February 2022

The Canadian County Sheriff’s Office plans to add several more counties that will accept county inmates.

An agreement with Logan County was formally approved Jan. 18 to house county inmates at a rate of $41 per inmate per day.

For several years, Canadian County has signed contracts with Dewey, Grant, Ellis and Washita counties to transport and house its inmates when bed space is full inside the county jail.

Other jail housing contracts – with Grady and Noble counties – will be considered by county commissioners.

Both the El Reno High School student section (first photo), and head coach Rodney Haydon (second photo) were puzzled by a call late in the Indians game with Kingfisher inside Jenks Simmons Field House.

After road games at Del City last week, El Reno’s two state-ranked basketball teams were set to return home to face cross-county rival Piedmont Tuesday night before hitting the road again to play Noble on Friday.

Both games are Suburban Conference outings.

The Oklahoma CareerTech Testing Center, a division of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, is expanding a partnership with the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety to offer written tests for commercial driver’s licenses.

The two agencies began a partnership in 2021 to offer Class D written driver’s license and motorcycle license tests.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Logan Phillips, R-Mounds, has filed legislation for the upcoming session that would establish the Southeast Asia Economic Trade Office.

The office would be housed in Taiwan to advance Oklahoma’s interests in the country and region.    

According to Phillips, this legislation is necessary to strengthen Oklahoma’s already strong relationship with Taiwan and open up the state to new economic investment opportunities.

Betty Lou Smith was born in Oklahoma City at the height of the Great Depression on May 8, 1929, to her parents, Dolph and Pearl (Overturf) Smith. Times were hard for the farming family and Betty learned to follow the motto: “Use it up, wear it out, make do or do without!”

She went to school at Richland, Riverside and El Reno, and graduated from Yukon High School. She was active in the 4-H Club, winning honors in speech and sewing. She loved horses and cattle, and she often reminisced about riding a horse to school at Riverside.

Edward “Eddie” Eugene Walker was born June 21, 1972, to Ed and Linda Walker and passed away Jan. 26, 2022.

Eddie graduated from high school in 1992 and went on to serve in the U.S. Army and Navy.

He enjoyed bowling and going to the casino with his family and friends.

He had a big heart and loved to help his family and friends in any way he could.

Funeral services for Ronald Joe Taylor of Amber were held Saturday at First Missionary Baptist Church in Pocasset, with burial following at the Friendship Cemetery southwest of Minco. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.

Ron passed away Jan. 25, 2022, at St. Anthony’s Hospital, Oklahoma City. He was born June 11, 1939, in Minco. He grew up in Minco, graduating from Minco High School in 1957.

Funeral services for Gloria Jean Verser of Minco will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Minco, with burial following at the Evergreen Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.

Gloria passed away Jan. 26, 2022, at the Integris Canadian Valley Hospital in Yukon, She was born April 6, 1943, in Chickasha. Gloria grew up in towns all over the United States as her father was in the military. She graduated from Minco High School in 1961.

DIVORCES GRANTED

Cari Ann Edwards vs. Christopher Michael Edwards.

Yuqing Liu vs. Yuanjun Sun.

Heather Gibson vs. Andrew Gibson.

Salvador Rodriguez vs. Crystal Rodriguez.

Hayli K. Perdue vs. David R. Perdue.

John Hartley vs. Tammy Barnwell.

Stevie Dunning vs. Jeremy Dunning.

Holly N. Farmer vs. Raymond H. Farmer.

Mackenzie A. Amend vs. Raymond F. Savage.

William H. Morrison II vs. Crystal L. Morrison.

Stephen D. Burgess vs. Janelle G. Burgess.

The 100th day of classes for El Reno Public Schools ended with a triple-digit milestone for Jennifer Douglas and her high school girls basketball team.

The Indians pushed three players into double digits as El Reno went on the road to defeat Del City 50-36, and earned Douglas her 100th career victory as a head coach.

The 14-point win avenged an earlier loss to the Eagles and moved El Reno back into second place in the Suburban Conferences standings behind Carl Albert.