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A new Canadian County elected official is updating her district shop with more equipment.

Over the past few weeks, commissioners have awarded contracts for a detachable lowboy trailer and a generator in District 3.

First-year District 3 Commissioner Tracey Rider recommended both purchases.

Kirby Smith Machinery earned the contract after submitting a $111,051.94 price. The Oklahoma City company was selected based on availability, although its price was not the lowest.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation intended to help prevent fentanyl overdose deaths passed the House Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances committee unanimously.

House Bill 1987, authored by Minority Whip Rep. Mickey Dollens, D-Oklahoma City, would allow Oklahomans to carry fentanyl test strips legally without the strips being considered drug paraphernalia.

“Fentanyl testing strips are an easy, smart way to give people at risk of fentanyl exposure more information to help keep them safe,” Dollens said.

LAWSUITS

Carrington Mortgage Services LLC vs. Chris Adam Cagle for $160,698.99 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lots 20 and 21, Block 31, Town of Sherman, and Lots 22-24, Block 31, Original Townsite, Town of Union City.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Lancelot Primeaux for $43,754.23 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

JCM Investments LLC vs. Kingmaker GP LLC for an amount in excess of $175,000 for alleged damages.

While the Cheyenne and Arapaho languages are respectively known as endangered, there is a growing desire among those involved in the Cheyenne and Arapaho language program to teach and pass on the knowledge they’ve gained from the few fluent speakers left within the tribes.

With the Arapaho language, also known as an Algonquian language, spoken by less than 1,000 people, most of whom are located in Wyoming, many of the language speakers are over the age of 60.

An Etta Dale Junior High student is recovering from injuries suffered after being struck by a vehicle shortly after classes had been released on Feb. 15.

El Reno Police Chief Ken Brown said his department was notified at 3:45 p.m. and responded to Cooney Street and Bickford Avenue – which is the road between the school and the district’s Media Arts Center, according to school officials.

Brown said a 13-year-old was struck by a vehicle driven by a male in his mid-50s.

Okarche’s Center of Family Love received a boost last week, when Power of 100 Canadian County selected it for a $10,000 donation and its latest HOPE Award.

That donation was made possible through a nomination of the CFL by Power of 100 member Dicki Parks.

CFL was one of 11 nonprofits initially nominated for the distribution, then whittled down to three finalists, which also included Russell-Murray Hospice and Blessing Baskets, both located in El Reno.

Several noticeable changes are coming for students, parents and educators after the El Reno School Board unanimously passed the calendar for the 2023-2024 academic term.

Tera Roblyer, Director of Communications and Information Systems for the district, said putting out the calendar in February for the 2023-24 school year is done for planning purposes.

A convicted sex offender could be facing more prison time after being charged with carrying drugs into the Canadian County Jail.

Robert Lowell Sandeen, 40, of Yukon, was charged in Canadian County District Court with bringing contraband into a jail or penal institution.

Assistant District Attorney Walter Mengden alleges Sandeen on Jan. 13 possessed “an item of contraband, specifically marijuana, without authority to do so,” according to the felony charge.

Out off a gravel road northeast of the town of Beggs, just past the point county services end, stands the kingdom Perry McDonald built – all thanks to a generally despised tree.

According to McDonald, if state legislators continue on a charge this session to eradicate the eastern redcedar  ―  and only eradicate it  ―  they are making a big mistake and overlooking the potential for jobs, business creation and income for landowners.

When Rover begs for a bite of food at the table, it can be hard for pet owners to resist sharing their plates. It’s important to know that some of the foods perfectly safe for human consumption are deadly to animals.