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Dates for fair board filing period, vote set

3 months ago By Conrad Dudderar - Yukon Progress

A filing period and voting date have been set for the annual Canadian County Fair Board election. County commissioners approved a Canadian County Free Fair Board election resolution at their first January meeting.

“It’s that time of year,” Canadian County Fair Board Secretary Brad Tipton said.

The fair board has nine members, three serving from each county commissioner district.

Each year, three fair board seats are up for election.

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Study shows minimum wage hike will cost jobs, opportunity

3 months ago By Ray Carter - Center for Independent Journalism

A ballot measure to raise Oklahoma’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2029 took a blow recently when a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study showed a similar federal proposal would eliminate many entry-level jobs for workers.

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Public Records - 1/13/2024

3 months ago By News Staff

LAWSUITS

PennyMac Loan Services LLC vs. Isaac Holder for $197,112.06 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 1, Block 12, Hunters Hill Addition Section 3, Mustang.

Elmor Mitchell vs. Sydney Montesano for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

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Saving old jail, holidays top fourth quarter news

3 months ago By Ray Dyer

Editor’s Note: The final three months of 2023 saw groups working to save an historic jail, expand a treasured war memorial, honor successful El Reno High School alumni and help those less fortunate in the community.

October

A nonprofit group got the green light from Canadian County commissioners to try and save the historic county jail.

Preservation El Reno presented a proposal to commissioners to make repairs and upgrades to the old jail site at 300 N. Evans.

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CCSO deputy struck on I-40, slated for surgery on Monday

3 months ago By News Staff

A Canadian County sheriff’s deputy is in stable condition after being struck by a vehicle Friday while standing outside his vehicle.

Sheriff Chris West said Deputy Jose Tayahua-Mendoza, 46, of Mustang, was injured around 8 a.m. when a vehicle veered off the interstate and struck a vehicle the deputy had stopped along I-40 and Garth Brooks Boulevard. Mendoza was taken to OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, where he is in stable condition. West said the deputy suffered arm, leg and foot injuries. He was scheduled to have surgery Monday on an ankle and arm, the sheriff said.

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Added details emerge from arrest inside sheriff office lobby

3 months ago By Robert Medley - Yukon Progress

More details have been released in an obstruction of a law officer case against a Yukon-area man who was arrested last September in the lobby of the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office.

Canadian County resident Charles Edward Bishop III had gone to the sheriff’s office on Sept. 15 to request records on a former sheriff’s deputy when he got involved in an unexpected fracas.

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Gorham to serve as new Lt. governor for C&A Tribes

3 months ago By News Staff

Gov. Reggie Wassana has selected Hershel Gorham to serve as lieutenant governor of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. Gorham will step into the role to fill the vacancy left by the sudden death in September of C&A Lt. Gov. Gib Miles.

He was sworn in during the tribes inauguration Jan. 6 at the Frisco Center in Clinton.

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Public Records - 1/10/2024

3 months ago By News Staff

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Zachary Tyler Dillard and Ashleigh Nicole Wiles.

Cory Joe Cormack and Chloe Jane Compton.

Shawn Casey Stewart and Gracie Jo Mahoney.

Noe Plascencia-Lopez and Paola Isabel Garcia Mendez.

Searcy Pierre Gillespie and Elzetta E. Taylor-Woody.

Joshua Ryan House and Madison Breonna Maxwell.

John Ross Stout and Deisy Maria Medina Sanchez.

Jacob Alan Steepe and Emilia Kathryn Tipken.

Jeffery Lynn Pennel and Pauline Sue Garrett.

Matthew Black Roark and Brianna Faith Benoit.

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Deputy injured on I-40

3 months ago By Robert Medley - Yukon Progress

A Canadian County Sheriff’s deputy standing outside his patrol pickup was struck by a vehicle early Friday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.

About 7:30 a.m. Jan. 5, the deputy – whose name was not immediately released – made a traffic stop in the westbound lanes of Interstate 40 near Garth Brooks Boulevard.

Another driver of a pickup hit the deputy’s patrol truck and hit the deputy, causing him multiple injuries.

The deputy was taken from the scene by ambulance to a local hospital.

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Jail fate topic of webinar

3 months ago By Ray Dyer

The effort to preserve the old Canadian County Jail will be highlighted in a webinar hosted by the State Historic Preservation Office on Wednesday, Jan. 10, starting at noon. The featured speaker is Amy Neathery with Preservation El Reno.

The jail was finished in 1907, a few months before Oklahoma became the 46th state. It cost $18,000 to build. The jail served the county for 78 years.

The presentation will focus on the jail’s history, including several design features that made it unique when it opened in 1907 and are still unique today.