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El Reno High School may have a new football coach as early as Monday after a special meeting of the school board was set for 7:30 that morning.

The agenda posted by the district lists the football coaching position as the only item. The board is expected to meet in closed session to discuss the matter.

Any action must be taken in a public vote.

The vacancy was one of the items discussed in executive session by the board at its regular meeting last week. No action was taken or discussion held on the matter once the board reconvened in open session.

Rising fuel costs have prompted a Canadian County contractor to ask county commissioners to add a fuel surcharge clause to six-month bid proposals.

Chad Brown of Brown Transportation said he wanted to “open up the idea” at the commissioners March 21 weekly meeting.

The Ardmore-based company, which has five locations, hauls rock to road project sites in Canadian County.

“Fuel for any trucking company is a major expense,” Brown said. “When fuel goes up as we’ve seen here recently in the last week and a half – $1.50 a gallon – it does affect our operating cost.”

Educators from Rose Witcher Learning Center were recognized at the March El Reno School Board meeting for their support in maintaining Wesley United Methodist Blessing Boxes located on school grounds.

Social media streams like Snapchat and Tik Tok have become a place predators are lurking, waiting and watching for young people to follow the latest challenges.

As a parent and caregiver to teens, how do you keep up with it? How do you monitor activities when they change so frequently?

Major Adam Flowers of the Canadian County Sheriff’s Department will explain steps parents can take to help protect their children in a Tuesday evening gathering at the Canadian County Childen’s Justice Center.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City Indian Clinic is providing health and wellness services to American Indians in central Oklahoma and wants to educate patients about risk factors and prevention methods for colorectal cancer.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been detected in backyard chicken flocks, commercial chicken operations or wild bird flocks in at least 12 states.

The virus primarily infects birds and requires rapid response. Oklahoma has not had a positive case of HPAI detected at this time.

MUNICIPAL COURT

Daniel Lamont Littlebear, Oklahoma City, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Michael Don Wylie, Yukon, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Bobby Eaglenest, El Reno, violation of property maintenance code, $145.

Timothy S. Dominick, Okeene, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Brent Edward Hunt, El Reno, improper tag, $165.

Hailey Allison McLemore, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Kimberly Sue Eagle, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.

The original agreement with Pafford EMS to provide ambulance service to El Reno was modified a bit last week during a special city council meeting.

City Manager Matt Sandidge said the new agreement covers a 12-month period and will allow Pafford to have two ambulances equipped with lifesaving equipment in the community rather than the three called for in the original agreement.

A Canadian County Jail inmate faces the death penalty or life in prison for her alleged role in the drug overdose death of another inmate.

Oklahoma City’s Cydnei Tysha Mitchell, 31, was charged March 16 in Canadian County District Court with first-degree murder and bringing contraband into the jail.

“She’s being charged with bringing drugs into the jail, which another inmate took and died from,” Canadian County Sheriff Chris West said.

Candidate filing packets are now online for individuals who wish to run for county, judicial, district attorney, state or federal 2022 races.

Scheduled candidate filing dates are April 13-15 for those types of offices up for election in 2022.