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A lifelong of friendship trumps a college rivalry. That reality was on display all day Wednesday when Kingfisher High School had one of its most prolific signing days in history...with more yet to come. Six KHS seniors signed National Letters of Intent during various ceremonies throughout the day.

The new face of State House District 59, Mike Dobrinski of Okeene, with his wife Ginny, was officially sworn into office in an improvised ceremony at the State Capitol. HD 59 veteran Mike Sanders retired from the office after completing his maximum six two-year terms.

A COVID-19 outbreak that’s resulted in a large number of absences will see Okarche’s high school and junior high students move to virtual learning the next two weeks. Superintendent Josh Sumrall announced the move Thursday and made it effective beginning Friday.

American Legion Auxiliary member Roxanne Alexander, third from left, wasn’t finished with her group’s project of handing out quilts to local veterans.

Retired Kingfisher County Associate District Judge, Robert C. “Bob” Lovell, left, was presented the Melvin Jones Fellowship award Thursday during the noon meeting of the Hennessey Lions Club by president Tim Riddle.

Bullis Enterprises will start picking up curbside tree limbs in Hennessey starting Wednesday, Nov. 16. Tree limbs must be curbside by Nov. 16, said Tiffany Tillman, town clerk.

The Times & Free Press received a nice note from Dwayne Ring, formerly of Kingfisher and now of the Tulsa area, along with his subscription renewal for another year. Ring says he enjoys getting the Kingfisher Times & Free Press and especially likes the editorial page.

It was the same story about the income loss from oil and gas gross production taxes at this month’s Hennessey Board of Education meeting.

Mia Farrell and Maverick Ridenour were recently announced as the Kingfisher High School winners of the Heisman High School Scholarship competition. The two were among more than 3,600 school winners selected nationwide from a pool of tens of thousands of applicants.

Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher will open a special temporary exhibit Nov. 16 featuring historical maps from the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS), as well as historical surveying equipment from the museum.