El Reno High School held its annual All Sports Homecoming last week which included a parade through downtown with the theme “Game On” and royalty coronation before the game with Noble.
The EHS football team came through for the local crowd with a thrilling 41-40 homecoming win over Noble.
El Reno attorney David Halley will be the county’s next special judge.
Canadian County District Judges Paul Hesse and Jack McCurdy and Special Judge/District Judge-Elect Khristan Strubhar made the announcement of Halley’s selection Sept. 28.
Canadian County has two district judges – currently Paul Hesse and Jack McCurdy. Judge McCurdy earlier this year announced he would not seek re-election and elected to retire effective Nov. 30.
Current Special Judge Khristan Strubhar filed for – and won without contest – the bench being vacated by McCurdy.
A detention officer was fired after an investigation found she had allegedly stolen $570 in cash from two inmates at the Canadian County Jail.
Katie Denise Wade, 32, of Moore, was charged Sept. 27 in Canadian County District Court with embezzlement of state property.
Assistant District Attorney Walter Mengden alleges Wade “received money to be placed in the inmate trust account, and knowingly made false entries in that account received on behalf of the county.”
The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes have received a $7 million grant from the USDA to help create a more climate-friendly way to raise bison.
The award is from the 2022 Partnerships for Climate Change Commodities Grant.
The announcement of the grant said the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes will serve as the “lead partner” under this grant with “major partners” including Frasier Bison LLC, the Earthshot Institute, Mad Agriculture, Eastern Shoshone Tribal Buffalo Program and the Intertribal Buffalo Council.
El Reno Masonic Lodge #50 recently presented a check to the Redlands Community College Aggie Club for $10,417 to support the organization’s scholarship program for agriculture students.
“The Aggie Club appreciates the support of Masonic Lodge #50 and the opportunities this partnership provides our students,” said Annie Pearson, Dean of Academics, head of the Agriculture Department and Aggie Club faculty sponsor.
A Canadian County Jail inmate already facing 12 years in prison for allegedly stealing a car and breaking into a house now faces five more years for allegedly punching a detention officer.
Oklahoma City’s Tristan Kane Sandlin, 26, is accused of “willfully and unlawfully striking” victim David Easter “in the head and body with his fists,” according to court documents.
Sandlin was formally charged Sept. 21 with assault and battery on a detention officer in Canadian County District Court.
CHECOTAH ― Participants will have the opportunity to build their own Civil War-style wooden ammo crate on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 1 to 3 p.m. during a special make-and-take workshop at Honey Springs Battlefield.
In this outdoor class, led by instructor Jake Krumwiede, participants will walk through the easy steps of piecing together a sturdy storage crate from pre-cut panels using light construction techniques.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Dustin Lee Howell, Yukon, speeding, $165.
Danna A. Frazier, Oklahoma City, failure to appear warrant, $245.
James Donald Waggoner, El Reno, improper turn, $175.
Mackenzie Rachel Klein, El Reno, speeding and driving under restriction, $390.
Suzanne Pearl Grimes, Yukon, speeding, $165.
Elizabeth Ontiveros, El Reno, speeding, $175.
Levi Cassidy Trimble, Oklahoma City, speeding, $165.
Ofelia Lorena Torres, Yukon, speeding, $165.
Michael Lynn Taylor, El Reno, speeding, $165.
Nolan laughs loudly as he plays catch with his therapist inside the colorful surroundings of the Oklahoma Pediatric Therapy Center.
The 14-year-old visits the center regularly with his grandmother, Loretta Cotton, who calls the OPTC a “true blessing.”
The OPTC opened its third location in El Reno earlier this year. Its founders describe it as a “faith-based” company that provides speech, occupational and physical therapy for children up to 18 years of age.
“Our mission is to serve Christ by providing pediatric therapy,” is the company motto.
The Great American Relay, which covers 3,446 miles, recently rolled through Canadian County. The 36-day, 668-stage event makes its way through 17 states and the District of Columbia.
It started in Santa Monica, Calif., and will end Oct. 16 at the World Trade Center in New York City.
