El Reno police took three men into custody on drug-related complaints after a raid on a residence.
Assistant Police Chief Kirk Dickerson said police obtained a warrant to search a house at 500 W. Martin St. Officers served the warrant on Nov. 21 just before 7 p.m.
The search warrant was obtained after an investigation began following a suspected Fentanyl overdose that had occurred at the residence, Dickerson said.
An electric vehicle assembly plant will create hundreds of jobs in eastern Canadian County.
Canoo, an American automotive startup, recently delivered its first “Made in Oklahoma” electric vehicle (EV) to the state government as part of an agreement to deliver up to 1,000 vehicles.
The company’s lifestyle delivery vehicles (LDVs) are the first commercial motor vehicles to be built in Oklahoma since 2006.
Canoo also manufactures multi-purpose delivery vehicles (MPDVs) and pickup trucks.
Canadian County commissioners last week approved an agreement for fiscal year 2024 with the Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Service to “perform cooperative extension services on behalf of Canadian County.” The annual agreement is typically approved after the county finalizes its fiscal year budget.
“We appreciate your continued support,” Canadian County Extension Director Kyle Worthington told commissioners.
“It helps us in our endeavors to serve the communities in Canadian County.”
A $3.6 million remodeling project for the Canadian County Health Department has gotten a little costlier.
A 33,000-square-foot building at 6100 East Highway 66 just west of Evans Road is being renovated for a new county health clinic and offices. The work is due to be finished in April 2024.
Renovations started this fall after commissioners approved a “maximum guaranteed price” of $3,598,755 for the remodeling project.
Earlier this month, commissioners approved a change order request from their construction manager, Lingo Construction Services.
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The city of El Reno will argue before the Oklahoma Supreme Court that a convicted sex offender should not be allowed to live within 2,000 feet of a park. The hearing is set for 10 a.m. Nov. 30 in the courtroom of the Supreme Court inside the State Capitol.
Kelly Patrick Donaldson brought suit against the city after being told he was not allowed to live within 2,000 feet of Lake El Reno.
The city contends the area is a park. Donaldson contends it is not a park and is zoned agricultural.
With more than 600 head of bison managed by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, the tribes were a natural choice to work with the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority in promoting a documentary created by one of America’s best-known storytellers.
The tribes herd was recently spotlighted through a film by Ken Burns titled “The American Buffalo.”
The El Reno Tribune has partnered with El Reno VFW Post 382 and Auxiliary to hold a silent quilt auction to help raise funds for El Reno High School’s annual Gifts for the Yanks program.
Started during World War II, the nationwide Gifts for the Yanks began raising funds to purchase Christmas presents for American military personnel.
El Reno High School joined the effort 77 years ago and today is the only known high school in the United States to take part in the program continually since adopting it.
Fewer than 1 percent of U.S. newsroom employees are Native American.
But one local news coordinator, CATV Director of Operations Randy Burleson, is hoping a new partnership will make a difference in raising those numbers among Native youth in Oklahoma.
Since late September, Cheyenne and Arapaho Television has been broadcasting OU Nightly, the student-led daily news broadcast of Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma.
What was reported as a trespassing call escalated into a stabbing that left a 54-year-old man dead, Canadian County Undersheriff Kevin Ward said.
Ward said deputies received a call Friday about 5:45 p.m. reporting a “trespassing” issue at 2935 N. Old Highway 81. While driving to the scene, deputies were notified the matter had escalated to a stabbing.
