How does a university professor from South Carolina become infatuated with the history and romance of Route 66?
Apparently like a lot of people.
“I saw the movie Cars,” said Nolan Stolz, Associate Professor of Music at the University of South Carolina Upstate. The school is located in Spartanburg, S.C.
Stolz, who holds a doctorate in music, actually has a much deeper history with the Mother Road than the colorful movie that hit the silver screen in 2006.
An El Reno man accused of stabbing two others – and killing one of them – in 2020 is to face a jury in early March.
Christopher Gene Nelson, 23, faces two felony counts – first-degree manslaughter and assault and battery with a deadly weapon.
Nelson is accused of stabbing two other El Reno residents, Miguel Jones and Lonnie Monaco. According to documents filed with the court, Jones was stabbed in the heart with a CRKT knife (Columbia River Knife and Tool), killing him. Monaco suffered a slash to the kidney.
El Reno Public Schools Superintendent Craig McVay said the district is looking into a complaint filed against one of its teachers by the parent of a special needs child.
“It was a complaint by a parent and we are looking into it. It’s a personnel issue so we cannot say which teacher it was, which school or if they have been suspended.
“It’s a serious allegation that is being investigated and we will have more as soon as we can,” said McVay.
Raffle tickets are still available for Thursday night’s annual El Reno FFA Calf Fry.
Supporters will have a chance to win a Green Mountain Tailgator Grill by purchasing a ticket for $25 each.
The event will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17 at the Jenks Simmons Field House Annex.
Contact Mr. Pearson, Mr. McPeak, Ms. Sherman or an FFA member to purchase tickets.
First responders and emergency personnel from across the region will converge in central Canadian County for a three-day training event.
The annual Southwest Emergency Management Workshop will be Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 23-25 at the Canadian County Expo and Event Center, 3001 Jensen Road East.
Canadian County Emergency Management will host the upcoming training workshop.
LAWSUITS
Discover Bank vs. Debbie Martindale for $5,631.66 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Discover Bank vs. Shelbi L. Kroeker for $3,498.50 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Credit Acceptance Corporation vs. Kayla McClarey and Kenneth Raper for $5,843.56 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Credit Acceptance Corporation vs. John Hagen and Stephanie Hagen for $7,693.40 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
It would appear El Reno’s highly acclaimed Route to the Future long-range development plan arrived just in time. The plan, adopted in 2021, lays out a path for community development for the next 20 years.
It projects El Reno growing by 9,000 people during this time period. Some news coming out of last week’s city council meeting might tempt planners to increase that population estimate.
In a surprise move, a Canadian County commissioner has decided against running for a fourth term and instead will seek a state legislative seat.
District 3 Canadian County Commissioner Jack Stewart will not file for re-election in April.
Stewart, 72, said he intends to run for the new Oklahoma Senate District 18 in this year’s election cycle. Senate District 18 will officially move from eastern Oklahoma on Nov. 23 after the 2022 elections.
El Reno High School students, from left, Kolt LaFoe (headband), Carlie Golden and Brady Hardaway react to an official’s call that favored one of the EHS basketball teams during their Suburban Conference games with Guthrie. The trio were acting behind a makeshift ESPN set as a prop in front of the student section at Jenks Simmons Field House.
The student section has had several dress-up themes over the course of the basketball season for home games and sports a following of more than 100 students at those contests.
The Cheyenne and Arapaho have successfully added close to seven acres to the tribes trust portfolio after the Department of the Interior approved adding the former Rodeo Joe’s to the list.
The 6.812 acres is west of El Reno and just south of I-40 and south of Geary.
The property was once a dance hall.
