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The company that owns Pop’s in Arcadia purchased property at Radio Road and I-40 and eventually plans to build a truck stop at the site. El Reno Mayor Matt White made the statement at last week’s El Reno Now gathering.

As temperatures land above the century mark on a daily basis, the threat of drought has quickly become more than a concern. The impacts brought about by a deficit in rainfall and scorching temperatures are already being felt.

Republican legislators passed a law lowering taxes for businesses, but critics say it comes at the expense of jobless Oklahomans.

LAWSUITS LVNV Funding LLC vs. Edward B. Wright for $12,010.25 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Janalie Simmons for $38,805.35 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

About a dozen young children spent an hour listening and rolling with laughter as El Reno Mayor Matt White read a book to them at the Carnegie Library. The event was part of the Summer Reading fun put on by the Children’s Library inside the historic library.

An El Reno man who left home to serve his country in the early days of World War II has finally officially been identified. Petty Officer Robert Thomas Stout was killed in the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Amid a thunderous beating of red animal-skin drums and powerful song, survivors of Indian boarding schools met in southern Oklahoma recently with the nation’s ranking official in charge of strengthening tribal self-determination in Indian Country and upholding the government’s treaty obligations to...

A group of dedicated volunteers served 131 abused and neglected Canadian County children in 2021. And with more volunteer help, Canadian County’s Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) will be able to reach more vulnerable youth in 2022.

Voters in Canadian County who want absentee ballots mailed to them for the Aug. 23 Runoff Primary Election, Banner School Bond Election and Geary School Bond Election should apply now, according to Canadian County Election Board Secretary Wanda Armold.

Investigators with the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office arrested Dalton Skipworth, 27, of Mountain View and Christian Dalmont, 24, of Wichita, Kan., for allegedly soliciting sex with a minor by use of technology.