April 2024

MUNICIPAL COURT Yolaunda Michelle Warren, Mustang, expired tag, $165. Bill Hamilton, El Reno, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to appear warrant, $545. Stephanie Lynn Woods, El Reno, petit larceny and failure to appear warrant, $840.

A livestock show celebrating students with special needs is believed to be a first for Canadian County, but most likely not the last. More than 75 special needs students from around the county took part in the event last week.

Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, said she will not seek re-election to the Oklahoma House of Representatives this year. “It has been an extraordinary honor to serve the people of House District 60 for the past eight years,” Baker said.

From a farm in Oklahoma to growing wheat in Moldova, Kelsey Walters is now looking to her past to secure her future.  Walters grew up on her family’s sixth-generation farm in western Oklahoma.

An El Reno teacher has received a $6,000 scholarship.

As many people are aware, the State Treasurer was tasked with returning unclaimed property to the people of Oklahoma in 2000. More than half of my office is specifically tasked with this job. As rewarding of a job as this is for my office and staff, there are always bad actors to beware of.

On March 23, the U.S. Senate passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill, presumably bringing an end to months of congressional combat, stopgap measures, etc., by accepting the House version of that bill without amendments that would require renegotiation.

Graveside services for Ronald Higgins of El Reno will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, April 5 at the El Reno Cemetery, followed by a Celebration of Life at the Elmenhorst home. Mr. Higgins passed away March 21, 2024, at his home. He was born June 5, 1942, in Arvin, Calif.

LAWSUITS LVNV Funding LLC vs. Sarah Critchfield for $2,329.14 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. LVNV Funding LLC vs. Jessica Cozby for $8,473.61 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

After being handcuffed to a pair of runs in the first two games of the Chickasha Baseball Festival, El Reno High School jumped back into the win column with an 8-0 run-rule shutout of Guymon. The blanking of the Tigers, the third win over Guymon in a week, moved El Reno to 10-4 on the season.