This bird looks up from eating bird seed to check for any other winged meal guests to this feeder made from a recycled automobile tire.
The bright sun looks to have turned the bird’s feathers from red to an orange hue.
A veteran state lawmaker said legislators worked hard to ensure public schools received strong funding support in the state’s new record budget in return for offering tax credits for school choice.
Over 16 weeks, legislators negotiated and ultimately passed a state-record $12.8 billion budget.
The new state budget features record appropriations for the Department of Education totaling $3.9 billion – a more than $800 million increase. Meanwhile, many state agencies were held flat and saw no new funding.
Youthful offenders from other counties stay at Canadian County’s juvenile detention center through annual contracts – the first two of which were renewed by the county’s elected officials.
Commissioners voted unanimously to approve contracts with Payne and Pontotoc counties “for the provision to secure juvenile detention services” for fiscal year 2024.
“There’ll be a lot more coming,” said Melanie Johnson, director of the Gary E. Miller Canadian County Children’s Justice Center (CCCJC).
A preference for Native American families adopting Native children was preserved after the Supreme Court last week upheld a landmark indigenous law.
In a decisive 7-2 ruling involving a Fort Worth family, the court upheld terms of the Indian Child Welfare Act, commonly known as ICWA, adopted by Congress in 1978 with only Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissenting.
Funeral services for Patricia Ann Eischen of El Reno are set for 11 a.m. June 24, 2023, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in El Reno, followed by burial in Holy Trinity Cemetery in Okarche. Father Mark Mason will officiate. Rosary and wake services will be 7 p.m. Friday, June 23, at Huber-Benson Funeral Home Chapel in El Reno. Visitation at Huber-Benson Funeral Home will be 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Services for Jesse Edward White will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 26 at St. Luke’s Church, 222 NW 15th Street, Oklahoma City.
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Uncorking a summer-high 12 base hits, El Reno High School’s Varsity 1 baseball team rebounded from its first loss of the summer to defeat Crossings Christian School 13-12 in a Red Dirt League shootout.
The Knights defeated El Reno 1-0 in the opening game of the series at the Hub Reed Complex.
The split left the Indians with a 4-1 record for the Wooden Bat RDL standings. El Reno is now 3-1 against the Knights this summer after going 12-of-27 (.444) from the plate in the second game.
Union City played host to a wooden bat tournament last weekend but it was Mother Nature that ended up striking out the field of teams after one day.
“We have a lake,” said Union City head coach Ludy Griggs on field conditions after overnight rains forced the cancellation of the event.
Union City played several games the first day to fill in for Southwest Covenant and Hydro-Eakly, which backed out due to the pending storms. One of those was a 3-2 win over El Reno High School's Varsity 2 team.
The El Reno municipal swimming pool inside Legion Park has become an extra popular feature for youth this summer.
The slides take on extra use while waiting for parts and a repairman for the splash pad.
Daily temperatures were in the high 80s before being cooled off in the evenings by lingering storms.
