Kingfisher Oklahoma

Oklahoma high school boys basketball – and the sport in general – lost an icon early Sunday morning. Longtime legendary Okarche coach Ray West died at his home after a brief but vigorous battle with cancer. He was 68.

Since it opened in 2001, Prairie Quilt in Hennessey has grown to become the largest quilt shop in Oklahoma. As of Aug. 23, owner Randa Parrish will add a new title to the store’s list of honors – one of the top 10 quilt shops in all of North America.

Hennessey Board of Trustees, broke ground Monday morning on the town’s $2.1 million municipal pool. Carrothers Construction of Paola, Kan. won the bid and Cherie Worden, their project manager, said they expect to start work as soon as they receive final approval from the state.

Kingfisher County Republican Women made a strong showing at the Oklahoma Federation of Republican Women’s biennial convention last weekend in Lawton.

Hennessey Farmerettes met Aug. 8 at the home of Kathy Patocka.Attending and answering roll call with “Do you ever use your appliances for something other than what they were intended for?

Oklahoma Blood Institute will hold a Bigfoot-themed blood drive with Hennessey High School on Wednesday, Aug. 21. The drive will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hennessey High School, 707 E. Oklahoma.   Each blood donor will receive a limited edition Bigfoot t-shirt.

Ex-agent Strzok fighting firing from FBI Peter Strzok, the former FBI agent fired after his attempts to derail the Trump election, has filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department and the FBI, claiming he was fired due to political pressure from President Donald Trump.

Hennessey’s rodeo is this weekend, and it makes me think about when I was sitting on a wooden fence rail at that rodeo years ago. My husband was out in the arena taking pictures for the paper. He walked over to hand me a roll of film when the rodeo clown yelled, “Bill, look out!

There is discrimination of all sorts, and that includes racial discrimination. Thus, it’s somewhat foolhardy to debate the existence of racial discrimination yesteryear or today.

Just weeks after roughly 60 of its members attended a conference where participants voiced support for abortion, transgender rights, reparations for slavery, and more, the Oklahoma Education Association tweeted that teaching “is a political act.