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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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

A repeat felon could see his prison stay extended after being accused of pepper-spraying three detention officers while he was an inmate at the Canadian County Jail.

Nothing compares to the aroma of fair food, the lights and sounds from the midway and bringing home that 4-H blue ribbon from the county fair. The Canadian County 4-H Office is deep in the planning and preparation stages for the 2023 Canadian County Free Fair - Under the Big Top.

Canadian County District 1 personnel are working with municipalities to improve roads this summer. From May to July, county crews will have repaired and assisted with roads in Piedmont, Okarche and Calumet.