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The Center of Family Love’s 10th annual Gift of Love Gala raised more than $1 million for those with disabilities.

The event was hosted at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.

The Center of Family Love honored former Sen. Mike Johnson and his wife, Judy Johnson, who quietly spent a better part of their lives championing for the rights of individuals and families with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity.

El Reno police handed out three citations for fireworks violations over several days during the Fourth of July holiday.

Assistant Police Chief Kirk Dickerson said the department received numerous calls from residents reporting fireworks being set off in their area of town. Dickerson said officers investigated each call. Three instances resulted in the citations being issued. El Reno levies a $295 fine for discharging fireworks in the city limits.

Dickerson said the Fourth of July celebration at Lake El Reno was a great success.

Tinker Air Force Base hosted its airshow after a multi-year hiatus.

The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels F-18 Super Hornets were among the wide range of aircraft flown at the airshow. Among other planes were the military’s F-35 and Super Galaxy.

Canadian County’s former elections chief has received a deferred sentence and fine in a case stemming from uncounted votes in a 2020 election.

Wanda Armold pleaded guilty June 28 in Canadian County District Court to the charge of failure to perform duties. Armold is the former secretary of the Canadian County Election Board.

The misdemeanor was filed Jan. 11 by Angela C. Marsee, the district attorney for Beckham, Custer, Ellis, Roger Mills and Washita counties.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court last week tossed out affirmative action in college admissions, compelling universities to explore alternative methods to foster diverse student populations. 

The court’s conservative majority reversed the admissions implemented by Harvard and the University of North Carolina - the country’s oldest private and public colleges. 

Shirley Antwine’s son had been arrested by Oklahoma City police at least 15 times when she called for their help again in the summer of 2021.

Though they previously had shocked him with a Taser for resisting arrest, they usually took him to the hospital for treatment before booking him into one of the nation’s deadliest jails.

Even that seemed like a safer option than letting the influence of drugs and symptoms of schizophrenia fester.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Department of Commerce, alongside Gov. Kevin Stitt, led a delegation of Oklahoma aerospace and defense companies as well as communities and institutions to represent the state and its aerospace and defense sector at the 2023 Paris Airshow.

Losing players to graduation is nothing new to Kristen Koehler, but even the veteran El Reno High School volleyball coach can see the 2023 season will be a different venture.

El Reno recently completed the month-long Chickasha Summer League looking to fill the void of not one lost player but five starters from last year’s 11-17 team that lost in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs to Santa Fe South.