Longtime Canadian County Election Board Secretary Wanda Armold has resigned her position with about seven months left in the term.
Armold informed Oklahoma State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax of her decision in a letter dated Sept. 14.
“Please know that as of today, I have decided that it would be best for my health if I left my position as Secretary of the Canadian County Election Board immediately,” Armold wrote in the letter.
El Reno Public Schools will bring back its mentoring program, Superintendent Matt Goucher said.
Goucher made the announcement at last week’s El Reno Now Breakfast.
Sponsored by the El Reno Public Schools Foundation, the mentoring program has earned recognition from the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence for its work with students.
The program pairs adult volunteers with students. The mentors help with reading and are essentially serving as role models for their student. COVID interrupted the program for about three years.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Logan Phillips, R-Mounds, on Thursday praised the Oklahoma House and Senate Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding for their focus on addressing broadband issues through projects they advanced.
The projects advanced during the joint committee’s meeting will now be considered when the Legislature reconvenes its special session to appropriate American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars.
“We have not seen this type of investment in Oklahoma since the 1920s when we initially built out electricity to rural areas,” Phillips said.
Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) in Weatherford will host a free “Oklahoma and The Cuban Missile Crisis” symposium on Thursday, Oct. 27, featuring SWOSU history professors Dr. Becky Bruce and Landry Brewer.
The event coincides with the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Bruce and Brewer will speak in the Stafford Center, Room 104, at 7 p.m.
Bruce is a diplomatic historian who will discuss the Cold War in general and the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis in particular.
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Bill Tempero got choked up while talking about the first Honor Ride held at Fort Reno in memory of the military men and women who are buried at the historic cemetery there.
President of the U.S. Cavalry Association and Museum, Tempero watched late Monday afternoon as more than two dozen soldiers rode their horses in procession along the dusty road that leads from the main area of the fort to the cemetery.
A restored military ambulance, a horse-drawn wagon that was used in the 1870s, followed the procession.
An El Reno man is in custody, facing a complaint of first-degree murder after he allegedly stabbed another man on Sunday.
Assistant Police Chief Maj. Kirk Dickerson said Kyler Wayne Barber, 27, was booked in the Canadian County Jail after being implicated in the stabbing death of Adam Lee Frogge, 35, of Oklahoma City.
Police were called to 705 S. Rock Island shortly after 3 a.m. on Sunday after a 911 caller reported a stabbing at the location.
El Reno and Chickasha education entities are joining hands.
Redlands Community College and the University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma are forming a shared collaboration as a way to “increase administrative efficiencies in both schools, create enhanced opportunities for students to further their education and ensure students graduate ready to meet today’s workforce needs.”
In a statement issued by both schools, leaders of RCC and USAO said the move may prove as a model for other schools of higher education.
The selection of a new Canadian County special judge is expected soon – although it will be several months before that person takes office.
Candidates have applied for a seat that will open when Special Judge Khristan K. Strubhar becomes district judge.
Strubhar was elected without opposition at the June 28 primary to a four-year term succeeding District Judge Jack D. McCurdy II.
“We advertised for a special judge position,” said McCurdy, who is retiring after 15 years on the bench. “We have taken applications and have done interviews.”
The 2022 U.S. Cavalry Association's National Competition and Annual Bivouac kicked off Wednesday at Fort Reno with the Military Horsemanship divisions.
The event runs through Saturday and is open free of charge to the public.
