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The Kingfisher Roundup Club Arena played host last weekend to the 31st annual Bud Pedigo Ranch Rodeo. Burum Cattle Co. was this year’s winning team. Pictured (top left) with arena judge Gary Townsend (far left) are team members, from left, Mitchell Gardner, Ty Keenan, Brandon Bloyd and Nathan Burum.

The best bid on phase one of storm drainage work due to flooding on Walnut Street came in “below our construction budget,” Hennessey Town Administrator Tiffany Tillman told board members last week. The low bid of $178,605.

Kingfisher Middle School recently announced its Students of the Month for September 2020. Earning the honor were, from left: Dania Garcia, fifth grade; Caroline Swafford, sixth grade; Jancee Matthews, seventh grade; and Raegan Snider, eighth grade. [Photo provided]

Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford originally planned to celebrate May 2020 graduates at a fall ceremony, however school officials have determined the COVID-19 pandemic continues to make it unsafe to have large gatherings. Thus, SWOSU must make changes to its calendar.

Rugged Alaskan terrain, rain soaked attire, bone-chilling temperatures and eight days of hopeful expectation were awaiting three men as they embarked on a trip of a lifetime.

Kingfisher County’s oldest living resident and the second oldest in the state by just a few months checked another milestone Wednesday when friends and family feted her for her 111th birthday.

Several studies analyzing the financial data from counties across the country by a financial advisor firm place Kingfisher County as one of the strongest in the state in key areas.

The Dover Education Foundation made its official presentation of a grant to pay for 60 Chromebooks for Dover seventh to 12 th grade students Wednesday at the Dover High School.

Voters in Kingfisher County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for next month’s election should apply now, said Kingfisher County Election Board Secretary Shawna Butts. Although the Kingfisher County Election Board can accept applications for absentee ballots until 5 p.m.

Hennessey High School has announced its 2020 football homecoming court.