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A three-time world champion barrel racer will be teaching the tricks of the trade during a clinic intended to help provide support for a local horse rescue operation.

OKLAHOMA CITY – After considering more than 40 candidates from across the nation, the Oklahoma Broadband Governing Board has voted unanimously to hire former Oklahoma State Rep. Mike Sanders as executive director of the Oklahoma Broadband Office.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Legislature reached its second major deadline, and several thousand bills have been either rejected in their houses of origin or were simply not heard. Up to now, House bills have been considered only by representatives, while senators worked on Senate bills.

LAWSUITS Beltran Bertha Cruz Ramirez vs. Darren Lee Livermore for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident. Arvest Bank vs. Kirklind Global Inc. for $9,052.77 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Crews have been installing fiber optic cable for about a month, but not until last week did El Reno actually celebrate the fact it’s getting into the Internet business. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday morning at the Public Safety Center on SW 27th Street for El Reno Fast Connect.

The first wagon train, with over 500 people to leave Fort Smith, Ark., during the California Gold Rush in 1849 was led by Capt. Randolph B. Marcy and the 5th Infantry.

First Assembly of God Church in El Reno is conducting a shoe drive through May 18, to raise funds for its Women’s Missions Pledge. First Assembly will earn funds based on the total weight of the pairs of gently worn, used and new shoes collected.

They may not run up and down a court or catch the game-winning pass, but the nine students making up the El Reno High School Academic Team are athletes in their own right. Just ask their coach, Patrick King. “They are not your typical athletes but they are athletes in themselves.

Canadian County government leaders believe a new mass notification system will allow them to reach more of the public in times of emergency. Regroup Mass Notification will provide improved service to the county, said Emergency Manager Josh Davis.

Canadian County is calling for a state audit in an effort to increase the amount the Oklahoma Department of Corrections pays to keep prisoners at the county jail before they are transferred to state custody.