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With a 50 percent increase in registered voters over the past 10 years, Canadian County is adding 10 voting precincts.

New polling places – mostly in eastern Canadian County – will be open for the June 28 primary elections.

“We’ve added an additional 10 precincts to what we had,” Canadian County Election Board Secretary Wanda Armold said.

“We now have 60 precincts.”

As of Feb. 15, Canadian County totaled 90,206 registered voters – up from about 60,000 in 2012. And the numbers keep rising.

Here is the breakdown by political party:

WASHINGTON – Oklahoma tribes are hopeful an update to a century-old law will spur tribal economies and the new rules will create a uniform approach to contracting procedures.    

The Buy Indian Act was created in 1910 to set aside government procurement contracts for Indian-owned businesses. The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service are the sole federal departments the act applies to.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A seven-year drought from the top rung of the medals podium at the Oklahoma State High School Wrestling Championships came to an end over the weekend for El Reno High School.

Junior Will Heger scored 20 team points for the Indians by winning gold at 132 pounds. He becomes the first state champion since Murdoch Marcum in 2015 and the 43rd EHS grappler to drape a gold medal around his neck.

El Reno High School’s girls basketball team rode a smothering pressure defense into the double elimination portion of the Class 5A playoffs with a 55-24 win over No.15 Lawton Eisenhower.

The victory came in the semifinals of the West Region 4 Championships and pushed the second-ranked Indians into the regional finale against seventh-ranked Piedmont, which eliminated No.10 Bishop McGuinness.

Both Calumet High School’s basketball teams had their seasons cut short of making the Class A state tournament, with the sixth-ranked Chieftains losing 63-45 to No.19 Canute.

That loss came in the Region III consolation quarterfinals as Jacob Mayfield’s team suffered back-to-back setbacks for the first time this season. Calumet finished with a 21-8 record.

The Chieftains were led in scoring by Hunter Arnold with 19 points to go along with two rebounds, two assists and two steals. Matthew Snyder followed with 15 points, nine rebounds and two assists.

LAWSUITS

Midland Credit Management vs. Tyler N. Segraves for $6,359.04 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Genesis Recovery Services Inc. vs. Cheyenne Michel for $2,063.35 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Jefferson Capital Systems LLC vs. Bernadette Pittman for $854.42 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Two Tulsa public high schools have started a pilot program called Early College High School.

The plan allows 10th-grade students who qualify to take college courses. If they stick with the program, by the time they graduate they will have earned not only a high school diploma from Tulsa McClain or Tulsa Memorial, but will also have garnered an associate degree from Tulsa Community College.

All for free.

Sounds cutting edge.

Apparently, it’s not.

At Redlands Community College, a varsity team is training for big competitions in one of the most popular and competitive sports today.

If you think football or soccer is the most-watched sporting event globally, think again. eSports have surpassed both as the most popular sporting event to watch, and Redlands Community College is joining the competition with its new eSports program, which launched in spring 2021 with the generous support of the Redlands Community College Foundation.