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Over the years, El Reno Public Schools and Redlands Community College have implemented and expanded numerous partnership activities in an effort to serve the students of both institutions.

Recently, this partnership was recognized with the 2020 Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award.

“It is a privilege to work with Superintendent (Craig) McVay and his innovative faculty and staff to provide exciting learning opportunities and experiences for all of our students,” said Redlands President Jack Bryant.

El Reno’s vice mayor was arrested late Sunday on a complaint of driving under the influence.

Police said J.T. Chronister, 40, was stopped while driving a golf cart at about 11:50 p.m. Reports said the golf cart had no headlights or tail lights and Chronister allegedly ignored a stop sign.

He was stopped at Wade and Bickford.

Officers said they spoke with Chronister and allegedly detected an odor of alcohol on him. The report said Chronister admitted to drinking alcoholic beverages prior to the traffic stop.

LAWSUITS

AmeriHome Mortgage Company LLC vs. Julia D. Cook for $148,554.05 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of a mortgage on Lot 12, Block 2, Redstone Ranch Phase I Addition, Yukon.

U.S. Bank N.A. vs. Lynette Wright for $153,174 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of a mortgage on Lot 10, Block 1, Brookstone Lakes Phase I Addition, Oklahoma City.

American Express National Bank vs. Paul Dempsey for $52,262.43 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Congressman Frank Lucas and 24 House members, including Congressmen Tom Cole and Markwayne Mullin, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue asking him to release a beef pricing investigation’s findings to Congress as soon as possible.

The USDA initiated the investigation in August 2019 after a plant fire in Kansas, but recently expanded the investigation to include recent price changes.

The letter outlines the group’s concern about price changes when the country began taking measures to suppress COVID-19 infections.

It was reported Monday an alarming insect has newly arrived from Japan via Canada. A roughly 2-inch-long insect known as the murder hornet has made its way to the U.S. for the first time, according to researchers.

The Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, has been known to kill up to 50 people a year in Japan, according to The New York Times, and has the potential to devastate U.S. bee populations, which have already been declining.