From the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission
While commercial runways were nearly vacant during the early days of the pandemic of 2020-2021, staff from the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission were knocking on the doors of high school superintendents and school counselors across Oklahoma’s 77 counties, asking if they could visit about an emerging aviation curriculum available to their students.
El Reno’s Jimmy Johnston tries to keep the nose of his boat down as he flies off the starting line during last year’s Smoke on the Water Drag Boat Races.
This year’s event starts Friday with testing and races kick off Saturday at noon on Lake El Reno.
LAWSUITS
Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Autyanna T. Thompson for $1,900 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Thomas Young for $3,992.36 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Charles Shelburn for $1,825.55 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Robbin Long for $1,865.95 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
While the vision for ANCE Capital Group is global, the headquarters is Canadian County and the plan is to keep it that way.
Tyler Williams is the CEO and founder of ANCE Capital Group, an investment firm that literally has it roots in the I-40, Route 66 corridor between El Reno and Yukon.
Williams is part of the family that created CPI Pipe and Steel in 1981.
Quilting is a hobby that people might associate with grandmothers or older women, but the quilting world has changed.
People of all ages have started to pick up this hobby, and according to a study by American Patchwork & Quilting magazine, there are around 4.2 million quilters in the United States.
Plans are ramping up for the Galloping for Hope fundraiser for Savannah Station.
The event will be from 6 to 10 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Palace Event Center in El Reno. The event is the main fundraiser for the therapeutic riding program located at 13420 Frisco Road.
“We started it many years ago, when the program started in 2013,” Executive Director Andi Holland said.
“We started it as a way to raise our budget. Even today, although our budget has grown exponentially, it brings in half of our budget.
Canadian County commissioners approved a host of agreements and permits during a busy Monday that featured their regular weekly session as well as two special authority meetings.
Sheriff Chris West was on hand during the Monday meeting to field any possible questions about two items pertaining to his department – one of those the renewal of an agreement with Washita County that allows the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office to utilize bed space for overflow prisoners.
A convicted felon has been sentenced to seven years in prison for trying to get a Yukon-area teen to have sex.
He was arrested after the mother of the youngster he was contacting by cell phone got involved.
Oklahoma City’s Krishna Kama Skanes, 40, was convicted June 30 in Canadian County District Court with soliciting sexual conduct or communication with a minor by use of technology.
Skanes pleaded guilty to the felony crime at a preliminary hearing before Canadian County Special Judge Charles Gass. He appeared with his attorney, Douglas Parr.
