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Public Records - 7/12/2023

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LAWSUITS

The Pizzini Law Firm PLLC vs. Gerald Hargrove for $2,395.56 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Karen McClure for $5,186.98 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Kyrsten Huggins for $2,387.96 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Velocity Investments LLC vs. Dwight Feuerborn for $2,123.82 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Expo Center reports $22M economic lift

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The Canadian County Expo and Event Center has generated a roughly $22 million economic impact since opening nearly two years ago.

Canadian County’s $20 million fairgrounds complex, 3001 Jensen Road East, has had consistent event bookings since its July 2021 debut. 

The Canadian County Expo and Event Center

Center of Family Love raises over $1 million for innovative future

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The Center of Family Love’s 10th annual Gift of Love Gala raised more than $1 million for those with disabilities.

The event was hosted at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.

The Center of Family Love honored former Sen. Mike Johnson and his wife, Judy Johnson, who quietly spent a better part of their lives championing for the rights of individuals and families with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity.

David I., celebrating the Gift of Love Gala with his sister, Diane

Fines issued for holiday celebrations

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El Reno police handed out three citations for fireworks violations over several days during the Fourth of July holiday.

Assistant Police Chief Kirk Dickerson said the department received numerous calls from residents reporting fireworks being set off in their area of town. Dickerson said officers investigated each call. Three instances resulted in the citations being issued. El Reno levies a $295 fine for discharging fireworks in the city limits.

Dickerson said the Fourth of July celebration at Lake El Reno was a great success.

Tinker airshow

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Tinker Air Force Base hosted its airshow after a multi-year hiatus.

The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels F-18 Super Hornets were among the wide range of aircraft flown at the airshow. Among other planes were the military’s F-35 and Super Galaxy.

The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels were the headliners

Guilty plea entered in misdemeanor charge

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Canadian County’s former elections chief has received a deferred sentence and fine in a case stemming from uncounted votes in a 2020 election.

Wanda Armold pleaded guilty June 28 in Canadian County District Court to the charge of failure to perform duties. Armold is the former secretary of the Canadian County Election Board.

The misdemeanor was filed Jan. 11 by Angela C. Marsee, the district attorney for Beckham, Custer, Ellis, Roger Mills and Washita counties.

Oklahoma City police reportedly abandoned man with mental health issues prior to fatal crash

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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.

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State focusing on growing its aerospace workforce

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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.

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