Canadian County is calling for a state audit in an effort to increase the amount the Oklahoma Department of Corrections pays to keep prisoners at the county jail before they are transferred to state custody.
DOC pays the sheriff’s office a daily rate of $27 to hold each convict who has been sentenced in Canadian County District Court and awaits transfer to prison.
Nursing is a career that attracts graduating high school seniors but also provides a second career for those who are ready for a change.
Some students are ready to enter the field as young adults, but many people see the importance and value of nursing care through their own life experiences and then choose to make a career change.
Redlands Community College is not only preparing these students for a successful future in health care but also working to address the staffing shortage in rural and tribal health-care facilities.
This four-legged fan was peering through the holes in the chainlink fence at the Union City High School softball field last week to catch a glimpse of the action during a game between the Tigers and Riverside Indian School.
The dog is in training to be a service dog.
Warmer temperatures and calmer winds midweek allowed First Steps Child Day Care worker Jessica Kanehl (left) and a fellow co-worker to help take the babies at the center out for a quick stroll around the El Reno High School campus.
Weather forecasts for the upcoming week call for temperatures in the high 50s to low 60s with partly sunny skies through Wednesday. Storms could return on Thursday.
More than one-third of $2.9 million that has accumulated in Canadian County funds has been earmarked for a Banner Road project.
The current balance of the County Bridge and Road Improvements (CBRI) account for all three districts is $2,903,270.99.
“It’s been accumulating for quite a while,” Commissioner David Anderson said. “Over the years, we’ve used the money from time to time and I wanted to start a plan of how we’re going to use it going forward.”
Maple February Students of the Month, front row from left, Harrison Cullen, kindergarten; Madalynne Whitman, first grade; Adrianna Trujillo, second grade; and Jaysin Shingleton, pre-kindergarten; back row, Ryder Striegel, third grade; Brody Crawford, fourth grade; Alice Park, seventh grade; and Halle Hunt, fifth grade. Not pictured: Maelee Moss, eighth grade, and Daughtry Swigart, sixth grade.
Banner fifth and sixth grades recently participated in a track meet held at Maysville.
Student placings are as follows:
Bella Dinwiddie - second place in girls 100 hurdles.
Bella Dinwiddie, Maquire Jinkens, Kinsley Lote and Tesa Miller - second place in fifth-grade girls 400 relay.
Bella Dinwiddie, Maquire Jinkens, Kinsley Lote and Laney Hobson - third place in fifth-grade girls 800 relay.
Jaden Jump, Liam Dodson, Stellan Hansen and Maddox Piersal - third place in fifth-grade boys 800 relay.
Banner teacher Denise Faulkner taught the pre-kindergarten class about leprechauns from reading of the book, How to Catch a Leprechaun.
Lamplighters OHCE of Canadian County met recently at Mt. Zion Methodist Church.
Carol Stine called the meeting to order, with Ann Niemann leading the flag salute.
Jan Maddox gave a devotional titled “Hugs to Encourage.”
Maxine Little read minutes from the previous meeting.
Patricia Morrison gave the treasury report.
A thank you was read from the sheriff’s department for cookies that were recently delivered to them.
Services for Janet Mae Mitchum of Minco will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Minco under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.
Janet died March 21, 2023, at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. She was born Aug. 13, 1943, in Tuttle, and graduated from Minco High School in 1961.
Janet had worked as a secretary for Tinker Air Force Base for many years, then in the Grady County Assessor’s Office in Chickasha.
She later worked several years for Morrison Propane. She was a member of Minco First Baptist Church.
