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OKLAHOMA CITY - A recent executive order by President Joe Biden to require Project Labor Agreements (PLA) for federal construction contracts which are $35 million or more has Gov. Kevin Stitt joining a group of other governors opposing the order.

The newly proposed rule could impact projects in Oklahoma which use federal matching funds, like highway projects.

It would require those contractors to follow labor union terms and conditions for employment during a project.

Oklahoma is a “right to work” state. Stitt said he wants to defend that.

MUNICIPAL COURT

Dakota Quinn Piechocki, Oklahoma City, failure to comply, $145.

Dagoberto Castro-Meza, Oklahoma City, failure to appear warrant, $245.

Joseph Michael Shells III, Oklahoma City, speeding, $175.

Courtney Ryann Colbert, Norman, speeding and driving under suspension, $560.

Dylan Scott Dewhirst, El Reno, speeding, $165.

Rebecca Ann Onan, Edmond, speeding, $165.

Charley Arthur Sanders, El Reno, speeding, $175.

Hunter James West, Shawnee, speeding, $175.

The El Reno Chamber of Commerce and the El Reno Tribune plan to live-stream the candidate forum that will be held at Redlands Community College.

The live-stream will be available at the Tribune Facebook page.

The forum is set for 7 p.m. Nov. 1 at RCC.

It will come one week before the Nov. 8 General Election. The forum will feature candidates for El Reno mayor and City Council Ward 3.

The one-hour event will feature questions from a moderator as well as the audience.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of a four-part series looking at this year’s recipients of the El Reno High School Distinguished Alumni Award. Four EHS graduates are being honored for their education and life achievements.  

Darin Miller sees what can be. Then he makes it happen. 

A 1987 graduate of El Reno High School, Miller, an accomplished architect and businessman, is one of four former students being honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award. 

From a black cat darting across the street to zombies roaming freely throughout downtown El Reno, riders on the Heritage Express Trolley were whisked away into an eerie and frightening adventure.

The inaugural Haunted Trolley Rides, a family-friendly event, was the blood-curdling idea of the El Reno Arts Council and organizers quickly deemed it a success.

The El Reno School Board hung out the help wanted sign last week in an effort to fill the seat being vacated by Dallas Curtis come early November. But the manner in how it will be done drew some opposition.

Curtis, who has held the Ward 2 seat for six years and is also the board’s vice president, informed fellow board members earlier this month that he was moving out of the district to family property north of El Reno.

A 15-year-old El Reno High School student found himself at the Canadian County Children’s Justice Center after he allegedly gave marijuana to a fellow student who apparently had a reaction to it.

Police reports said an officer was at the high school speaking with Principal Jerelyn Atchison on another matter when a “juvenile informed her of a medical situation and requested her presence.”

The officer reported following the principal to the media arts center where a student “was slumped over on his desk unresponsive to verbal commands.”

The El Reno Police Department is warning the public of a scam that is using an actual phone number connected to the department.

Assistant Police Chief Kirk Dickerson said potential victims are contacted by telephone from what appears to be a legitimate telephone number associated with the El Reno Police Department, (405) 262-6941.

The caller identifies themselves as an employee of the police department and informs the victim they are wanted for an outstanding warrant.

An El Reno man could face prison after a Yukon police investigation found he allegedly defrauded a Yukon senior citizen of more than $2,500.

Christopher Michael Edwards, 42, was charged Oct. 17 in Canadian County District Court with exploitation of an elderly person by deception and uttering a forged instrument.

The former Yukon resident faces up to 15 years in state prison and fines totaling up to $11,000 if convicted on both felony counts. The case stems from crimes reported July 2-8 in Yukon.

Canadian County will be part of an estimated $4.2 million state highway safety project from the Texas state line extending east 135 miles.

A wrong-way detection system, safety devices, signage and striping will be installed along eastbound and westbound Interstate 40 at key interchanges in Beckham, Caddo, Canadian, Custer and Washita counties.

The proposal features 10 wrong-way warning systems, notably one in Canadian County at US-81 in El Reno.