WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) joined in sending a letter led by Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-08) to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland and Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Marvin Richardson urging the Department of Justice to withdraw proposed guidance on stabilizing braces.
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Midland Credit Management vs. Hope Baker for $1,001.69 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Gary Boyanton for $5,404.59 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Sean Ramm for $7,796.87 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Krista J. Dickson for $5,361.54 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell has been touting the importance of Route 66 to local municipalities, especially when it comes to tourism dollars flowing in from other places.
Such a push from state leaders is welcome news to George Higgins, who owns and serves as rally master for the annual Mother Road Ride Rally.
“I think cities need to embrace Route 66 and I wish there were cities which did because it would give us more places to stop. It would make it easier to find different places,” said Higgins.
Canadian County commissioners will partner with the Fair Board to purchase livestock pens for the new Expo and Event Center.
Commissioners asked members of the Fair Board to pitch in $20,000 to help with the purchase of the pens. The pens are expected to cost in the neighborhood of $50,000.
The pens will be used when the Canadian County Free Fair gets under way in August at the new Expo site on Jensen and Alfadale roads. The location is just east of U.S. 81 and south of I-40. It rests in an unincorporated area just outside the El Reno city limits.
El Reno Masonic Lodge members waited more than a year for a marker to be made to honor late Canadian County legend, U.S. Deputy Marshal Chris Madsen. Now that it appears the COVID-19 pandemic is more past than present, the marker is in place.
The Masons raised more than $1,500 after hearing of the cause, but then had to wait due to the high demand and short supply of memorial markers for cemeteries.
After criticism of how the May 8 citywide spring cleanup was handled, the Oklahoma Environmental Management Authority has agreed to host a second cleanup, this one in July.
In a letter to El Reno Mayor Matt White, OEMA General Manager David Griesel said OEMA will offer an additional cleanup on Saturday, July 17.
“We will provide up to 20 roll-off containers at no charge to the city of El Reno,” Griesel said. Any additional roll-off containers would cost $200 per container, the letter stated.
This small group of Angus and Hereford cows found a way to beat the 97-degree heat last week by standing in a farm pond on South Country Club Road near the El Reno Regional Airport.
The one black cow to the right sticks out his tongue to try and catch droplets of water that were splashed off the swinging tail of another.
Canadian County agriculture producers have a free resource if they have wildlife damage on their properties.
This service is provided through a cooperative agreement Canadian County has with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry’s Wildlife Services Division.
The annual agreement, recently renewed by Canadian County commissioners, is for “wildlife damage management activities and programs conducted in Canadian County” pursuant to state statute.
