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An inmate at the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution was found unresponsive Saturday night and later was pronounced deceased.

Correctional officers found Irvin Cooper, 45, unresponsive and summoned emergency medical services personnel, while beginning lifesaving efforts.

Cooper was subsequently pronounced deceased by EMS personnel.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation was notified.

No employees or other incarcerated individuals were injured and at no time was the public in danger, the emailed statement said.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Landowners Bill of Rights, or HB 3159, was signed into law.

The bill gives landowners the right of first refusal if the land is ever sold by the state or anyone who received the land through the use of eminent domain authority. 

Rep. Eric Roberts, R-Oklahoma City, and Rep. Annie Menz, D-Norman, were the bill’s House authors.

The clock is ticking for a signature collection effort to put State Question 832 on the ballot and ask Oklahomans to raise the minimum wage for the first time since 2008. Organizers have 90 days to collect the necessary signatures after the state Supreme Court gave the petition a green light.

LAWSUITS

Todd Millard and Dawn Millard vs. Home Depot USA Inc. and Daryl Flood Logistics Inc. for an amount in excess of $75,000 for alleged compensatory and punitive damages.

Sam Alzubi vs. Lindsay Maidt for $15,920 for alleged actual damages.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. vs. Michael Adkins, Deceased, for $142,226.36 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 3, Block 6, East Pointe Addition Section 2, Mustang.

No one was hurt, but the boom got the attention of people in El Reno.

Wednesday morning just before 10:30, a loud explosion rang through the community. The boom was so loud it was heard downtown as well as south of I-40.

Fire Chief Jason Duff said the blast was at an oil tank battery site. The area was just south of Jensen Road and west of South Country Club Road.

Duff said the blast was caused by too much pressure in a “separator” on the tank battery. Emergency crews responded to the boom, but fortunately, Duff said, no one was injured.

LAWSUITS

MTGLQ Investors L.P. vs. Zachary Wood for $251,353.72 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 1, Block 22, Somers Pointe Phase VII Addition, Oklahoma City.

Spirit Bank vs. Royse Construction LLC for $87,078.50 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Amy Juarez vs. Olivia Celsor for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.