January 2023

Several annual appointments were finalized as Canadian County commissioners conducted their first meeting of 2023. Mustang’s David Anderson, the four-term District 2 commissioner, will continue as chairman of the three-member board for this calendar year.

TUSKAHOMA — A Texas developer canceled plans for a $1.5 billion hydroelectric storage project in this southeast Oklahoma river community last week, citing protests from 200 residents and opposition from the Choctaw Nation.

CHARLOTTE – David Carter Blanton, 73, passed away in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday, December 30, 2022. He was born September 5, 1949, in El Reno, Oklahoma, son to Willard Barch Blanton and Greta Elizabeth Carter Blanton.

To the Editor: I just wanted to let you know that I appreciate your coverage on Blessing Baskets. For several years I helped my grandma help this organization prepare food boxes for those in need in our community.

Services for Harold Robert Williams of Lawndale, Calif., will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16 at Hazel Dell Baptist Church in Minco, with burial following at the Evergreen Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home. Harold passed away Dec. 20, 2022, at his home.

The Tax Foundation recently released its 2023 State Business Tax Climate Index, a popular diagnostic tool which “enables business leaders, government policymakers and taxpayers to gauge how their states’ tax systems compare.”

Visitation for Lillie Mae Kappus will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday at Huber-Benson Funeral Home, with burial following at the El Reno Cemetery. There will be not be a service. Lillie died Jan. 2, 2023, at her home in El Reno. She was born June 8, 1935, in Mountain View.

MUNICIPAL COURT Bradley Kyle Burke, San Antonio, speeding, $185. James Logan Oliver, El Reno, failure to stop at stop sign, $165. Seth Andrew Lambert, El Reno, expired tag, $130. Iris Janell Gonzalez, El Reno, possession of marijuana, $550.

ANADARKO – Senior James Reveles, the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, was one of three players in double digits as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team defeated Class 5A’s 13th-ranked Lawton MacArthur 67-33 to win the 2023 Anadarko Warriors Classic.

ANADARKO – Reagan Bugaj’s one-handed 3-pointer at half-court sailed wide left as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team suffered a 51-50 loss to Class 5A’s 12th-ranked Lawton MacArthur in the finals of the 2023 Anadarko Warriors Classic.