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.
Members of the El Reno Arts Council learned a number of valuable lessons from the first Art Mix on 66 event held last weekend. Maybe the most important being that the next festival will be held in the fall and not the summer.
Sue Johnson, president of the Arts Council, said the inaugural event was a “great success” but the Oklahoma heat in late June was more than many could handle.
“We know we’re moving next year’s festival to the fall, probably September,” Johnson said.
A record-high annual budget totaling nearly $10.3 million has been approved for Canadian County’s juvenile center.
The Gary E. Miller Canadian County Children’s Justice Center's fiscal year 2024 budget was approved unanimously by Canadian County commissioners.
Projected revenues and expenditures total $10,285,292.56 for the fiscal year starting July 1.
“It’s a projection so there could be some amendments,” CCCJC Facility Director Melanie Johnson told Commissioners Dave Anderson, Tracey Rider and Tom Manske.
