April 2023

A process has been proposed designed to streamline the way Canadian County government officials make certain purchases. Commissioners are moving ahead with plans to implement a County Purchase Card Program.

Eastbound and westbound Interstate 40 will have short-term ramp closures and will be intermittently narrowed at interchanges between the Texas state line and Yukon for the installation of wrong-way warning systems, pavement markers, signage and upgraded striping at interchanges along the western...

SARANAC LAKE — It is with great sadness that Steven Dennis Hilbert, 73, passed away peacefully on Palm Sunday, April 2, 2023, at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, N.Y., after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Arron Rickets, representing El Reno Masonic Lodge, presents a donation to the El Reno Carnegie Library reading programs to library director Bridget Scheffler. Masons support many educational programs with continued support and scholarships.

El Reno High School March Students of the Month are Mason Fulton, Radly Jo Slimp, Martin Perez, Bailey Schmidt, Aiden Gore, Conner Stephens, Alondra Preciado Calderon, and Brionna Spann.  

Students were recently honored at the State Capitol by the Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges for their outstanding academic achievement, record in the classroom and leadership ability.

Visitation for Mary Elizabeth Williams will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 9 at Holy Trinity Church in Okarche. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, April 10, also at Holy Trinity Church with Rev. Cory Stanley officiating.

Riverside March Students of the Month, front row from left, Lexi Matias, Carlee Imoe, Valentina Garcia, Brylonlee WhiteHorse, Nate Al-Mufleh, Michael Queen, Piper Sneed, Eli Matias, Dax Macias and Kaylee Saldana; middle row, Crew Wooten, Zaia Seamster, Katheryn Trujillo, Gustavo Saldana, Yitzel...

Canadian Valley Art Guild will hold a demonstration meeting featuring award-winning watercolorist and local artist Dwayne Taylor on April 13 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at United First Methodist Church, 400 Elm Avenue in Yukon.

OKLAHOMA CITY  - Oklahoma law does not give the State Board of Education (SBE) the ability to make administrative rules without proper direction from the state Legislature, Attorney General Gentner Drummond recently ruled in a formal opinion.