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I have a bone to pick with urban journalists, politicians and Hollywood celebrities who frequently refer to immoral, vulgar, unethical, reckless bullies as “cowboys”. Such pseudo-cowboys wouldn’t know the difference between a Hereford and a heifer.
Read moreMembers of the Oklahoma Senate have rejected legislation, advanced from the Oklahoma House of Representatives, that would have padded many legislators’ own retirement benefits.
Read moreCurtis Doyal Kirby, 85, died March 31, 2022, at the Norman Veterans Center.
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EAGLES OF THE WEEK –Hennessey Elementary School Eagles of the Week for the week ending April 8 include pre-kindergarten students Sophia Ramirez, Keegan Hyatt, Kendra Fernandez-Hernandez and Leydi Avila; kindergarten students Anastasia Bohnstedt, Elsa Martinez and Aspen Lott; first graders Oaklee Osland, Adelynn Bryson, Ian Lopez and Dawson Powell; second graders Nataly Valles, Izaiah Duran, Allyson Velazquez and Dalton Scruggs; third graders Cristian Rae, Madi Guffey, Harper Streck and Edwin Avila; and fourth graders Teodoro Gonzalez, Skyla Dorry, Easton Smith and Kambree Trotter. [Photo provided]
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Sending one or more officers to a week-long, 40-hour training is a huge commitment for rural police forces where manpower may already be stretched thin.
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Kingfisher City Commission and Hennessey Board of Education both seated newly elected or re-elected members at their April meetings Monday night. At top, Kingfisher Mayor Roxie Alexander presents a certificate of election to Ryan Deatherage, who was sworn in as the newes commissioner. At bottom, members of the HPS board reorganized after seating former board president Dr. James Matthew Matousek for a new term. Seated from left are President Luke Lough, Vice President Cristopher Choate and Patrick Griffin; back, Clerk David Tillman, Supt Jason Sternberger and Matousek. [KT&FP Photo by Barb Walter]
Read moreKingfisher County commissioners, at the request of county fire departments, declared a two-week burn ban Monday.
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