January 2021

State Sen. Darrell Weaver has filed legislation to require cell phone companies to provide phone location information to law enforcement in emergency situations, such as an abduction.

Canadian County CASA Inc., which stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates, welcomes volunteers Regina Sabatini and Dannie Mitchell. The pair completed their advocate training with a court observation and swearing-in by Judge Bob Hughey with the Canadian County Children’s Justice Center.

The Canadian County Health Department began a daily COVID-19 vaccination pod last week at El Reno's First Baptist Church. Shots are given from 8 a.m. until noon and both the Moderna vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech booster shots are being administered.

MIDWEST CITY – El Reno High School’s wrestling team faced an uphill battle from its opening-round matches in the 55th Malcolm Wade Invitational as nine of the 16 teams entered appear in the top 15 of the Class 5A poll.

Briana Stevenson gets a boost into the air from teammates, from left, Krystiana Guzman, Samyra Hunter and Analexis Lozano during a stunt at a recent El Reno High School basketball game.

An El Reno woman has been charged with one count of embezzlement of funds related to an El Reno High School activity. Kellye Jo Mutzig, 47, was arrested Jan. 11 by Canadian County sheriff’s deputies after an arrest warrant was issued by Judge Charles Gass.

A private family funeral service for Sue Snyder was held Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, at First Christian Church. A public graveside service followed at Red Rock Cemetery in Calumet with Pastor Tara Dew officiating, assisted by Rev. Colton Lott. Services were under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home.

A Celebration of Life for Craig Eugene Joyner, 64, will be held on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, at 11 a.m. at the Palace Event Center, The Chateau Building, located at 2310 N. Banner Road, El Reno. Craig was born to Edward and Nettie (Montgomery) Joyner on June 7, 1956, in Oklahoma City.

Joseph F. “Joe” Gatz was born May 26, 1929, on a farm west of Union City, the second child of and first son of John and Dorothy (Wartchow) Gatz. He attended school in Union City, graduating from Union City High School in 1949. In 1951 he was drafted into the Army and served in the infantry in Korea.

I’m in transition from journalism to the counseling profession, and I’m working part time in a mental health clinic. That position qualified me, as a health-care worker, for the first tier of the COVID-19 vaccine.