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Quilting is a hobby that people might associate with grandmothers or older women, but the quilting world has changed.

Plans are ramping up for the Galloping for Hope fundraiser for Savannah Station. The event will be from 6 to 10 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Palace Event Center in El Reno. The event is the main fundraiser for the therapeutic riding program located at 13420 Frisco Road.

Canadian County commissioners approved a host of agreements and permits during a busy Monday that featured their regular weekly session as well as two special authority meetings.

A convicted felon has been sentenced to seven years in prison for trying to get a Yukon-area teen to have sex. He was arrested after the mother of the youngster he was contacting by cell phone got involved.

Oklahoma’s hard red winter wheat harvest is complete as farmers close the book on a season plagued by drought.

Oklahoma State University officials announced last week that OSU surpassed the $50 million fundraising goal for the New Frontiers Agricultural Hall with the generosity of more than 600 donors.

LAWSUITS Kalidy LLC vs. Elizabeth P. Reece and Stacy C. Reese for $2,861.93 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Synchrony Bank vs. Robin Hester for $5,452.34 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

The city of El Reno is trying to bring a little Christmas cheer to the sun-baked days of July in a partnership with participating local businesses.

A 4 percent to 5 percent cost-of-living raise for Canadian County employees is being considered as annual county budget talks got under way recently.

Canadian County Sheriff Chris West has been elected third vice president of the National Sheriffs Association. Outgoing NSA President Sheriff Vernon Stanforth of Fayette County, Ohio, swore West into the office of third vice president on June 29 during the NSA summer conference in Kansas City, Mo.