Union City’s Ron Carel played the part of St. Patrick for the annual St. Patrick Parade in the Oklahoma City Stockyards.
The parade held Saturday was organized by the Oklahoma Irish Heritage Society along with the Stockyards Main Street organization.
Debbie Harrison of El Reno serves as the director for the Stockyards Main Street.
A Canadian County truck driver has been accused of negligent homicide in connection with a fatal crash northwest of Yukon.
Gregory Albert Patty, 59, was charged with the misdemeanor crime March 14 in Canadian County District Court. If convicted, he faces up to one year in jail and/or a maximum $1,000 fine.
This case stems from a traffic collision last fall at the intersection of State Highway 3 (N.W. Expressway) and North Cemetery Road in Oklahoma City.
Memorial service for Sherry Lynn Brandley Heuer will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Benson Memorial Chapel. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Sherry died March 16, 2022, at her home in Oklahoma City. She was born March 1, 1962, in El Reno. She was raised in El Reno and graduated from El Reno High School. She moved to Dallas, Texas, where she lived for a number of years before returning to Oklahoma, living in Mustang and later Oklahoma City.
Sherry worked as a receptionist and bookkeeper for several medical clinics.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt v. Oklahoma decision, which created jurisdictional chaos in Oklahoma by effectively declaring that most of eastern Oklahoma remains Indian reservations, is indirectly defunding court systems and public-safety entities throughout much of the state, according to the Senate’s top budget official.
“What has happened, especially in eastern Oklahoma in light of the McGirt (decision), is some of our courts are struggling to be funded,” said state Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah.
Wake for Colleen Margaret Hogan will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, with funeral services at 2 p.m. Saturday, both at the Concho Emergency Response Center. Burial will follow in the Concho Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Colleen died March 17, 2022, at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. She was born Jan. 25, 1948, in Albuquerque, N.M. She lived in California from 1965 until 2006 when she moved to Oklahoma.
She was an ordained minister serving several churches in California.
In comments made last week, U.S. Sen. James Lankford urged his colleagues to approve a resolution that “recognizes the necessity of school choice as a tool to empower all parents with the freedom to choose the best educational environment for their children.”
Funeral services for Kimberly Lynn Rivers were held Monday at the Concho Emergency Response Center, with burial in the Concho Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Kimberly died March 15, 2022, at Integris Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City. She was born Feb. 2, 1971, in Clinton. She graduated from Clinton High School in 1990 and attended Clinton Indian Baptist Church.
Kimberly is survived by her brother, Ricky Bighorse, and cousin and caregiver, Carol Shawnee of the home in Oklahoma City.
We are currently looking at the best budget numbers in the entire history of our state. Last month, the Board of Equalization certified that the Legislature would have more than $10.4 billion available to appropriate for Fiscal Year 2023, which begins this July 1.
A lot of people are very excited about that figure, including me. But when we start drilling down into those numbers, what we’ve learned from past budget years and how we prepare for those to come, it’s clear we need to take a thoughtful, conservative approach.
Funeral services for Linda Lee Kremeier of Okarche are pending with Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Mrs. Kremeier died March 19, 2022, at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City.
LAWSUITS
Cassandra Landreth-Emmons, individually and as next friend of A.C. and S.C., minors, vs. Gwen Solamillo Alabata for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.
Bank7 vs. Landrun Plumbing LLC for $18,806.97 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
U.S. Bank N.A. vs. Eric Boyd Newell for $107,427.29 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage.
