July 2022

The company that owns Pop’s in Arcadia purchased property at Radio Road and I-40 and eventually plans to build a truck stop at the site. El Reno Mayor Matt White made the statement at last week’s El Reno Now gathering.

As temperatures land above the century mark on a daily basis, the threat of drought has quickly become more than a concern. The impacts brought about by a deficit in rainfall and scorching temperatures are already being felt.

Georgia Ann (Rund) Rother, 85, passed away on Friday, July 22, 2022, in Ponca City, with family and friends by her side. She was born in Okarche on April 1, 1937, to John and Georgia (Barrackman) Rund. She grew up in Okarche and attended Holy Trinity Catholic School.

Republican legislators passed a law lowering taxes for businesses, but critics say it comes at the expense of jobless Oklahomans.

Memorial services for Jerry D. Mitchell will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Flower Mound Family Funeral Home, Flower Mound, Texas. Jerry passed away July 16, 2022. He was born Jan. 11, 1936, in Goodland, Kan.

Janet Ebert is aware of the inherent dangers of crashing in the sport of drag boat racing and watches nervously every time her husband, Todd flies down the water. “We’ve been lucky for a long time and we always say a little prayer before every race,” said Janet.

LAWSUITS LVNV Funding LLC vs. Edward B. Wright for $12,010.25 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Janalie Simmons for $38,805.35 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

About a dozen young children spent an hour listening and rolling with laughter as El Reno Mayor Matt White read a book to them at the Carnegie Library. The event was part of the Summer Reading fun put on by the Children’s Library inside the historic library.

An El Reno man who left home to serve his country in the early days of World War II has finally officially been identified. Petty Officer Robert Thomas Stout was killed in the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Amid a thunderous beating of red animal-skin drums and powerful song, survivors of Indian boarding schools met in southern Oklahoma recently with the nation’s ranking official in charge of strengthening tribal self-determination in Indian Country and upholding the government’s treaty obligations to...