For the better part of two decades, Oklahomans have voted by large margins to elect Republican candidates at both the state and federal level.
No Democratic presidential candidate has won a majority of votes in any of Oklahoma’s 77 counties since the 2000 election, and no Democratic candidate has won a statewide election in 17 years.
Families wanting to apply for a new private school income tax credit of up to $7,500 per child will have to wait a little longer.
The Oklahoma Tax Commission said last week it was delaying acceptance of applications after several schools had problems getting enrollment verification forms to parents and guardians.
The portal was supposed to open at 8:30 a.m. Friday.
The opening for the Parental Choice Tax Credit will now be delayed until 2 p.m. Dec. 6, the Tax Commission said.
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Click N Close Inc. vs. Kerry Farson for $108,009.24 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 16, Block 5, Brookstone Lakes Phase I Addition, Oklahoma City.
OneMain Financial Group LLC vs. Eric Wilkerson for $11,170.73 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
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Discover Bank vs. Robert Patton Jr. for $13,324.40 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Overcoming a disastrous first period, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team rallied past one of its oldest archrivals to kick off the 2023-23 season with a 63-50 victory over Carl Albert.
El Reno is one of three teams in District 5A-1 to win its season opener along with Elgin and Shawnee, but getting there was not an easy task. The Indians missed 12 of their first 13 shots from the floor and trailed 14-9 after one period.
Head coach Rodney Haydon stressed in the preseason that it could take some time for his team to jell under a new lineup from last year’s state quarterfinalist.
Yet after last week’s season opener, the Indians showed they may be slightly ahead of their coach’s time frame.
El Reno played Carl Albert, widely considered a top five team in Class 5A, to a 42-39 game over three periods. The Indians even outscored the Titans 17-14 in the fourth period.
Six wins over the first seven weights lifted El Reno High School’s wrestling team to a 46-18 road win over the Perry Maroons, ranked sixth in Class 3A.
El Reno, ranked fifth in the state in the Class 5A dual rankings, moved to 2-0 on the season.
“We wrestled tough tonight,” said El Reno head coach Anthony McDonald.
Terry Guzman (113) logged a first-period fall to get El Reno’s quick start moving, followed by a forfeit win for Niko Gonzalez (120).
