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El Reno police were told to be on the lookout for a white vehicle driven by a white female with a black male passenger after the pair had allegedly robbed a convenince store west of El Reno.

The hold-up, police said, took place at mile marker 108 on I-40 at about 11:35 p.m. Feb. 19.

What police didn’t know until an officer spotted it was that the vehicle was traveling the wrong way along the I-40 loop just west of the Federal Correctional Institution.

A 27-year-old El Reno man remains in the Canadian County Jail while a first-degree murder case filed against him is in limbo, pending a March 20 hearing.

Kyler Wayne Barber is accused in the fatal stabbing of Adam Lee Frogge, 35, of Oklahoma City.

He faces a single count of first-degree murder with deliberate intent and is being held without bail.

SAN DIEGO - Petty Officer 2nd Class Cameron Wahweah, a native of El Reno, serves aboard the U.S. Navy warship, USS Boxer, home-ported in San Diego, Calif.

Wahweah, a 2018 El Reno High School graduate, joined the Navy two years ago. “I joined the Navy to travel,” said Wahweah.

“Eventually, I want to go back to school, and the Navy will help pay for my education.” Skills and values learned in the Navy are similar to those found in El Reno.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Reps. Mark McBride, R-Moore, and Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, called on State Superintendent Ryan Walters to hire a chief financial officer for the Oklahoma State Department of Education immediately to take care of the needs of state public school students.

“With federal grant application deadlines looming, Oklahoma school superintendents are worried about having these critical dollars to continue to serve the needs of their students,” the lawmakers said in a joint statement.

CALUMET - A 47-year-old Calumet woman suffered burns on 30 percent of her body after a water heater in her home north of the town exploded.

Canadian County Sheriff Chris West identified the woman as Leann Schiffman, but said that the investigation was conducted by the Oklahoma State Fire Marshal’s Office out of Oklahoma City.

“We responded and held the scene until the Oklahoma State Fire Marshal’s Office arrived,” said West.

The home, located at 12605 192nd Northwest according to preliminary reports from the marshal's office, was deemed a total loss.

It was a gathering of the faithful that transcended the Catholic faith, bringing together thousands to celebrate the life of a man who made the ultimate sacrifice for those in his care.

And more than 41 years after Father Stanley Rother – now Blessed Stanley Rother – died in his rectory in Guatemala, the shrine built to honor him is a symbol not only of his life and that sacrifice, but the example he continues to be for millions of people far beyond the Okarche farm he first called home.

February was a good month for El Reno sales tax collections, as the city easily surpassed revenues posted in January and February 2022.

Sales Tax Revenues

Oklahoma Tax Commission’s February records indicated the city of El Reno collected $1.16 million during the current reporting period. That compared to the $948,824 posted by the city in February 2022 and January’s tally of $935,963.

Most Canadian County’s municipalities this month also saw increases, when compared to February 2022, with two exceptions.