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While many of the 30-some counties finding themselves without local Department of Human Services facilities in the wake of a recent state closure decision may still be struggling for solutions, Kingfisher’s faith-based community has stepped up to the challenge.
Read moreDover Pastor Eloise Gray learned this summer that American children aren’t the only ones set adrift by coronavirus school closures.
Read moreDover school district patrons voted to approve a $15.6 million construction bond issue by an overwhelming majority last week.
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The news article recently that The Hennessey Clipper will cease weekly publication is sad to us.
We remember a time in Oklahoma when even very small towns (under 1,000) often had a newspaper.
Read moreThe U.S. Department of State has declared that the Confucius Institute U.S. Center, which has long operated an institute at the University of Oklahoma, is a foreign mission of the People’s Republic of China.
Read moreAs part of my ongoing “Take An Urbanite Outdoors Program” I recently took an 18-year-old boy outdoors at the request of his parents who are worried that playing video games and texting with his friends 14 hours a day might somehow inhibit his development. I met Drew at his bio-containment facility (house) as the Covid crises was easing and where he’d been sheltering in place for the past 18 years.
Read moreNearly one in three Oklahoma school districts has already applied for a program launched by Gov. Kevin Stitt that will provide advanced courses online.
Read moreDennis and Tammy Mueggenborg show off the interior of their flower shop, where a recent removal of the dropped ceiling revealed these beautiful pressed tin ceiling tiles. More renovations are planned to give the shop a “modern historic feel” just in time for the holiday downtown open house in November. [TIMES-FREE PRESS Staff Photo]
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