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HENNESSEY BOARD of Trustees members include (front, from left) Vice Mayor Clif Vogt, Mayor Bert Gritz, Richard Simunek, and (back) Harold Shaw (newly-elected board member) and Keith Meek (elected to a second term). See related story on Page 9A. [KT&FP Staff Photo by Barb Walter]
Read moreKingfisher County commissioners opened bids on steel bridge materials for Districts 2 and 3 at their meeting Monday.
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Funeral services for Jeanita (Hardin) Richardson, 100, of Hennessey, were Monday, May 17, at First Christian Church and officiated by Rev. Ish Engle and Jimmy Berkenbile. Burial followed at Hennessey Cemetery under the direction of Cordry-Gritz Funeral Home.
Read moreSister Ellen Shannon, O.P., who taught at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School in Kingfisher 1957-59, died April 17, according to a recent edition of the Sooner Catholic.
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Kingfisher Study Club hosted more than three dozen Kingfisher High School students during last week’s annual Senior Girls Tea. Nellie Sanders was the guest speaker for the event held at the First United Methodist Church. KHS seniors attending included, from left: front row, Rebecca Auringer, Cortney Smith, Karli Karrenbrock, Mia Farrell, Cora Taylor, Enriqueta Sanchez and Yesenia Marquez; second row, Alex Compton, Yanet Garcia, Joseline Rivera, Zoey Evans, Maricza Lopez, Grace Stinnett, Makiah Dewberry, Sara Delatorre, Fatima Padilla, Andrea Gutierrez and Monserrat Soto; third row, Angel Patterson, Rylee Trent, Prairie Kaya, Ashlee Davis, Jessica Kincheloe, Frida Gonzalez, Nicole Doyle, Payton Belair, Kari Shepard, Olivia Wilcox, Angelica Orozco and Jennifer Reyes; and back row, Katelyn Brickman, Maddi Kamas, Andrea Becerra, Britt Taylor, Kara Murray, Callie Hill, Kaycee Karcher, Maggie McCully, Sarai Bastida, Jessica Klepper, Maria Lopez and Graci Endres. Ryan Crow, Makayla Epps and Chelsey Free are not pictured. Also attending from KHS were Paula Leffingwell, counselor, and her assistant, Terri Layn. Shel Wagner and Stephanie Farrell, parents of seniors, were also present. [KT&FP Staff Photo]
Read moreA longtime Hennessey teacher expressed concerns to the district’s board of education during its May meeting.
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The Okarche High School speech department’s production of “Kindertransport” by Diane Samuels has advanced to the state finals in the OSSAA one-act play competition.
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