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Voter registration is nearing 100,000 in Canadian County, having increased by 5,450 voters (7.1 percent) in the past 12 months.

Canadian County’s total number of registered voters now surpasses 99,000.

Month-end registration statistics for Jan. 31 show Canadian County with 99,071 registered voters, according to the Oklahoma State Election Board.

Republicans comprise 59.27 percent of the total with 58,723 registrations.

El Reno High School cheerleaders, from left, Harper Looper, Zoe Wood and Maecy Eaton cheer on a wrestler during last week’s Oklahoma State High School Wrestling Championships.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Senate last week sent Gov. Kevin Stitt a bill that would eliminate the state’s sales tax on groceries.

House Bill 1955 passed by a vote of 42-2.

In addition to eliminating the state’s 4.5 percent tax, it would put a moratorium on the ability of cities and counties to raise their sales taxes on groceries until July 1, 2025.

Sen. Mary Boren, D-Norman, joined Senate Appropriations Chairman Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, in voting against the bill.

Thompson cited several needs the state has, and its history of down budget years.

A handful of House Republican lawmakers joined Democrats to kill a bill that would have moved school board elections to the November ballot.

A vote in opposition was a vote to effectively ensure that fewer voters — particularly parents — will be involved since school board elections would continue to be held at unusual times of the year with little-to-no publicity to alert voters that an election is scheduled.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, secured unanimous subcommittee passage of a bill that would extend the Oklahoma Promise Scholarship to all children of a certified, full-time teacher who has taught for at least 10 years in an Oklahoma public school classroom and is currently teaching.

“We know those students attending school here are 87 percent more likely to stay to live, work and raise a family here. This helps us develop our workforce and fortify our state,” he said.

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A 10-point run to close the first period gave Guymon a spark of hope against top-seeded El Reno High School’s girls basketball team in the Class 5A West Region 1 Championships.

It also awoke a sleeping giant.

El Reno erased a one-point deficit with a 26-0 run to open the second period and rolled to a 73-33 victory of the Tigers to remain unbeaten on the season at 24-0.

The Indians have now tied the school record for the most wins in a single season, a mark set during a state run in 2021-22.

While it took a game longer than desired, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team made its way back to the area round of the Class 5A playoffs for an 11th straight year after posting a 2-1 record in regional play.

El Reno defeated Lawton MacArthur 57-48 to win the Class 5A West Region 4 Consolation Championship and ended the Highlanders season.