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ANOTHER VIEW of the lighted marquee sign installed last week on Hennessey Public School’s Eagle Event Center (see related photos on Page 1). The two-story facility includes a basketball court, four locker rooms, training rooms, coaching and administrative offices.

As agricultural markets respond anxiously to China’s attempts to control its coronavirus outbreak with a countrywide quarantine, economists are urging patience.

County Treasurer Robin Rother reports that 61.8 percent of the county’s 2019 ad valorem tax has been paid. As of Thursday, Feb. 20, county property owners had paid $23,021,977.50 of the total tax certified for collection – $37,442,543, leaving a balance of $14,218,776.

Kingfisher High School honor student, Student Council president, athlete and FFA standout Harrison Themer is one step closer to joining an elite group that also includes Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and M. Night Shyamalan.

The 2020 Kingfisher Spring Livestock Show begins Sunday and will run through Tuesday of next week. Livestock will be judged Monday and Tuesday at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds MACenter.

Kingfisher County commissioners approved a plan presented by Kingfisher Fire Chief Tony Stewart to update radios for all county fire departments.

An announcement Tuesday that Boy Scouts of America has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy does not impact local troops or Cimarron Council, which serves 19 counties of northwest and north central Oklahoma.

Kingfisher City Manager Dave Slezickey recently received the credentialed manager designation from the International City/County Management Association.

Hennessey’s town board changed its ordinance on selling, growing, processing and the storing of medical marijuana yet again.

A former Hennessey police lieutenant was charged with a misdemeanor Friday for allegedly allowing his daughter’s boyfriend to live with him while knowing he was a registered sex offender.