OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso, secured passage of a bill that would make an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) available for school employees, mirroring what is currently available to all state employees.
House Bill 4109 would create an Education EAP within the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
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Anthony Lamar Turner Jr., Oklahoma City, speeding, $195.
Tyler Minear, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.
Brandon Paul Charley, Geary, failure to appear warrant, $295.
Anessa Madbull, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.
Chad Bell, Piedmont, driving without license issued and failure to appear warrant, $547.
Joseph Michael Williams, Hooker, possession of drug paraphernalia, $300.
Earl Thomas III, El Reno, expired tag, $165.
El Reno Superintendent Craig McVay expects one of the district’s buses to be totaled by insurance adjusters after it was involved in an accident last week along Interstate 40 near Council Road.
McVay said the mini-bus, a 15-passenger white Thomas-built unit, was carrying El Reno High School FFA students to Wilburton for a contest at Eastern Oklahoma State College.
CALUMET – Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister toured Calumet schools last week.
Hofmeister, who is running as a Democrat against Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, visited Calumet’s elementary school along with Principal Lindy Renbarger and Superintendent Brandon Voss.
“We were extremely happy that Superintendent Hofmeister came to visit Calumet. It was great being able to show her a small snapshot of what goes on every day.
Redlands Community College and El Reno Public Schools are teaming up to host a 5K fun run to benefit the cross country programs at both schools. The inaugural Twister Trek 5K will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 2 at El Reno’s Memorial Stadium.
“The Redlands cross country program is still relatively new, so we are excited to partner with El Reno’s program to create a fun, community event that will benefit all of our runners,” said Natalie Graves, Redlands cross country coach.
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.
