A commercial developer from Dallas, Texas, with ties to Yukon, has proposed an office park and apartments for the downtown area.
The development surrounds two historic buildings, Yukon’s Best Flour Mill and the MFC Farmers Co-Op Building along historic State Highway 66.
A sitting Canadian County Fair Board member is being challenged in his re-election bid.
Kelly Beck and Richard W.J. “Rick” Cacini, both from Yukon, filed last week for the District 1 seat on the nine-member county fair board.
Beck is the fair board’s chairman and Cacini is a Yukon City Council member.
The contested election will be decided at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13 at the Canadian County Fairgrounds Education Building, 220 N. Country Club Road.
The winner will be elected to serve the next three-year term.
Approximately 80 percent of all people who die by suicide are of working age, making the workplace the most cross-cutting system for suicide prevention, intervention and crisis response, and more and more workplaces understand that they have a part to play in helping to address this issue.
For the first time since its inception in 1980, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans report now includes a section detailing nutritional information for infants and toddlers, from birth to 23 months old.
The update released at the end of 2020 provides science-based advice on what to eat and drink to promote good health, reduce the risk of chronic disease and meet nutrient needs. It is jointly published by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services every five years.
El Reno High School December/ January Students of the Month, from left, freshman Kelly Gonzalez; sophomores Brady Hardaway and Cecelia Medders; juniors Micheal Devereaux and Ida Terkildsen; seniors Aidan Dyer and Marlee Berryhill. Not pictured: freshman Zachary Johnson.
The Okarche High School speech team ended the first semester and started the second semester of the 2020-21 school year with team trophies at two virtual speech competitions.
For virtual competitions, students prepare their events as they normally would, however, they video their performances which are submitted to the tournament director for judging.
Okarche High School’s December Students of the Month, freshman Kera Avilez and sophomore Madison Schaefer.
Okarche High School’s December Lion and Lioness honorees, seniors Madison Owens and Tyler Schwarz.
