LAWSUITS
Grady Whisenhunt vs. Cole James Biermann for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.
Nationstar Mortgage LLC vs. Arthur Hunt for $57,344.55 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 34, Block 4, Sky View Addition, Yukon.
Jeannette Draper vs. Carla Lambe for $87,959 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
So just how big was El Reno High School’s five-point win over Ardmore last week as far as the playoff picture for District 5A-1?
Once thought out of the playoff hunt after a 39-point loss to Elgin to open league play, El Reno has won two of the four games since to climb into a three-way tie for fourth place.
The top four teams in each district earn postseason passes, with El Reno sitting at 2-2 along with Noble and Duncan. The Indians own the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Bears and will host the Demons Oct. 28.
Slower times and a stout field greeted El Reno High School runners at the 2022 Suburban Conference Cross Country Championships.
El Reno was unable to field a full team for either the boys or girls divisions, with only six varsity runners taking to the course at Carl Albert High School in Midwest City.
The Indians did have two runners in the boys and girls junior varsity races.
The varsity boys were led by Matthew Tofpi with a time of 20 minutes and 28.01 seconds over the 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) course, earning him a 31st-place finish.
ARDMORE – The third time really is the charm.
After losing two games earlier this year in the final minute, El Reno High School’s football team came up with a fourth-down stop with 32 seconds left to help preserve a 20-15 win over Ardmore.
With its first road victory of the season, El Reno moved to 2-5 overall and 2-2 in the District 5A-1 standings.
“This was a very close game and we had to win this in order to have any shot at the playoffs. I think we all (defense) took it to heart after a tough third period and we had to bounce back from that.
Saddled by a second straight loss, a 6-1 road setback to Eastern Oklahoma, Redlands Community College’s soccer team slipped to sixth place in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.
The loss to the Mountaineers dropped Redlands to 4-10-1 on the season and 3-8-1 in the conference.
Redlands scored first in the loss, as Gladis Avalos netted a shot off an assist by Riley Robertson. Eastern Oklahoma responded with all six goals in the first half.
The city of El Reno is officially getting into the Internet business.
In a unanimous vote, the five-member city council agreed to finance the project through Great Plains Bank at a cost not to exceed $3.7 million. Mayor Matt White said the fiber plan is expected to cost less than that and expectations are the federal government will be offering grants to communities to help support the expansion of Internet services.
The city will draw funds as needed and for the first 18 months will pay interest only. There is no penalty for early payoff, White said.
Dallas Curtis informed other members of the El Reno School Board last week that he would not be seeking re-election and that he would be leaving his position sooner than expected.
Curtis has served on the board from Ward 2 for the past six years. His current term runs through April 2023.
El Reno Superintendent Matt Goucher said Curtis could be leaving as early as November.
“The way the rules are, his term ends the date he closes on his house. So the date he closes is the date he is off the board,” said Goucher.
A resident of eastern Canadian County has filed a lawsuit against Canadian County Sheriff Chris West and the Board of County Commissioners seeking $175,000 after an incident during which he alleged armed deputies stormed into his home and removed items after someone hacked into one of his social media accounts five months earlier.
Brandon Michael Whitman filed the lawsuit in Canadian County District Court Oct. 3, alleging negligent infliction of emotional distress, negligence and conversion and seeking $175,000 in damages.
El Reno police said a 3-year-old child died Oct. 12 after being found in a swimming pool in the Wessex neighborhood.
Assistant Police Chief Kirk Dickerson said police and emergency personnel were called shortly after 1:30 p.m. to a home at 1225 Penny Lane after receiving the call that the child had been found in the pool. Reports said the child was unresponsive at the scene. Lifesaving measures were initiated, but the child did not recover.
Kristy Ehlers and Ann Marshall, leaders in the BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center, received a $2,000 grant from VOYA to purchase supplies for their program.
