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Cade Charmasson of Hennessey showed the grand and reserve grand champion doe goats at the Kingfisher County Youth Livestock show, while Rylan Burns and RJ. Harrison, both of Kingfisher, showed the grand and reserve grand champion, wethers, respectively.

Sage Hanrahan of Okarche showed the grand champion heifer and Hagan Harrison of Lomega the grand champion steer at the Kingfisher County Spring Livestock Show. Reserve grands were showedby Blake Henrichs of Marche, heifer, and Dillon Fisher of Lomega, steer.

Myka Elliot and Lasi Grabow, both of Kingfisher, showed the grand champion wether and ewe sheep respectively at the Kingfisher County Youth Livestock show. Grabow showed the reserve grand ewe and Braden Burns of Kingfisher the reserve grand wether.

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Oklahomans with uninsured losses from Febrary’s winter storms should apply for FEMA Individual Assistance as soon as possible.

Citing an opportunity to take on new challenges, longtime Kingfisher Superintendent Jason Sternberger’s next career move takes him to the north end of the county.In a special meeting Wednesday evening, the Hennessey Board of Education voted unamimously to hire Sternberger as its next superintendent.

Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence announced last week that two of its prestigious 2021 Academic All-State Award winners hail from Kingfisher High School. KHS seniors Prairie Kaya and Cayman Matson were named among the 100 top public high school seniors, selected from 379 nominations statewide.

Oklahoma experienced a historic cold air event during February, boosting the month into the company of other legendary frozen periods from calendar pages long torn away and discarded. February 1895, February 1899, and January 1930 all suffered through exceedingly long cold spells.

February’s sub-freezing temperatures and snow sent wheat into dormancy but all is not lost. While the plants stopped growing, they will recover as temperatures moderate, Kingfisher County Extension Director Ag Educator Bryan Kennedy said.

Retired professional football player and Kingfisher High School graduate Curtis Lofton will be the featured speaker at this year’s Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce Banquet, March 8.