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As parents across Oklahoma call for local schools to reopen and provide in-person instruction, one of the most vocal opponents they face is the Oklahoma Education Association (OEA), the state affiliate of the National Education Association.

Several dozen cell phones belonging to multiple people on then-special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team were “wiped” of data, newly released documents from the Department of Justice show.

The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports: August 21 - Petit larceny. Officer Dustin Brodrick took a report of theft in the 1200 block of Curran Avenue.

Richard Simunek, Hennessey town board member, presented a model of a proposed outdoor entertainment/pavilion/park area off Main Street between First and Second streets at last Thursday night’s meeting of the town board.

Kingfisher County commissioners Monday approved a resolution requesting reimbursement for personnel costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reimbursement would come from the CARES Act and the coronavirus relief fund.

MUMS THE WORD for fundraising for Kingfisher County’s Relay For Life organization. This year the group sold nearly 450 of them as part of its year-round effort to finance cancer research and support programs for local victims of the disease.

To watch children’s faces light up when they discover a book that truly excites them is one of the perks of Audry Sanders’ job as a children’s librarian.

The Kingfisher Public School district will once again have a school-based social worker on site.

The administrator of the Hennessey Nursing and Rehab Center has confirmed two more COVID-19 related deaths at that facility, even as the number of active cases trend downward in most county zip codes.

Kingfisher Public Schools will enact a “virtual learning day” for the first time near the end of this month. The designated date is Wednesday, Sept. 30, which was approved by the Kingfisher Board of Education during its regular meeting last Tuesday.