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There will be races for two Canadian County commission seats, but a new county treasurer is expected to be seated and the current assessor will keep his position after they were the only ones to file as candidates.

All candidates filing last week are members of the Republican party.

Incumbent Marc Hader, 58, of Yukon will face Tom Manske, 54, also of Yukon, for the District 1 commissioner job.

The District 3 commissioner race will feature Tracey Rider, 60, of El Reno against Robert Merrick, 38, of Yukon.

Property values in Canadian County over a decade saw a sharp uptick – in fact, a bigger increase between 2011 and 2021 than in the previous more than 100 years since Oklahoma became a state, Assessor Matt Wehmuller said.

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Tiffanie Nicole Murray vs. Jerrod Scott Murray.

Charles Scott Nakvinda vs. Laurel Lee Nakvinda.

Nicholas Cupp vs. Tara Cupp.

Mark Stiles vs. Latoya Stiles.

Lara C. Baker vs. Adam C. Baker.

Cody Carnes vs. Katherine Carnes.

Joe Kyle Foster vs. Katelyn Makenzy Foster.

Cyrena D. Albert vs. Brandon L. Albert.

Scott Harris vs. Jennie Harris.

Jacklynn Patricia Elder vs. Brad A. Elder.

Michael Alan Minnick vs. Candace Danielle Minnick.

So you want to be a millionaire?

Chris Hicks has a little secret he’s willing to share to help you reach that goal: Go to work for Gemini.

Founded in 1964, Gemini is a 100 percent employee-owned company. It’s headquartered in El Reno and that’s where it plans to stay.

Hicks, president and CEO of the company, is all smiles as he sits at his desk inside the building named for the man he succeeded, the late David Warren.

Two young boys were seriously injured when the 8-year-old driver of an ATV failed to stop at an intersection and their vehicle collided with another vehicle, El Reno police said.

Major Kirk Dickerson said police were called just after 6:30 p.m. April 8 to the area of East Watts and South Mitchell after callers reported the accident.

Officers reported the two juveniles, one 8 years old and the other 6 years old, were on the ATV going south on South Mitchell.

El Reno’s Oklahoma Trapshooting Association Park, located off Jensen Road, played host to the 2022 Oklahoma Scholastic Shooting Sports Program’s State Shoot last week.

El Reno was one of many high schools to qualify a team and individual shooters for the event.

Gana Nicholson, left, talks over the schedule and direction of the El Reno High School football program with new head coach Russell Cook during a meet-and-greet event inside Memorial Stadium’s Blue Room last week.

Cook was hired earlier this month to replace Chuck Atchison who resigned his coaching duties to become the district's Director of Operations.

As of Thursday morning, two races had developed for Canadian County commission seats, while one candidate each had filed for the treasurer and assessor positions.

Incumbent Marc Hader, 58, of Yukon filed for District 1 County Commissioner as did Tom Manske, 54, Yukon. Both filed as Republicans.

The District 3 Commissioner District had two candidates file. Tracey Rider, 60, of El Reno filed as a Republican as did Robert Merrick, 38, of Yukon.

Sacred Heart Catholic School students wave to El Reno firemen as they drive off after giving the all-clear for students to return to classes.

A fire alarm at the El Reno school forced the evacuation of students to a nearby playground.

Two ERFD units responded to the alarm and after inspection, no fire or smoke was found.

Canadian County commissioners have asked a judge to rule in their favor in a lawsuit alleging property damage caused during flash flooding nearly three years ago.

An attorney for Rhonda Steenbergen, Donald Erwin and a minor filed the civil suit on Sept. 9, 2019, in Canadian County District Court alleging negligence by the commissioners and county contractors in a road construction project.

The plaintiffs are seeking to recover damages that occurred to their Jensen Road property during heavy rains in May and June 2019.