August 2022

Faces will change on the El Reno City Council as well as with Canadian County commissioners. But the question for both is when? The commission will have two new faces after the defeat of Marc Hader in the June primary election as well as the election of Jack Stewart to a state Senate seat.

The Children of Hope Community Outreach capped off its summer program last week with a party at Lake El Reno that featured lunch cooked on a grill and balloon-making fun hosted by El Reno Arts Council President Sue Bear and El Reno High School art teacher Marci Underwood.

No issues were found in Canadian County after it performed a manual audit of selected ballots cast during the recent June 28 primary election. The July 28 audit was done as part of an Oklahoma State Election Board effort that randomly selected county election boards for participation.

The Board of Commissioners has taken the next step in transforming the former home of an oil and gas company into the new Canadian County Health Department.

Voters at nine Canadian County polling places will cast ballots Tuesday, Aug. 23 in the Banner School Bond Election. Banner is seeking support for a $6 million bond issue to fund upgrades and new projects that address growth at the school located at 2455 N. Banner Road.

BancFirst has been named to the Forbes magazine list of Best-In-State Banks of 2022. Forbes identified Best-In-State Banks of 2022 based on an independent survey of Oklahoma consumers who were asked to rate banks at which they have or previously have had checking accounts.

Canadian County commissioners want county government offices to be able to utilize personnel eligible for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections work release program. State prisoners may be referred to work release 12 months before their earned release date.

El Reno High School Class of 1956 held a get-together recently at a local restaurant with 11 graduates and three spouses attending. If this group was still having reunions, this would be their 66th. They try to meet once a month, with the next gathering set for 10:20 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23.

A Yukon man who allegedly rammed his car into a police vehicle during a high-speed pursuit could spend up to 17 years in state prison if convicted.

Oklahoma voters sent a message in 2016: Stop sending people to prison on minor drug and property crimes. Direct money saved to counties for drug and mental health treatment. State lawmakers still haven’t gotten the second half of that.