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A Warr Acres company has been awarded a $10 million contract to build a new roundabout at SH 66 and U.S. 81.

The Oklahoma Transportation Commission, at its Sept. 11 meeting, awarded a $10,030,072.14 low bid contract to Redlands Contracting LLC for the intersection modification project.

“This is going to let us really improve traffic conditions between I-40 and the intersection of U.S.-81/SH-66,” said Oklahoma Transportation Secretary Tim Gatz.

The 2023 El Reno High School All Sports Homecoming Ceremony will be held Friday night at 6:30 prior to the start of the home football game with Elgin at Memorial Stadium.

One of these EHS male and female students will be crowned king and queen.

Each sport and the marching band at the high school, if they choose to participate, select a king and queen candidate to compete for the title, with winners picked by voting by the student body. 

OKLAHOMA CITY — State health officials have announced plans to relocate the state’s largest inpatient mental health treatment facility to Oklahoma City from Norman, where it has stood for more than a century. 

The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services said a $147 million replacement facility for Griffin Memorial Hospital will be built on the Oklahoma State University’s Oklahoma City campus near Interstate 44 and West Reno Avenue.

Hundreds of teachers from across nearly 200 school districts have joined a signing bonus program designed to attract new teachers into Oklahoma classrooms, state education officials said.

The Oklahoma State Department of Education expects to make bonus payments ranging from $15,000 to $50,000 to 553 teachers by Oct. 12, agency spokesperson Dan Isett said.

Canadian Valley Technology Center’s $75 million bond issue was narrowly defeated in Tuesday’s special election.

CV Tech sought voter support to fund construction of a stand-alone public safety training center and other upgrades at Canadian Valley’s El Reno campus along with modernization and safety improvements at its Chickasha campus.

Some 102 precincts were open Sept. 12 in polling places across eight counties for CV Tech’s bond election, with votes cast in six of those counties.

Vicki Proctor spent 23 years serving for free on the El Reno Municipal Planning Commission.

On Tuesday, Mayor Steve Jensen read a proclamation thanking Proctor for her service, but also pointed out she’s been involved in efforts to improve El Reno for much longer.

Proctor stepped down from the role as chairman of the MPC. The body serves as a filter for the city council, listening to rezoning and code change requests before sending a recommendation to the elected council.