LAWSUITS
TD Bank USA N.A. vs. Davida McClellan for $3,515.46 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Angelica Herrera for $1,907.27 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
ABC Supply Co. Inc. vs. Advance Seamless Guttering for $3,203.19 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Wakefield & Associates LLC vs. Kimberly Turner for $1,357 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
The El Reno Tribune was named one of nine divisional winners of the Sequoyah Award during voting in the Oklahoma Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest.
The award was presented at the OPA’s annual convention held at the Grand Casino Hotel and Resort in Shawnee June 9-10.
City of El Reno worker Jacob Horn checks the water flow through a colorful array of plants in this planter he filled in the downtown area last week.
The city uses a trailer equipped with a water tank to water all the different planters around El Reno each week.
This bird looks up from eating bird seed to check for any other winged meal guests to this feeder made from a recycled automobile tire.
The bright sun looks to have turned the bird’s feathers from red to an orange hue.
A veteran state lawmaker said legislators worked hard to ensure public schools received strong funding support in the state’s new record budget in return for offering tax credits for school choice.
Over 16 weeks, legislators negotiated and ultimately passed a state-record $12.8 billion budget.
The new state budget features record appropriations for the Department of Education totaling $3.9 billion – a more than $800 million increase. Meanwhile, many state agencies were held flat and saw no new funding.
Youthful offenders from other counties stay at Canadian County’s juvenile detention center through annual contracts – the first two of which were renewed by the county’s elected officials.
Commissioners voted unanimously to approve contracts with Payne and Pontotoc counties “for the provision to secure juvenile detention services” for fiscal year 2024.
“There’ll be a lot more coming,” said Melanie Johnson, director of the Gary E. Miller Canadian County Children’s Justice Center (CCCJC).
LAWSUITS
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Tia Waddle for $1,075.83 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
TD Bank USA N.A. vs. Jessica Spitz for $714.90 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Shoreline Operating LLC vs. Jalo Investments LLC for $161.96 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Galaxy International Purchasing LLC vs. Krista Becker for $1,473.37 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
The El Reno municipal swimming pool inside Legion Park has become an extra popular feature for youth this summer.
The slides take on extra use while waiting for parts and a repairman for the splash pad.
Daily temperatures were in the high 80s before being cooled off in the evenings by lingering storms.
The El Reno City Council approved the upcoming fiscal year budget with a unanimous vote during last week’s regular monthly meeting. The budget includes rate hikes for utility services, cost of living pay hikes for city employees and capital improvements, including upgrades at the El Reno Regional Airport.
City Manager Matt Sandidge and staff crafted the proposed budget after holding two budget workshops with the city council – a May 23 meeting and prior to that, an early budget workshop at the end of February.
City Manager Matt Sandidge provided a look back at the accomplishments the city made during the fiscal year that comes to a close at the end of June.
Here are some of the highlights he pointed out in his budget letter to the city council.
One word that best describes this fiscal year is “steady,” Sandidge said.
