August 2020

Redlands Community College will hold a ribbon-cutting event Tuesday to unveil the exterior makeover on the east side of the Ray Porter Academic Complex.

With Oklahoma facing an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, frontline workers are working to aid those affected by the pandemic.

Marvin Novak has farmed in southwest Yukon for decades. At age 85, he still enjoys the process of plowing, planting and patiently waiting for harvest. Novak applied farm logic to education while serving on the very first Board of Education at Canadian Valley Technology Center.

El Reno police arrested two men on complaints of burglary in separate incidents and officers reportedly found a gun in the possession of one man. A 19-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly was inside a garage at a home in the 1800 block of Palo Verde Drive.

Two separate accidents on I-40 Tuesday afternoon sent one man to the hospital in critical condition, while the other closed the westbound lanes after semi trucks collided.

A Yukon woman is listed as among 15 new COVID-19-related deaths reported Tuesday by the Oklahoma Department of Health. The latest victim is also the youngest to have died in Canadian County, falling in the 18- to 35-year-old category. She is the sixth death in the county.

Abby Jeffrey of El Reno was recently awarded a $500 scholarship from the Canadian County Association for Oklahoma Home and Community Education to be used during her first year of college. Jeffrey is the daughter of Peter and Kristi Jeffrey of El Reno.

Descendants of Elmo and Agnes Finnigan held their annual reunion recently at Roman Nose State Park.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Department of Commerce (Commerce) has launched the Oklahoma Automotive Accelerator Program. In a statement, Commerce said one of its primary goals is to continue to diversify the economy to help mitigate industry-related crises.

STILLWATER  — Oklahoma State University has formed a technology collaboration with Baker Hughes that will drive cross-industry collaboration and innovation, in addition to the donation of Baker Hughes Energy Innovation Center located in the Innovation District east of downtown Oklahoma City.