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A retired and much revered El Reno High School chemistry teacher has established a scholarship she hopes will help local students be the first in their family to attend college. Growing up, Karen Jennings never had to worry about finding a way to go to college, it was expected in her family.

In her 18 years of life, Brianna Stevenson has seen too many loved ones struggle against the evil of cancer. So she decided to do what she could to battle against the disease and for that she is being recognized.

The 2023 Canadian County Junior Livestock Show was held at the Expo Center last week. Youth from across the county showed livestock in pigs, goats, sheep and cattle.

When a tornado watch or warning is issued for El Reno, local residents will have a place to take shelter. Last Sunday, severe weather was forecast for Oklahoma with the central part of the state in the path.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Paul Rosino, R-Oklahoma City, will host a remembrance vigil for Oklahomans who’ve lost loved ones from COVID-19. Rosino said people are asked to gather before sunrise on the south plaza of the state Capitol on Monday, March 6 would have been his son, Gregory’s 36th birthday.

LAWSUITS Bank United N.A. vs. Craig B. Smith for $154,435.15 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 10, Block 2, Rancho Acres Addition, Oklahoma City.

El Reno VFW Post 382 and Auxiliary will host a free breakfast for all veterans and their families. The event will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 4 at the VFW. VFW State Service Officer James Dockemeyer will be the speaker.

El Reno police were told to be on the lookout for a white vehicle driven by a white female with a black male passenger after the pair had allegedly robbed a convenince store west of El Reno. The hold-up, police said, took place at mile marker 108 on I-40 at about 11:35 p.m. Feb. 19.

A 27-year-old El Reno man remains in the Canadian County Jail while a first-degree murder case filed against him is in limbo, pending a March 20 hearing. Kyler Wayne Barber is accused in the fatal stabbing of Adam Lee Frogge, 35, of Oklahoma City.

SAN DIEGO - Petty Officer 2nd Class Cameron Wahweah, a native of El Reno, serves aboard the U.S. Navy warship, USS Boxer, home-ported in San Diego, Calif. Wahweah, a 2018 El Reno High School graduate, joined the Navy two years ago. “I joined the Navy to travel,” said Wahweah.