July 2024

Body As districts emerge from the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association’s mandatory dead period, many coaches are looking forward to a new school year and reflecting on gains made during summer activities.

Body Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a look into the rise and fall of Sellout Crowd website. It originally appeared on www.readfrontier.org.

Body Canadian County Sheriff Chris West spent three days this spring in El Paso, Texas. He was there as part of a group of lawmen from across the country to see firsthand what was happening at the U.S. southern border.

Body Canadian County’s fairgrounds venue saw a 52.4 percent increase in event bookings for the recently concluded fiscal year.The number of events presented at the Expo and Event Center grew from 42 in FY23 to 64 in FY24.

Body All lanes of east and westbound SH-152 will be closed between US-81 and Banner Road near Union City through winter as crews begin a major reconstruction of the road.

Body June 25 marked the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Cavalry Camp at the Cheyenne Agency that later became known as Fort Reno.

Body A shuffling of Canadian County offices is under way, which will ultimately relocate the county’s family justice center for domestic abuse survivors to Yukon.

Body Underwood Oklahoma Home and Community Education Group met recently in the home of Vicki Duncan. The meeting was called to order with members Bernita Davis, Delpha Miklautsch and Ann Ricketts present. Davis read minutes of the May meeting.

Body OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma senators during the interim are expected to take a deep dive into cellphones in schools, voucher costs and other topics.Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, approved 39 interim study requests. The requests have been assigned to committees.

Body Southwestern Oklahoma State University announced the list of graduates for the spring 2024 semester, with a total of 687 students having successfully completed their academic programs, including 173 graduate degrees, 442 baccalaureate degrees and 72 associate degrees.