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Stacy Horner, Early Settlement - West Program director, is looking for individuals in Canadian County and the surrounding area who are interested in giving time to their community as a volunteer mediator.

A two-day training session has been scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, July 26 and 27 at Redlands Community College.

There is no cost for the training; however, applicants must be willing to commit to 20 hours of volunteering for the Early Settlement program in the local district court.

Investigators with the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office arrested Richard Sharp, 58, at his Canadian County home on two counts of possession of child pornography. 

Sheriff Chris West said Sharp possessed multiple images on his cell phone and computer of children being raped. The children in these images were between 2 and 11 years old, West said.

Reports said the investigation began when a Cybertip was referred to the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children.

Planting for summer crops is finishing up in the Panhandle and southwestern regions following some much-needed rain, but drought concerns still remain.

The last few weeks have produced Oklahoma’s most plentiful rains so far in 2022, but will the precipitation sustain long-thirsty soil on the western side of the state?

Confucius Institutes, controlled by a Chinese government agency, once flowered on college campuses across the country, including at the University of Oklahoma.

But that has changed in recent years, particularly after the U.S. Department of State declared the institutes part of a “global propaganda and malign influence campaign.”

But a new report warns that many colleges and universities still have entities on campus that operate much the same as prior Confucius Institutes, but under new names.

Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor has joined a national coalition of state attorneys general to oppose the Biden administration’s efforts to force schools to embrace transgender policies, including policies that grant male students access to girls restrooms.

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U.S. Bank N.A. vs. Coltan M. Middleton for $8,916.88 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Synchrony Bank vs. Zachary Myers for $4,285.50 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Synchrony Bank vs. Carlos Martinez for $8,306.79 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Voni Boyanton for $1,634.78 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

While some of the names and faces may be changing from last year’s run to the Class 5A state championship game, the expectations of El Reno High School’s girls basketball program will not.

“We can still be successful in Class 5A and I would like to think we have the people to be successful and make it back to state. We just have to be more prepared and more diligent.

“We have to have specialized game plans to get us into that position. We have to be different and not just living off our talent level and experience,” said El Reno head coach Jennifer Douglas.

Only a prearranged five-run scoring limit per inning kept El Reno High School’s varsity 1 baseball team from posting an even larger winning margin in last week’s home series with Putnam City.

El Reno scored five runs in the bottom of the third inning with one out and went on to cruise to a 9-1 victory over the Pirates.

The game was called in the bottom of the fifth by run-rule.

The victory extended El Reno’s win streak to three games as the Indians improved to 3-1 on the season and in the Wooden Bat Division of the Red Dirt League.