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A new pesticide is now available to farmers as an aid in the fight against feral hogs.

On Aug. 5, HOGSTOP Oral Contraceptive Formulation was registered with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. HogStop claims to decrease the fertility of male feral hogs by reducing sperm count.

Male feral hog fertility is reduced within five days of consumption of the contraceptive bait and maintained for at least 30 days after five feedings.

MUNICIPAL COURT

Everett M. Flanagan, Minco, improper turn, $175.

Jacob Walter Klutts, Oklahoma City, expired tag, $165.

Patrick Herrera, Oklahoma City, improper lane change, $175.

Selena Elizabeth Skorman, Oklahoma City, expired tag, $165.

Oscar Kipkoros, Oklahoma City, improper tag display, $165.

Matthew Aaron Howeth, Choctaw, speeding, $165.

Kindan Pybas Hughes, Midwest City, speeding, $175.

Carole Sue Davis, El Reno, speeding, $165.

David Scott Read, Amarillo, expired tag, $130.

Jeanne and Freddie Hobson were honored recently when the CART House celebrated its 30th anniversary by naming the couple the first recipients of a newly created award.

Adding to the announcement was the fact the award is named in their honor.

The Hobson Service Award will become an annual award given to those who work to help heal and hopefully improve the lives of young Canadian County children victimized by trauma and abuse.

The new Rock Island overpass will be officially opened on Sept. 24. That’s when a ribbon-cutting ceremony is set. The dedication is planned for 2 p.m.

The structure is open to traffic now, but some finishing touches are expected to take a few more days.

The bridge was opened to traffic in July, about 18 months after construction got under way.

Brad Freeman, ODOT Division 4 resident assistant, is pleased with the project.

“It turned out pretty well,” Freeman said.

A two-and half hour special meeting of the El Reno School Board last week focused on training members in the proper methods to conduct the search for the district’s next superintendent.

The meeting was conducted by the Oklahoma State School Board Association, hired by the district in May to spearhead the search for Craig McVay’s successor.

A semi reportedly struck this pole at a former convenience store on Rock Island, just south of Wade last weekend.

Security video from Rock Island Credit Union shows the truck striking the pole around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday.

Calls to the number posted on the vacant building were not returned.

The pole is hanging over the alley between the vacant store and the credit union, which serves as an entrance to the drive-thru for the credit union.

A fight injured a half dozen inmates early Monday at the Canadian County Jail after a power outage, Sheriff Chris West said.

Shortly after 2 a.m. Monday, Sept. 6, members of the Canadian County Special Operations Team were activated to assist with an altercation in the county jail.

The incident reportedly involved about 15 to 20 inmates.

Etta Dale Junior High teacher Chip Whitworth discusses with his students a video shot in 2001 of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center Towers in New York City.

Whitworth teaches a Current Events class and students were learning about the attacks which killed 2,977 Americans and injured more than 25,000.

Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the deadliest domestic terrorist attacks in U.S. history.

(Courtesy Photo/Brooke Robertson)