OKLAHOMA CITY - Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, advanced legislation that would add discharging a firearm at or into a dwelling or building used for public or business purposes to the state’s list of 85 percent crimes.
A cardinal and a blue jay had a chilly morning last week when temperatures plunged and winter precipitation moved into the area.
More winter weather is forecast this week.
Two repeat felons have been sentenced to prison for attacking detention officers last summer at the Canadian County Jail.
Yukon’s Angelo Allen Wythe, age 24, was convicted Feb. 5 in Canadian County District Court after pleading guilty to three felony counts of assault and battery on a police officer.
Wythe was sentenced to serve 12 years in state prison after a plea agreement was accepted by Special Judge David Halley.
The defendant appeared by video from the Canadian County Jail with his attorney, Landen Logan for the sentencing hearing.
The noon sun beats down on Kendall Christensen as she crouches in a field outside Stillwater to look at the grass around her feet. Tufts of big bluestem, little bluestem, switchgrass and Indiangrass blanket the ground.
“This was previously farmed and then converted back to native range,” she said. “We wanted to see if there were any issues with the fertility on the land from farming and if there was anything we could do to increase fertility and production on the land.”
El Reno City Manager Matt Sandidge has been appointed to serve on the Oklahoma Route 66 Commission.
Sen. Lonnie Paxton, President Pro Tem of the Senate, announced the appointment. Sandidge will serve the unexpired term of Scot Rigby, who resigned recently as city manager of Edmond. The term runs until June 30, 2027. There are nine members of the Route 66 Commission.
Sandidge said he is “honored” to be named to the commission. He said he looks forward to representing El Reno, Canadian County and western Oklahoma.
The 2025 Night to Shine El Reno was recently held at Lincoln Learning Center.
Hosted by First Baptist Church of El Reno, the event is a prom night experience for people with special needs ages 14 and older.
Those attending were welcomed with a red carpet walk escorted by members of local law enforcement.
There was dancing, karaoke and balloon-making.
A Banner School bond issue passed by a 62.3 percent majority in a Tuesday, Feb. 11 election.
The vote tally was 192 yes and 116 no, according to the Canadian County Election Board. Votes were cast in nine of the 10 precincts open for the election.
A 60 percent super majority of votes cast is required for passage of a public school bond issue in Oklahoma.
Sen. President Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, addressed members of the Oklahoma Press Association last week.
Members of the newspaper industry in Oklahoma gathered for a legislative day at the State Capitol.
Former El Reno Tribune photographer Daniel Lapham took these photos of the damage left in the wake of the Eaton fire in Altadena, Calif.
Lapham was working as a freelance videographer covering the massive wildfires.
