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Electric cooperative’s 87th annual meeting brings in more than 600
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We are asking every one of you to join me in honoring the lives lost to suicide and supporting Oklahomans struggling with substance use disorders during National Suicide Prevention and Recovery Month this September.
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Hennessey Middle School Principal Ricardo Tarango (far right) translates from Spanish to English for Raquel Medrano. She wants the school board to offer bus transportation to students who live on East 7th Street at South Cimarron Street. “A few years ago we had it,” said Medrano, “then it was taken away.” Medrano (fourth person left of the principal) represented other parents and students in that area. She said a bus route there would allow 15 students to ride. “Everyone (parents) works,” she said and asked the board to reconsider adding transportation this year. Medrano was listed on the agenda to address the board about the transportation issue at the start of the Monday, Sept. 11, meeting. After she spoke, President Luke Lough thanked her and other parents and children for coming, He said the board couldn’t take action on her request that night because it wasn’t on the agenda for action. When asked about the issue after the meeting, Superintendent Jason Sternberger said it’s a state law: “Schools are only required to provide transportation for students who live 1.5 miles, or more, from school. We do provide transportation for some students who live under the 1.5 miles and those would be the students who live on the west side of Highway 81 (Main Street) so they do not have to cross four lanes of traffic.” [KT&FP Staff Photo by Barb Walter]
Read moreHennessey Public Schools’ budget for 202324 is $2 million more than last year. That’s what President Luke Lough said last Monday night before board members approved the district’s yearly estimate of needs.
Read moreThe 2023 Kingfisher County Fair results have been announced. Results are listed in order of placing unless otherwise indicated.
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Sharon Vest sees needs of all sorts from the people who come to her store.
Read moreWelcome rain Monday provided a boost to summer crops, pastures, lawns and gardens throughout Kingfisher County and much of north-central Oklahoma.
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