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Public Records - 11/16/2022

1 year ago By News Staff

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Carl Anthony Pendleton II, 37; Tegan Nicole Adcox, 33.

James Edward Berrier, 41; Melissa Sueann Lavallee, 42.

Hunter Corbin Engle, 22; Hannah Ashley Parker, 25.

Stephen Allen Bubb, 24; Sydney Rayan Montesano, 23.

Danny Scott Reid, 57; Tabitha Katrina Spiegel, 43.

Ryan Mitchell Jones, 29; Leiana Marie Frazier, 28.

Jose Balmore Menjivar Vega, 46; Teisha Nicole Bare, 32.

Kendra L. Kennedy, 38; Stevee Summer Stidham, 40.

Joshua Christopher Howard, 40; Misty Joann Patterson, 42.

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Jensen, Black win local races by wide margins

1 year ago By Ray Dyer

Steve Jensen easily won election in the race to succeed Matt White as mayor of El Reno, besting political newcomer Phillip Church by more than 1,800 votes.

Jensen will be joined on the city council by another political newcomer, David Black, after Black defeated Kevin Marr in the Ward 3 council race. That contest was won by Black by more than 200 votes.

And Associate District Judge Bob Hughey defeated challenger Rachel Bussett, garnering more than 55 percent of the vote.

Hughey had a county-wide vote total of 25,152 to 19,910, or just over 44 percent for Bussett.

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Early voting breaks records, second location credited with part of pre-election day surge

1 year ago By Traci Chapman - Yukon Progress

As early voting in the 2022 midterm wrapped up, something was clear – the turnout was one for the record books.

“We were absolutely amazed and happy about the turnout this year in terms of early/in-person voting and the number of absentee by mail responses we’ve had,” Canadian County Election Board Acting Secretary Allen Arnold said.

“It was a huge increase from anything we’ve seen before.”

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Council adopts plan for Sunset Drive; says goodbye to members

1 year ago By Ray Dyer

The El Reno City Council last week adopted a plan designed to transform Sunset Drive from Choctaw to Country Club as the “official vision of the city.” Council also said farewell to two long-serving members.

The Sunset vote was unanimous and could possibly move the city closer to making the changes recommended in the plan that was created by the University of Oklahoma Institute for Quality Communities with direction from Oklahoma City architect Michael Hoffner of Hoffner Design Studios.

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German-Italian POW Service set for Sunday

1 year ago By News Staff

Historic Fort Reno will host the annual German-Italian POW Memorial Service on Sunday, Nov. 13 beginning at 2 p.m.

A brief service will be held at the Visitors Center and Museum, followed by the wreath presentation for the German and Italian POWS at the Post Cemetery.

Light snacks and hot drinks will follow served back at the Visitors Center and Museum.

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El Reno attorney elected to state bar Board of Governors

1 year ago By News Staff

Jana L. Knott will serve a three-year term on the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Board of Governors starting January 2023.

She will be part of the OBA’s 17-member Board of Governors, which meets monthly and governs the association.

She will represent Supreme Court Judicial District Nine, which consists of Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and Tillman counties.

Knott joined Bass Law in 2018, where her practice focuses primarily on appellate litigation, advocacy, briefing and consultation.

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Redlands Community College receives grant renewal from U.S. Department of Education

1 year ago By News Staff

The U.S. Department of Education renewed a grant totaling $1.44 million for Redlands Community College’s Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) program for an additional five years, allowing the program’s team to continue expanding the relationships developed with Oklahoma veterans.

Over the past year, Redlands has been successful in serving Oklahoma veterans. The VUB program participated in more than 400 outreach efforts and attended events including the 2022 Oklahoma State Fair, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs tribal events, Mustang Western Days, Yukon Czech Festival and many more.

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Stitt wins second term as governor; Republicans sweep state races

1 year ago By Tres Savage - NonDoc

Despite facing an opponent supported by tens of millions of dollars in dark-money political advertisements, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt decisively won a second term Tuesday night, finishing with more than 55 percent of the vote and momentum heading into another four years of potential conflict with the groups that most opposed his re-election.