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Although voting in a new superintendent was the highest-profile hire made by the Kingfisher Board of Education during its regular May meeting, it was far from the only one.
Read moreCristin (Darragh) Ashcraft was hired as a certified library media specialist this fall for the Hennessey Elementary School at the district board’s May 10 meeting.
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Kingfisher County Retired Educators met May 5 with Representative Mike Dobrinski, center, serving as guest speaker. He is pictured with KCRE Vice President Nancy Teders, left, and President Terri Peck, right. The group will resume its meetings on Sept. 1. [Photo provided]
Read moreThe Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports:
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HONOR GRADS at Kingfisher High School were among the students recognized at Senior Night Monday night. From left are Cora Taylor, Olivia Wilcox, Dynton Townsend, Britt Taylor, Tyler Roman, Nathan Smalley, Maverick Ridenour, Joseline Rivera, Ben Reherman, T.J. Parker, Angelica Orozco, Mason Mecklenburg, Cayman Matson, Jessica Klepper, Prairie Kaya, Karli Karrenbrock, Kaycee Karcher, Maddi Kamas, Max Henderson, Mia Farrell, Zoey Evans, Caleb Dick, Ian Daugherty, Braden Burns, Katelyn Brickman, Bryce Boeckman, Jarret Birdwell and Rebecca Auringer. Watch for the complete awards list and more photos in coming editions. KHS seniors will be recognized again at their baccalaureate ceremony Wednesday night at the APB (not at Lifeway Church, as was advertised and reported in the KT&FP Senior Edition). The Class of 2021 will graduate at 11 a.m. Saturday at the football field. [Photo Courtesy A.J. Johnson/KHS Photography]
Read moreIt could cost up to $500,000 to replace one of the two filtration skids at Hennessey’s 18-year-old water plant.
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A ribbon-cutting is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Cheyenne-Arapaho Emergency Response Center in Kingfisher, constructed on the site of the former Kingfisher Regional Hospital on South Ninth Street. The tribal governor and lieutenant governor, along with other dignitaries, will be present at the event, which will include public tours of the facility (masks required inside the building).The tribe’s original concept for a community wellness center presented to the Kingfisher City Commission in 2019 evolved into a pandemic response center to qualify for CARES Act funding. See the complete story in Sunday’s Times & Free Press.
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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]
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