El Reno’s T.J. Dill has been named as deputy director of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority.
Dill most recently served as chief engineer since April 2023, overseeing engineering, construction, maintenance, right-of-way and utilities along Oklahoma turnpikes.
In his new role, he will continue those responsibilities as well as adding new ones in the areas of human resources and customer service.
A Canadian County man shot his wife and three of their children to death before killing himself inside their home between Mustang and Yukon.
Oklahoma City police responded about 9:35 a.m. Monday to 2804 Mirage Street near S.W. 29th and Czech Hall Road after a 911 caller said five people were dead inside.
Responding officers entered the home, where they indeed found five people shot to death. The house is in Oklahoma City limits four miles south of Yukon inside the Mustang school district.
The public is invited to celebrate Cinco De Mayo and help Canadian County residents who are victimized by domestic violence at ICAN’s annual Cinco De Mayo Celebration Fiesta.
The event is set for 6:30 p.m. May 3 at the Education Building at the old fairgrounds at the corner of Foreman and North Country Club Road.
Matt Whetzel, executive director of the Intervention and Crisis Advocacy Network (ICAN), said the evening will be filled with food, music and fun for the entire family.
LAWSUITS
Barclays Bank Delaware vs. Isamar Sanchez for $2,031.85 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Absolute Resolutions Investments LLC vs. Belinda Woods for $5,047.73 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Absolute Resolutions Investments LLC vs. Jessica Simpson for $2,973.81 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Barclays Bank Delaware vs. Lacey Bailey for $2,121.19 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Beef Council invites you to celebrate the Oklahoma onion burger – a unique burger that combines the flavor of beef and caramelized onions.
The Oklahoma Onion Burger Trail features 22 restaurants that offer delicious, authentic Oklahoma onion burgers.
You can sign up for a digital pass that you access from a mobile phone, or you can download a paper pass to keep track of your visits. Go to oklabeef.org/burgertrail to sign up.
The trail will be open through Aug. 30, 2024.
El Reno will again celebrate holding the record for the world’s largest onion burger at the 36th Annual Fried Onion Burger Day Festival on May 4.
The day-long affair runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and continues a tradition that brings an estimated 25,000 people downtown.
The event is free and open to the public.
Although grilling and eating an 850-pound onion burger is the festival’s main draw, there will be lots to see in the six-block area.
The Burger Day Festival is a tribute to the fried onion hamburger, cooked daily in El Reno since the early 1900s.
It’s the burger that has helped make the community a destination for food lovers and those trekking along historic Route 66.
It’s not uncommon to hear languages such as French or German being spoken in El Reno’s three main “burger joints,” Johnnie’s, Robert’s or Sid’s.
Jason Young was born in Edmond and currently resides in Yukon. He started his musical career working for Nashville recording artists Ty England, Chad Brock and Cledus T. Judd.
Young formed the Jason Young Band in 2017. The band is made up of Chandler Austin on drums, Mike Myers on bass, David Short on fiddle, harmonica and lap steel, Brandon Brackett on lead guitar and Pat Goldsby, tour manager.
The Jason Young Band has released five singles to Texas Radio: Long Way Home, The Moment, Under My Skin, Vinyl and Poor, all charted in the Texas Radio Top 30.
How to Cook the Big Burger from Gretchen Fryar’s second-grade class at Rose Witcher:
Do you want to learn how to cook the huge hamburger on Burger Day? Step 1. Get your batter and mix it. Step 2. Grab 130 pounds of meat. Step 3. Get 90 pounds of lettuce. Step 4. Get the grill and put the buns on there and cook the burger. Step 5. Eat the burger like a fly and nibble it.
Jett Smith
