News

Hennessey’s school board approved a purchase for 14 thermal imaging cameras due to the COVID-19 virus to detect someone with a high temperature.The school has had two staffers confirmed to have the COVID-19 virus this month.

DELAYED BUT NOT DENIED — Kingfisher High School’s drama department finally got to present it’s spring production of Alice in Wonderland Thursday night to a reduced audience of mainly family members.

The 2020 Oklahoma State Fair has been canceled “due to the evolving COVID-19 health crisis,” organizers announced Friday afternoon.

Leadership Oklahoma recently announced Blake Callaham of Pioneer Telephone Cooperative has been selected to participate in its 34th class. The members of the class were selected from applicants throughout the state.

Kingfisher Board of Education will wrap up the fiscal year with a meeting this week. The meeting is at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 30.

Holy Trinity Catholic School in Okarche welcomed new principal Alice Newman earlier this month. A native of southwest Oklahoma, Newman has 27 years of teaching experience and a master’s degree in school administration.

Cashion is once again planning a large Independence Day celebration. The town’s second annual Boom Fest will be held Friday, July 3, at Cashion High School. Festivities are planned from 6-10 p.m.

Soon, Oklahomans will consider State Question 802, which would increase welfare by expanding Oklahoma’s Medicaid program to cover able-bodied adults. Believing the arguments of S.Q. 802’s supporters requires ignoring mountains of evidence. Isn’t Medicaid expansion funded by “free” federal money?

A top executive at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America has been fired over allegations of racism.

Former House speaker Jeff Hickman touched on a variety of subjects Thursday when he served as guest speaker of the Kingfisher Lions Club. A fifth-generation farmer who grew up in Dacoma and Cherokee, Hickman recently took over as the president and CEO of the Oklahoma Grain and Feed Association.