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Public Records - 6/29/2024

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LAWSUITS

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Tana Rafter for $1,609.56 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. John Barnett for $1,501.63 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Lisa Bodey for $2,092.20 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Jo Greeff for $2,235.00 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Suspected killer met victim at local AA meeting

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The man suspected of killing an El Reno man, as well as others in a cross-country crime spree, met his alleged victim here at the local AA meetings. 

El Reno Police Chief Ken Brown said Stacy Lee Drake, 50, of Birmingham, Ala., is the main suspect in the death of Phillip Emerson, 56, who lived at 204 N. Macomb. 

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ERPS nixes after-school program as funds dry up

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Parents, at least for now, will no longer have the option of free after-school care for their children. 

El Reno Public Schools Superintendent Matt Goucher said the decision to put all district-wide, after-school programs on hiatus was not easy.

“It was a horrible decision to make. We wanted to be able to offer it but we lost the federal funding that allowed us to do it for free the last three or four years at no cost to the parents.

Rates hiked at Crimson Creek

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Golfers at Crimson Creek will pay a bit more for everything after the El Reno City Council approved a 10 percent across the board hike at the municipal course. 

The vote at the June council meeting was 5-0. City Manager Matt Sandidge said the course has not had a rate hike since 2022 and inflation has driven up the costs to operate and maintain the course. 

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Kelley, Lynch set for runoff in House District 60 race

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There will be a runoff on Tuesday, Aug. 27 to determine who will succeed House District 60 State Rep. Rhonda Baker (R-Yukon).

Mike Kelley and Ron Lynch will face off after being the top two vote-getters among four Yukon Republican candidates in last Tuesday’s House District 60 primary election.

Kelley, a retired Oklahoma City fire chief, finished first with 41.70 percent of 3,043 votes in 17 precincts.

Lynch, a small-business owner, was second with 21.85 percent of the vote.