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Twelve members of the Pride of Cashion band qualified for this week’s state solos and ensembles competition hosted by the OSSAA at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.

Kingfisher County FFA and 4-H members took home a number of high honors at the annual Oklahoma Youth Expo in Oklahoma City. The OYE, formerly called the Oklahoma City Spring Livestock Show, provides the final competition of the spring season for exhibitors of top livestock from throughout.

For The Times & Free Press The owner of a dilapidated doublewide mobile home on the west side of Hennessey managed to get up the dander of Mayor Mike Shaw and all town board members Monday night. Bonifacio Vargas, owner of the 302 W.

For The Times & Free Press After two public hearings Monday night, the Hennessey Board of Trustees put the final stamp needed to change zoning of 43.74 acres in the southeast part of town from general agriculture to general industrial. All votes were unanimous.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol will soon be accepting applications for the 66th Oklahoma Highway Patrol Academy. This is the first academy to be introduced since the 65th OHP Academy initiated its cadets in January 2018, graduating 29 new Troopers on June 15, 2018. The proposed start date of Dec.

Four Okarche speech students received state medals as the 2018-19 competitive speech season came to an end at the Oklahoma State Speech and Debate Tournament.   Katie and Rob Bomhoff placed third in humorous duet.

It’s Springtime Most of what I’m gonna say is common sense. A few friendly reminders: As it warms up we are gonna have those dreaded little buggers we call ticks. If you get a tick bite and start feeling flu-like symptoms, get to the doctor ASAP. You probably have a tick-borne illness.

Eligible farmer-owners of the CHS retail business based out of Okarche shared in the recent distribution of cash patronage and equity based on business done with the co-op.

A Kingfisher man was arrested on a second-degree murder complaint Friday afternoon after he allegedly told investigators he dismembered, attempted to burn and buried his girlfriend’s body in the backyard of their Kingfisher home, Police Chief Dennis Baker said.

Kingfisher Public Schools had sticker shock last week when bids were opened for the new cheer and softball facility. The good kind of shock, that is. Bids came in at about half the projections and on Monday the board of education approved the lowest one from Jenco Construction of Oklahoma City.