Kingfisher Oklahoma

With an open Oklahoma Supreme Court seat scheduled to be filled this year, Oklahomans deserve to know about the judicial philosophy of any potential appointee.

A friend asked me recently if I thought President Donald Trump’s first actions as president were appropriate.I said I think they are because he is taking the necessary steps to undo the disastrous policies of his predecessor and the predecessor’s handlers.

All four Hennessey building principals and the assistant high and middle school principal were rehired for the 2025-26 school year by the Hennessey Board of Education.

Healthy habits matter.That’s the message Landon Lopez and a group of about 25 students at Hennessey High School are working to promote through their involvement with Youth Action for Health Leadership.

Kingfisher County commissioners opened seven bids on brush truck equipment for the Hennessey Fire Department, then tabled action until next week’s meeting to allow department members to study them more fully.The bids follow: Jim’s Welding, $168,000; C3 Customs, $145,000; Myder LLC, $141,346.

Kingfisher County Extension will present a lesson on the topic of the “40-Gallon Challenge” at an upcoming meeting.The meeting is planned for 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26.The lesson will focus on rain barrels and how to make one.

Kingfisher High School senior Conner Askey was a guest at a recent meeting of the Kingfisher Rotary Club.Askey is the son of Eugene and April Askey.

Kingfisher High School seniors Keynun Combs and Kadyn Daugherty are the February 2025 Junior Lions.The two were guests at a recent meeting of the Kingfisher Lions Club.Combs is the son of Tom and Erin Newell and Chris and Jamie Combs.

I have been appointed by the House speaker to serve as a member of The Energy Council. This national, bi-partisan legislative group is made up of members from 14 states as far ranging as Alaska and West Virginia and many southern states.

[ Jarrett Stepman is a columnist for The Daily Signal. He is also the author of “The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past.