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Shirley Antwine’s son had been arrested by Oklahoma City police at least 15 times when she called for their help again in the summer of 2021.

Though they previously had shocked him with a Taser for resisting arrest, they usually took him to the hospital for treatment before booking him into one of the nation’s deadliest jails.

Even that seemed like a safer option than letting the influence of drugs and symptoms of schizophrenia fester.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Department of Commerce, alongside Gov. Kevin Stitt, led a delegation of Oklahoma aerospace and defense companies as well as communities and institutions to represent the state and its aerospace and defense sector at the 2023 Paris Airshow.

LAWSUITS

Plaza Services LLC vs. Tabitha Ortiz for $9,939.84 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

American Express National Bank vs. Kevin Guinn for $6,555.61 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Capital One N.A. vs. Randy McKinney for $2,177.22 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Capital One N.A. vs. Steven Gonzales for $4,149.02 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Versa K9 for Vets is a veteran-operated, not-for-profit organization based at El Reno’s Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). The organization locates and trains service dogs free of charge for veterans, especially those who experienced combat.

Red Avery, the head of Versa, served in the Army and has since returned home to find a way to help fellow vets.

Tribal citizens and employees of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes gathered to witness the groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of the C&A Justice Center in Concho.

The ceremony included traditional drum songs and a ground blessing by language and culture director Gordon Yellowman.

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Lt. Gov. Gilbert Miles referenced Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his welcoming remarks.

More than 70 children took part in the recent El Reno Carnegie Library Fun Day.

The event was held in the shaded Denny-Crump Rodeo Arena.

The day featured a petting zoo, arts and crafts, water games, chalk art and more.

With a rise in vehicle expenses, Canadian County’s elected officials are now eligible to receive larger travel reimbursements.

Commissioners approved a resolution establishing new travel allowances for the county’s eight elected officials.

The Oklahoma Legislature, during the recently concluded legislative session, passed legislation increasing how much elected officials across the state are eligible to receive for work-related travel.

Middle and high school teachers are invited to a National History Day Boot Camp at the Oklahoma History Center (OHC) on Thursday, July 27 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This workshop will show teachers how to bring project-based learning and critical thinking skills into their classrooms through the adaptable curriculum of the National History Day program for grades 6-12.

The cross-curricular program meets Oklahoma standards for social studies and other subjects.

WASHINGTON – Two Oklahoma representatives don’t want to continue handing a blank check to Ukraine.

And the brief mutiny of the Wagner Private Military Company to Russian President Vladimir Putin has become yet another wrinkle in what has become a very costly conflict in Eastern Europe.

Tulsa Rep. Kevin Hern, who does not oppose the U.S. supporting the former Russian satellite, wants to see an exit strategy coupled with a plan on how funds being sent are expended.

Hern heads the Republican Study Committee. 

LAWSUITS

UHG I LLC vs. Luis Ramiu Bocachica for $6,859.20 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

American Express National Bank vs. Connie Goepner for $5,993.11 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Capital One N.A. vs. Nathan Simpson for $6,107.91 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Tinker Federal Credit Union vs. Taniya Shaw for $3,823.71 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.