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The Town of Hennessey and Hennessey mid-high school students will work together again this year on the annual Town Beautification Day. This year’s event is Monday, April 29, said Tiffany Tillman, town administrator, and Stacy Cline, school counselor.

The Kingfisher County Extension is planning a walking program beginning next month to help those affected by arthritis. “Walking with Ease” will begin 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, at the MACenter at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds. Those participating will meet twice a week for six weeks.

Contrary to her last name, Brandi Parker doesn’t spend much time standing still. In 2018, she competed in – and medaled in nearly all of – 52 races both in and outside the state, including 5Ks, half marathons and three full marathons. You read that number right – 52.

Cashion first responder Clayton Morse captured this dramatic sunset and cloud formation at Mercy Hospital Kingfisher last week. [Photo Provided via Facebook]

Journalist, media personality, entrepreneur and author Ray Sanders will be the keynote speaker for the 80th annual Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce Banquet Saturday, Feb. 9. The child of an unwed teenage mother, Sanders has been a lifelong survivor.

The Cheyenne-Arapaho tribal legislature voted Tuesday to purchase a 2.5 acre tract at 400 S. Ninth St.in Kingfisher for $225,000 to construct a community wellness center.

The 89th annual Kingfisher County Spring Livestock Show will be held Feb. 16-18 at the county fairgrounds in Kingfisher. The annual bidders feed and premium auction will be held on Monday, Feb. 25, at the Exhibit Building at the fairgrounds, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Cheniere Energy Inc. which plans a $1 billion Midship Pipeline, got started on the project last week when county commissioners approved permits for 27 road crossings in the county. Cheniere has obtained approval for the project from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. Bill Reitz of Kingfisher called his agency’s 16-hour saturation patrol Friday of Kingfisher County’s most dangerous traffic routes “a huge success.” A total of 28 troopers were deployed in various shifts from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. in “specific high collision areas” along U.S.

A 27-year-old Edmond woman involved in a Jan. 15 high-speed chase that ended in a fiery crash northwest of Kingfisher remains jailed on a felony charge in Kingfisher County Jail. Sarah Ashley Phillips, 224 W. First St.