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Daniel Lamont Littlebear, Oklahoma City, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Michael Don Wylie, Yukon, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Bobby Eaglenest, El Reno, violation of property maintenance code, $145.

Timothy S. Dominick, Okeene, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Brent Edward Hunt, El Reno, improper tag, $165.

Hailey Allison McLemore, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Kimberly Sue Eagle, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.

The original agreement with Pafford EMS to provide ambulance service to El Reno was modified a bit last week during a special city council meeting.

City Manager Matt Sandidge said the new agreement covers a 12-month period and will allow Pafford to have two ambulances equipped with lifesaving equipment in the community rather than the three called for in the original agreement.

A Canadian County Jail inmate faces the death penalty or life in prison for her alleged role in the drug overdose death of another inmate.

Oklahoma City’s Cydnei Tysha Mitchell, 31, was charged March 16 in Canadian County District Court with first-degree murder and bringing contraband into the jail.

“She’s being charged with bringing drugs into the jail, which another inmate took and died from,” Canadian County Sheriff Chris West said.

Candidate filing packets are now online for individuals who wish to run for county, judicial, district attorney, state or federal 2022 races.

Scheduled candidate filing dates are April 13-15 for those types of offices up for election in 2022.

El Reno Family Dentistry recently visited Rose Witcher Learning Center and Maple School for National Children’s Dental Health Month. Members of the staff spent some time educating the children on proper brushing and flossing techniques, and then passed out goodies to take home to assist with their new skills.

Union City’s Ron Carel played the part of St. Patrick for the annual St. Patrick Parade in the Oklahoma City Stockyards.

The parade held Saturday was organized by the Oklahoma Irish Heritage Society along with the Stockyards Main Street organization.

Debbie Harrison of El Reno serves as the director for the Stockyards Main Street.

A Canadian County truck driver has been accused of negligent homicide in connection with a fatal crash northwest of Yukon.

Gregory Albert Patty, 59, was charged with the misdemeanor crime March 14 in Canadian County District Court. If convicted, he faces up to one year in jail and/or a maximum $1,000 fine.

This case stems from a traffic collision last fall at the intersection of State Highway 3 (N.W. Expressway) and North Cemetery Road in Oklahoma City.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt v. Oklahoma decision, which created jurisdictional chaos in Oklahoma by effectively declaring that most of eastern Oklahoma remains Indian reservations, is indirectly defunding court systems and public-safety entities throughout much of the state, according to the Senate’s top budget official.

“What has happened, especially in eastern Oklahoma in light of the McGirt (decision), is some of our courts are struggling to be funded,” said state Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah.