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Some 54.35 percent of voters cast yes votes in Banner’s school bond election.

However, the proposed $6 million bond issue to fund a building addition failed because a 60 percent majority is required to pass a school bond in Oklahoma.

With nine polling places reporting results Aug. 23, there were 331 votes for the proposition and 278 votes against the proposition.

Another 35 yes votes were needed to approve the Banner Public Schools (BPS) bond project.

The bull at the center of a bullfighting exhibition to close out the 2022 El Reno Wranglers Open Rodeo didn’t seem to appreciate getting leaped over, taking out its frustration on one of the fighters.

Pictured are the mutton bustin' winners from the 2022 El Reno Wranglers Open Rodeo held over the weekend at the Denny-Crump Arena.

Hayes Ferguson, far right, was named the winner. His brother, Wager, middle, was second and Oakley Collet was third.

OKLAHOMA CITY — When a fresh wound occurs, cells rush to produce collagen, which aids healing. But sometimes this process goes awry, resulting in one of two extremes: insufficient healing or excessive scar tissue.

Thanks to a recent discovery at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, researchers now have a better grasp on the cause.

“It’s a delicate balance,” said OMRF scientist Lorin Olson, Ph.D., who led the study published this month in the journal Cell Reports.

“Everything must work just right for proper wound healing to take place.”

LAWSUITS

Scott W. Davis vs. Lane’s Towing Service LLC for $30,000 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Navy Federal Credit Union vs. Elizabeth D. Nieto for $13,924.76 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

John Deere Financial vs. Shelby M. Winter for $10,935.99 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Great American Insurance Company vs. Caprock Ranch & Cattle LLC for $40,291 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Residents in neighborhoods close to where an energy company plans to drill for oil and gas are expected to voice their concerns in a meeting set for Thursday evening, Sept. 1.

The City Board of Adjustment is expected to take up the matter in the meeting scheduled for 5 p.m. The meeting will be at the Municipal Building, 101 N. Choctaw.

Residents in the Williamstown and Wessex areas are hoping the plan to drill oil and gas wells near their homes can be stopped.

The Savannah Station board, leadership and volunteers must have been pinching themselves in the days following the Galloping for Hope fundraiser.

The amount of support was that overwhelming.

A sold out Palace Event Center coupled with a record-setting auction provided proof how far the therapeutic riding center has come in recent years.

“I am flabbergasted, truly,” Executive Director Andi Holland said.

“I started as director in 2017 and that very first year we were just amazed we sold four tables.

The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Department of Education (CADOE) has been awarded a $1.3 million State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

The grant will span a three-year period and will help the C&A establish a charter school.

The proposed STEP project, “Enhancing Educational Choice for Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma,” will seek to build and administer educational programs as they plan to develop a “culturally responsive” charter school model.

El Reno’s Sacred Heart Catholic School started the school year with 113 students enrolled.