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OKLAHOMA CITY – Funding opportunities to enhance the specialty crop industry within Oklahoma are now available through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.

The program is made possible through the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Marketing Services.

Eligible applicants include nonprofits, local, state and federal government entities, for-profit organizations and colleges and universities. To be eligible, projects must: 

► Enhance the competitiveness of an Oklahoma specialty crop 

SHAWNEE — The Oklahoma Mission of Mercy (OkMOM) will hold its 12th annual free, two-day dental clinic.

On Feb. 3 and 4, the Heart of Oklahoma Expo Center in Shawnee will transform into a fully-operational dental facility with more than 2,000 dental professionals and general volunteers offering oral health services to people of all ages from across the state – at absolutely no cost to the patient. 

LAWSUITS

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Vicky Lanclos for $1,895.56 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Michelle Russell for $857.95 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Erick Schuldt for $3,145.78 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Julie M. Lane for $6,111.90 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

The third time proved to be the charm as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team knocked off two ranked teams in Class 6A en route to the championship at the 2023 Shawnee Invitational.

El Reno, ranked fourth in Class 5A, improved to 12-3 on the season with the three-game sweep, extending its current win streak to five games. The Indians defeated Ardmore 63-26 in the first round, then rallied from 10 points down in the first half to defeat Class 6A’s 15th-ranked Mustang 45-39.

The day after snapping a three-game losing streak, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team posted what head coach Rodney Haydon called a “huge win” with a 71-56 decision over Class 6A’s fifth-ranked Choctaw.

The win came in the consolation finals of the 2023 Shawnee Invitational and avenged a one-point loss to the Yellowjackets in the finals of the Harrah tourney in December.

An oversight in the weight assessment process will cost El Reno High School’s wrestling team a trip to the Class 5A Dual State Championships set for next month in Enid.

“We are not going to dual state,” said El Reno Superintendent Matt Goucher.

El Reno, the top-ranked team in Class 5A, won the District 3 Championship outright with victories over Woodward, Southeast and second-ranked Elgin.

The eight district champions across Oklahoma earn a spot in the dual state quarterfinals.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is now available in Canadian County.

Started in 1995 by the famous singer, Imagination Library is a foundation created to promote youth reading. One way this is done is by sending children that are signed up a free book every month.

The program is available from birth till the age of 5.

El Reno’s Carnegie Library started working to get accepted into the program in August 2022.

OKLAHOMA CITY - A Canadian County couple has appealed to the state’s highest court challenging a ruling in a civil suit stemming from a traffic collision near Yukon that killed their teenage daughter.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court will hear an appeal filed by attorneys representing the appellants, Jeffrey and Kristine Murrow.

The central issue to be decided by the state Supreme Court is the legal status of The Springs Events LLC and whether a “duty of care” is owed under the facts of this case.