks of intensive training at Ft. Benning he was sent to Vietnam in 1969, where he received his first Purple Heart after he and his battalion were ambushed. Sgt. Toney is a recipient of two bronze stars, as well as other honors.
HENNESSEY’S JACK TONEY was honored during last weekend’s OSU football game in Stillwater. Among those there to celebrate the honor were, from left: Enid friends Kenny Dennett and Gwen Overton; honoree Jack Toney of Hennessey; Hennessey friends Jamie a

Upcoming Events

• ART ON DISPLAY: Kathryn Merrill Western Art will be open to the public on two different dates this month in lieu of its annual open house. The dates are Dec. 6 and Dec. 20 and it will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Upcoming Events

City secures loan for water, sewer needs

Kingfisher Public Works Authority received approval last week for a $5 million Financial Assistance Program (FAP) loan.That announcement was made in a press release by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board after the board approved the loan last Tuesday.

Shiny and bright . . .

Kingfisher Winter Nights celebrated its 2025 opening night last Saturday. The opening was commemorated by the lighting of a 55-foot Norwegian Spruce that’s planted at the north entrance of Kingfisher Park.

Evans’ evaluation pushed back

Kingfisher Board of Education members on Monday opted to not conduct the evaluation of the school district’s superintendent.The December regular meeting’s agenda called for the action, but members said they didn’t evaluate Andy Evans during an executive session that lasted about 45 minutes.

Santa Letters

Now that Thanksgiving is over, the Christmas holiday season kicks into high gear.Of course, that means it will soon be time to write those “Letters to Santa.”We’re calling all teachers to once again email us your elementary students’ letters.
Santa Letters
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