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OKLAHOMA CITY — This Father’s Day, June 16, the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline encourages dads to take the first step toward a healthier life by quitting tobacco.

LAWSUITS Professional Finance Company Inc. vs. Sarah Hooper for $1,429.60 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Barclays Bank Delaware vs. Cody Beaty for $5,088.99 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

If early numbers are any indication, El Reno Public Schools Summer Food Service Program is on pace to exceed its highest number of meals offered to children between academic calendars.

Voters across Canadian County will soon decide who will represent them as their next court clerk. El Reno Republican Holly Eaton and Yukon Republican Mark Pendergraft are competing to succeed Canadian County Court Clerk Marie Hirst, who decided not to run for a fifth term.

The El Reno Fire Department used a ladder truck to reach the roof of the El Reno Public Schools Administration Building last week after a small fire broke out. Superintendent Matt Goucher said roofers were grinding off a metal pipe and a piece of plywood caught fire from the sparks.

With the onsite help of game wardens from five surrounding counties, the 2024 Mary K. Ashbook Kids Fishing Derby opened up at Lake El Reno to more than 300 youth anglers.

Canadian County sheriff’s deputies seized 94 pounds of marijuana, 27 kilograms of cocaine and five kilograms of fentanyl after a traffic stop on Interstate 40. Sheriff''s reports said on May 26, deputies pulled over Gervis Gayle, 64, of California.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 18 for the primary election.

An “incredible” month. That’s how Director Mandy Davis described May at the Canadian County Expo and Event Center, 3001 Jensen Road East. Canadian County’s fairgrounds and event venue was busy with several large bookings for the month.

A measure to provide additional teeth to existing restrictions on foreign land ownership has been signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt.