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Public Records - 1/27/2024

2 months ago By News Staff

LAWSUITS

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Annette Pride for $969.36 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Mia McCrory for $2,482.87 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Elvia Valencia for $2,541.64 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

NCB Management Services Inc. vs. Janice Dudley and Dayonna Garcia for $4,658.25 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

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Burst pipes interrupt ER’s Mobile Meals

2 months ago By Ray Dyer

Broken water pipes at Jenks Simmons Field House forced Mobile Meals to shut down, hopefully for no more than a week. El Reno Schools Superintendent Matt Goucher said the pipes that broke overnight on Jan. 16 were on an exterior wall at Jenks. With arctic temperatures arriving a few days before, the pipes were an easy target for the subfreezing temps.

Goucher said he is surprised the pipes had not broken before. In February of 2021, winter weather kept temperatures at or near zero for well over a week.

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Firemen free accident victim

2 months ago By Glen Miller

El Reno firefighter Gage Pittman (left) holds a set of battery-powered spreaders as fellow firefighter Nathan Dewberry (center) uses battery-operated cutters. Both devices were used on the door to free the driver of this vehicle involved in a two-vehicle accident on North Country Club Road near the entrance to Adams Park last week.

ERFD Sgt. Slade Terry (right) holds the door while talking to the driver.

According to the ERFD report, both drivers required medical assistance from Pafford Medical Services but were able to walk to stretchers on the scene.

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Crowded landing spot

2 months ago By Glen Miller

According to a biologist with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, birds this time of year are looking for unfrozen water to migrate toward and with recent temperatures below freezing, when unfrozen ponds are located, they become crowded such as the one near the overpass (second photo), which was home to thousands of several different species of waterfowl.

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Commissioners approve added charges for parking lot project

2 months ago By Conrad Dudderar - Yukon Progress

Canadian County commissioners have agreed to spend more to stabilize the subgrade for a parking lot resurfacing project outside the county assessor’s building.

The commissioners, at their weekly meeting Jan. 16, voted 3-0 to approve a $15,296 change order for the long-awaited parking upgrade.

This increases the cost to $236,121.

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Sheriff’s office staff to undergo crisis intervention training

2 months ago By News Staff

The Canadian County Sheriff’s Office will begin training staff on crisis intervention, said a statement from the sheriff’s office.

The first of seven, five-day, 40-hour crisis intervention team training sessions began Jan. 22. The final block will be taught in October.

Crisis intervention team training was developed to assist officers in recognizing individuals who may be experiencing a mental health crisis.

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RCC instructors land grants for zero-cost textbooks

2 months ago By Dayna Rowe - Redlands Community College

In an effort to alleviate some of the college expenses for students, faculty at Redlands Community College are identifying free course materials.

Three instructors were recently awarded grants by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education for creating or adopting openly licensed, zero-cost textbooks, saving students hundreds of dollars.

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Former deputy charged with sexual misconduct sued by alleged victim

2 months ago By Conrad Dudderar - Yukon Progress

A former Canadian County sheriff’s deputy charged criminally with sexual misconduct is now being sued by an alleged victim.

David Wayne Loman is defendant in a lawsuit filed Dec. 22 in Canadian County District Court.

Loman allegedly assaulted the plaintiff while he was transporting the female inmate from the Pottawatomie County Jail to the Canadian County Jail. Convicted in March 2020 of drug trafficking, she is now in state prison.

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Lankford defends life in Senate address

2 months ago By News Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) spoke on the Senate floor last week in support of life, ahead of the 2024 March for Life in Washington, D.C.