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Ross Seed, 100 S. Choctaw, is again hosting a summer Farmers Market. Vendors with fresh vegetables, fry bread, homemade salsa, canned and frozen food items, banana bread, and slow-cooked barbecue are set up inside the covered garden area on the west side of the store.

The Canadian County Free Fair Board is seeking vendors and food trucks to be a part of the 2023 annual fair.

As residents make plans and preparations for the Fourth of July holiday, El Reno city leaders are reminding citizens fireworks are not allowed to be used within city limits. This includes all city parks. Anyone caught shooting off fireworks in town could be hit with a $295 fine.

High school and college students aren’t taking a break this summer as Redlands Community College is seeing a 9.9 percent increase in enrollment for the current eight-week session. With an increase in several areas, enrollment is up 23.7 percent in concurrent students and 4.8 percent in sophomores.

Oklahoma lawmakers questioned officials with the Commissioners of the Land Office over their $8 million investment in a local company that buys houses in a rent-to-own program for residents who can’t qualify for a mortgage.

OKLAHOMA CITY — A discovery at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is paving a path toward a more accurate and less intrusive diagnosis of Sjögren’s disease, an autoimmune disorder affecting up to 4 million Americans.

Signing bonuses of as much as $50,000 are what Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters said is needed to attract new and retired teachers to the classroom. That’s also what makes his new bonus plan a risky policy.

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.

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.