The Centre Theatre for the Arts will perform the delightful Southern comedy, “The Red Velvet Cake War.”
Under the direction of Johnlee Lookingglass, performances are scheduled for Feb. 21, 22 and 28 and March 1 at 7 p.m. Matinee shows are set for Feb. 23 and March 2 at 2 p.m. All performances are inside the historic Centre Theatre in downtown El Reno.
El Reno Acts of Kindness Day was Feb. 19.
But actually, it should be celebrated every day.
Kindness is easy but it is not always natural. National Random Acts of Kindness Day (Feb. 17) aimed to help make kindness purposeful for one day, with the hope that the acts of kindness continue.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Dreu Kopf wiped back tears as she relived the day she was shot and her friend lay mortally wounded protecting Kopf’s two toddlers in another room.
The Pardon and Parole Board last week voted 4-1 to deny clemency for Wendell A. Grissom. Susan Stava cast a vote for clemency.
Grissom is set to die March 20 for the Nov. 3, 2005, shooting death of Amber Dawn Matthews, 23, during a break-in at an isolated home near Watonga.
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Capital One N.A. vs. Christopher Potts for $5,696.46 to pay a debt plus costs.
Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Viet Le for $3,347.07 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Synchrony Bank vs. Ashley Davis for $5,154.86 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Synchrony Bank vs. Katie Yount for $4,203.19 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Adrianus Werner for $1,754.26 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Redlands Community College’s College and Career Fair has been moved to Feb. 26 after the original date collided with below freezing temperatures.
Originally scheduled for Feb. 12, RCC's College and Career Fair has been moved to Wednesday, Feb. 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Redlands Austin Family Conference Center.
Open to both students and the general public, this event is designed to help students explore their future academic and career pathways.
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.
