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Eloise Gray, pastor at Mount Olive Baptist Church near Dover, will be signing her book, A Journey of Women of Valor, at two events this month. The first is 3:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, at Paper Pages Bookstore in Crescent and the second is 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, at Full Circle Bookstore in Oklahoma City. [Photo Provided]
Read moreHennessey Fire Department recently filed the following reports:
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Memorial service for Patsy Amos, 69, of Kingfisher will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, at First Christian Church, Hennessey officiated by Brother Dick Kurtz.
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Kenneth Theodore Tipton, 92, of Okarche, passed away on Jan. 1, 2022, at Mercy Hospital Kingfisher after experiencing declining health over the last few years.
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David O. Kochenower was born March 19, 1949, in Okarche to Billy and LaDonna Kochenower and passed away Dec. 29, 2021 in Dallas, Texas.
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James A. Gilmour passed peacefully Dec. 29, 2021, at 91 years of age after a strong battle with metastatic prostate cancer.
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After record-setting December temps, New Year’s weekend brought a cold snap and first snow of the season. The Roy siblings in Okarche are among many county children who made the most of it. From left, Wyatt, age 3; Vivienne, 9; Holden, 10 months, and Elizabeth, 7. Higher temperatures and sunny skies at the start of the work week made short work of the snow cover. [Photo Courtesy Janie Roy, via Facebook]
Read moreVariant sequencing at the state health department’s Public Health Lab of most recent COVID-19 specimens from over the holidays shows a mix of 57% omicron 43%delta.
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