June 2024

Sunny skies and triple-digit temperatures greeted thousands over the weekend to the 2024 A Small Town Weekend celebration.

More coverage will appear in Saturday’s edition.

For the seventh consecutive year, Redlands Community College will hold the line against raising tuition rates.

RCC leaders said the move was aimed at a continuing effort to support students and families facing ongoing economic challenges. The Redlands Regents voted to approve the administration’s recommendation to keep tuition rates and mandatory fees unchanged for the upcoming academic year, marking the seventh consecutive year without an increase.

After hundreds of different cars raced down the wooden track, three owners were crowned winners of the 2024 A Small Town Weekend Hot Wheels Races.

The event is sponsored by the El Reno Fire Department, which uses funds collected to support its fire prevention efforts throughout the year.

Nick Owen cuts wheat on one of his fields west of Calumet last week as county farmers are in the middle of the wheat harvest.

See story in Saturday’s edition.

A Canadian County jury convicted Benjamin James Shook of attempted rape in the first degree, sexual battery, domestic abuse by strangulation, kidnapping and two counts of forcible sodomy.

The court action occurred last week. The jury consisted of seven men and five women.

The incident Shook was convicted of took place at the Fieldstone Garden Apartments in Mustang on Aug. 3, 2022.

The jury heard testimony from the victim about the defendant’s brutal attack. She told jurors the defendant held her at gunpoint during the three-hour assault.

Fresh Anointing Church and Mt. Zion Worship Center will host an end of school year bash on Saturday at Adams Park.

The event is free and will start at 10 a.m. The day will include food, a gift and live music for children from pre-kindergarten through the 12th grade.

Everyone is conditioned to worry. Our conditioning begins as soon as we learn to speak. Since we see everyone around us worrying, we emulate their behavior.

There are no limits to what you worry about. You worry about the past. You worry about the present. You worry about the future.

A new legislator representing Oklahoma House District 60 is due to take office after November’s general election.

Although the identity of that individual has not been determined, one thing is for certain - a Yukon Republican will continue to hold the seat.

That’s because four Yukon Republicans filed in early April for this year’s House District 60 election. No other candidates filed, so the winner will be decided this summer.

The Oklahoma City Planning Commission has recommended approval of a resolution to annex 320 acres of unincorporated land between Yukon and El Reno for a proposed industrial mega-site development.

The vote was 7-0 at the May 9 OKC Planning Commission meeting, with the annexation proposal forwarded to the Oklahoma City Council for consideration.

OKLAHOMA CITY — This Father’s Day, June 16, the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline encourages dads to take the first step toward a healthier life by quitting tobacco. The Helpline, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), provides FREE resources for Oklahomans wanting to quit tobacco — and remain tobacco-free.

Brian Brower, a resident of Claremore, smoked for many years. After trying to quit for about three years, Brower decided to quit for his daughter.