City of El Reno Streets Department worker Colten Atkinson uses a power washer to clean off the walls on the walking pathways over the Rock Island overpass.
The walls were covered with dirt and grime from traffic and the road coverings spread over the overpass during the winter months.
Mayor Steve Jensen said it may be time for El Reno to become more aggressive in chasing federal grant opportunities.
Jensen made the comments at the conclusion of the April meeting of the city council.
Jensen was absent from the March meeting because he was attending a National League of Cities Conference in Washington, D.C.
He said the trip was beneficial.
“It was really good because you made a lot of contacts,” Jensen said.
A nonprofit that fights for some of Canadian County’s most vulnerable kids has earned a huge gift.
Canadian County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) recently accepted the latest HOPE Award from the Power of 100 Canadian County. Power of 100 members donated $16,465 to CASA, represented by Executive Director Dana Lutz, staff and volunteers.
Lutz said Canadian County CASA is grateful to the Power of 100 for selecting them as the HOPE Award recipient.
Oklahoma students get more than instruction in reading, writing and arithmetic at school – it’s also where they get a nutritious lunch. With the school year ending in a few weeks, families struggling with food insecurity will need to fill that gap.
Harvard Law School has drawn strong criticism for hosting a movie screening of “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” based on the book of the same name by Andreas Malm, which advocates terrorism as a tool of environmental policy.
Notably, the movie’s website includes a “Take Action” page that includes a map of U.S. oil and gas pipelines.
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State Board of Health has formed a maternal health and obstetrician desert subcommittee to combat maternity care deserts, or areas physically inaccessible to maternity care, that plague the rural parts of the state.
Two meetings after its formation about six months ago, committee members are gathering data from neonatal intensive care units across Oklahoma counties, looking for NICU admissions that are longer than seven days.
Imagine you are swimming while holding a heavy anchor which is pulling you under water. What would you do? Of course, you would let go of the anchor to keep from drowning. Maintaining your grip on the anchor would lead to certain disaster.
With your survival at stake, you wouldn’t hesitate to drop the anchor.
Yet in life there are issues you are hanging onto which are drowning you. Anger, hate, bitterness, resentment and grudges are all anchors pulling you to the bottom.
Trying to change circumstances outside of your control also drags you to the bottom.
OKLAHOMA CITY – The full Senate has given unanimous approval to a measure clarifying Oklahoma statutes on voting rights for citizens convicted of a felony who’ve received a commutation or pardon.
Sen. George Young, D-Oklahoma City, is the Senate principal author of House Bill 1629, and Rep. Regina Goodwin, D-Tulsa, is the House principal author.
Warmer weather means flowers will soon bloom, but it is not only colorful plants and shrubs that will appear in the landscape. Hummingbirds are expected to arrive in Oklahoma at anytime.
Hummingbirds are not only fun to watch, but they’re also great pollinators, said David Hillock, Oklahoma State University Extension consumer horticulturist.
El Reno High School March Students of the Month are Ethen Turner, Abril Acosta, Trevor Felz, Lilly Hayes, Gary Beverly, Serenity Schnider, Tevin Palmer, and Trinity Blackowl.
