January 2022

For several months now, state revenues have been rolling in above the estimates, pointing to a bright economic future for Oklahoma. Last week the state Board of Equalization (BOE) verified the positive fiscal outlook by certifying their preliminary revenue estimate for fiscal year 2023.

Editor’s Note: This is the last of a series of stories looking back at the year that was 2021. As fall arrived so did news that the population in Canadian County had grown dramatically.

A Yukon lawmaker has filed legislation that would make county sheriffs the constitutionally-recognized chief law enforcement officer of their respective counties. Rep. Jay Steagall, R-Yukon, chair of the Oklahoma House States Rights Committee, filed the legislation for the upcoming session.

El Reno got its first taste of winter over the weekend with light snow and ice.

A Yukon-area man charged with shooting to death a woman who was working at a convenience store has waived his right to a preliminary hearing. District court arraignment for George Lorenz Way, 22, is set for Feb. 17, 2022, before Canadian County District Judge Jack McCurdy.

The fact that a person is born either male or female is nothing but a false “binary box” established by Western and American societies, and it’s responsible for marginalizing people who consider themselves to be “gender fluid.”

Opening the season with more questions than answers as to what type of ball team Rodney Haydon would field for the 2021-22 season, the veteran skipper could not be more pleased with his Indians start.

Zelma Martha Hubbard was born March 10, 1924, to Ross and Bessie Hubbard. She passed on Dec. 27, 2021, with her children by her side.    Zelma grew up in the El Reno area and worked for her father at the stockyards.

Margaret “Sue” Terneus, 91, was born Oct. 31, 1930, in Richland, and passed away Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, in Yukon at the age of 91. Sue was predeceased by parents, Sanford and Janie Miller, and brothers, Gerald Miller, Sandy Miller, Harold Miller, James Miller and Gordon Miller.

Funeral services for Kaitlyn Rose Willey will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Concho Emergency Response Center with Emmett McKenzie officiating. Burial will follow in the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.