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A building committee with representatives from all Canadian County departments is being formed as development of a new four-story courthouse on North Choctaw moves to the next stage.

One Canadian County officer will win a new four-year term without an election. Meanwhile, voters will decide who will represent them starting in January 2025 in three other Canadian County elected offices.

U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, has become the first Native American to chair the House Appropriations Committee and the first congressional member representing Oklahoma to do so.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a pair of lawsuits last week against natural gas pipeline firms, alleging the companies helped bid up the price of natural gas to the highest levels in history during a winter storm in February 2021. 

LAWSUITS American Express National Bank vs. Yvette Crusha for $11,193.34 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. American Express National Bank vs. Josh Walker Homes LLC for $215,302.92 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Millions of Oklahomans looked toward the sky last week to watch the solar eclipse. Parts of southeastern Oklahoma viewed a total eclipse, while much of the state, like El Reno, viewed in the 90 percent range.

Rumors that the city of El Reno is out to do away with A Small Town Weekend are greatly exaggerated. That was the message from City Councilman Dr. Brian Shafer at last week’s council meeting.

Around here, most know Jana Knott as the city attorney for El Reno. But further east, she’s known as being part of the legal team that is trying to secure some form of justice for the last known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Knott calls the experience “humbling.”

The Oklahoma City Council denied a rezoning request to allow a new outdoor amphitheater in eastern Canadian County.

The celebration of the El Reno High School Lady Indians basketball team continued last week as the city of El Reno honored the team for its perfect season en route to the school’s first state championship in girls basketball.