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A routine traffic stop on I-40 conducted by Canadian County sheriff's deputies led to the seizure of 36 kilograms of fentanyl. The incident occurred on Jan. 26. 

Sheriff Chris West said at approximately 6 p.m., a deputy observed a semi-truck failing to maintain a single lane while traveling eastbound on I-40 near Mile Marker 121. A traffic stop was initiated, and upon approaching the vehicle, the deputy noted a suspicious load - a Ford F150 truck on the top row of the car hauler, surrounded by high-end luxury cars.

Pro basketball is coming to El Reno. Without the games. 

Two teams competing in The Basketball League (TBL) will be calling El Reno home, but neither will be playing games locally.

Jonathan Reed, owner and director of On-Point Hoops Academy, has moved the Wichita SkyKings from Kansas to Oklahoma and will run the day-to-day operations for the TBL team from the academy.

Cardinal Point, Canadian County’s family resource center, is moving operations into a new home in Yukon after four years in El Reno.

Redhawk Construction has managed a renovation project at the former Canadian County Health Department office, 1023 E. Vandament.

Providing hope will continue as the family justice center and its resource partners serve crime victims inside the 10,500-square-foot building – which was built in the early 1990s for the health department.

The Intervention and Crisis Advocacy Network (ICAN) will have three full-time staff members at the Cardinal Point Family Justice Center’s new location.

The move gives the organization locations in El Reno and now Yukon. 

Both public and private partner agencies will assign staff on a full-time or part-time basis to provide services from inside the remodeled former county health department building at 1023 E. Vandament, Yukon.

Seven Canadian County District 3 crew members received certificates for completing the Roads Scholar Program. District 3 Commissioner Tracey Rider recognized her personnel during the commissioners meeting.

The Roads Scholar Program is offered through the Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), an outreach of the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology at Oklahoma State University.

Rider said her crew is “committed” to becoming certified Road Scholars.

SHAWNEE – All-tournament selection Raegan Bugaj made 5-of-6 free throws in the final 1:17 as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team defeated the host team 45-34 in the third-place game of the 2025 Shawnee Invitational.

El Reno improved to 14-1 on the season after having its 41-game win streak snapped a day earlier in a semifinal loss to Yukon (52-48). The Indians extended their program-best win streak in the first round with a blowout win over Northwest Classen (55-8).

SHAWNEE - An untimely shooting drought spelled the end to El Reno High School’s boys basketball team’s longest win streak in over two decades as the Indians fell to Broken Arrow 55-46 in what proved to be the finals of the 2025 Shawnee Invitational.

With only six teams on the boys side, the event was switched to a round-robin format as both the Indians and Tigers entered the matchup undefeated in their two previous games.

LAWSUITS

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. vs. Ryan Jones for $111,864.20 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 4, Block 9, Griggs Addition, Mustang.

Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC vs. Robert Huckleberry for $144,270.52 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 26, Block 9, Redstone Ranch Phase 3 Addition, Oklahoma City.