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For The Times & Free Press After two hours in executive session last Monday night to discuss personnel matters, the Hennessey Board of Education: – Tabled action on extra duty coaching assignments for the 2019-20 school year.

Tyler Borelli, an 18-year-old senior at Kingfisher High School, paged for House Majority Leader Mike Sanders the week of Feb. 18-21, at the state Capitol. Borelli is the son of Greg and Vaynna Borelli. He has a GPA of 3.

High winds snapped a power pole and started a fire on the south side of Hennessey school’s vo-ag classroom/shop building at about 9 p.m. Wednesday.

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Leah Miller, mother of Hennessey High School teacher Bailey Miller, appeared to stun school board members and 20 in the audience, when she said her daughter was harassed by another teacher.

Justin Brewster, center, Pioneer Telephone’s wireless division manager, narrated a PowerPoint presentation regarding the advance of wireless technology over the past 10 years. Brewster said the Pioneer Cellular network covers 40 counties in Oklahoma and 15 counties in Kansas.

KT&FP Senior Editor Kingfisher city commissioners defeated two bids by a local church to establish sober living homes without casting a single vote either for or against rezoning requests Monday night.

The Keith Lowry-Henry Ellyson Post 5 of the American Legion will celebrate its 100th anniversary meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 14, in the Memorial Hall Auditorium.

Beginning Tuesday, Kingfisher residents who are water and sanitation customers could start bringing excess trash to the city’s newly-named collection center. City commissioners approved an ordinance raising residential sanitation rates by $2.50 per month to fund the center.

Oklahoma Blood Institute is experiencing an emergency blood shortage and is issuing an urgent call for donors of all blood types. Several days of winter weather, blood drive cancellations, and widespread illness, including a flu outbreak, have all contributed to a sharp downturn in donations.