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El Reno police arrested a man after he was found to allegedly be in possession of numerous illegal drugs, several stolen driver’s licenses and credit cards as well as a U.S. passport reported stolen in Ardmore and Marietta as well as in Gainsville and Muenster, Texas. 

Police said Casey Bradbury was found shortly after 2 a.m. on Jan. 17  “passed out” in a Chevrolet pickup parked in front of a closed energy business on SH 66. Police said Bradbury told them he lived in Ardmore.

The Canadian County Children’s Justice Center has created a support group intended to help those grandparents who find themselves raising grandchildren.

Legislative redistricting has created a new State Senate district that will cover much of Yukon. Oklahoma Senate District 18 will officially move from eastern Oklahoma.

The district’s revised boundaries will include a significant part of the Yukon area and Oklahoma City in eastern Canadian County and Bethany and Woodlawn Park in western Oklahoma County.

Senate District 18 will include most of Yukon city limits, except for south of Interstate 40 and west of Mustang Road.

LAWSUITS

Wakefield & Associates LLC vs. Clay Symes for $1,338 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Wakefield & Associates LLC vs. Rachel Blint for $1,357 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Wakefield & Associates LLC vs. Jeremy Effinger for $2,936 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Wakefield & Associates LLC vs. Stephen Laswell for $1,319 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

In the 1980s, when a person bought a car or truck from Bill Thompson, the El Reno auto dealer would present a handmade clock to the customer. The wall clock was built from wood Thompson purchased from the defunct Rock Island Railroad.

The clocks were an El Reno original.

When Mike and Sarah Mehan opened a barn door after purchasing property once owned by the late Thompson, they discovered there was enough Rock Island wood to start a clock factory. Or build a house.

A longtime Canadian County judge’s bailiff is being recognized for her outstanding career by having a conference room named in her honor inside the county courthouse.

Tammy Perando officially retired Jan. 31 after 27 years as a bailiff at the Canadian County Courthouse.

County commissioners have approved a proclamation naming the “Tammy Perando Conference Room B” in the county’s judicial building, 301 N. Choctaw.

The Canadian County Sheriff’s Office plans to add several more counties that will accept county inmates.

An agreement with Logan County was formally approved Jan. 18 to house county inmates at a rate of $41 per inmate per day.

For several years, Canadian County has signed contracts with Dewey, Grant, Ellis and Washita counties to transport and house its inmates when bed space is full inside the county jail.

Other jail housing contracts – with Grady and Noble counties – will be considered by county commissioners.

The Oklahoma CareerTech Testing Center, a division of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, is expanding a partnership with the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety to offer written tests for commercial driver’s licenses.

The two agencies began a partnership in 2021 to offer Class D written driver’s license and motorcycle license tests.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Logan Phillips, R-Mounds, has filed legislation for the upcoming session that would establish the Southeast Asia Economic Trade Office.

The office would be housed in Taiwan to advance Oklahoma’s interests in the country and region.    

According to Phillips, this legislation is necessary to strengthen Oklahoma’s already strong relationship with Taiwan and open up the state to new economic investment opportunities.

DIVORCES GRANTED

Cari Ann Edwards vs. Christopher Michael Edwards.

Yuqing Liu vs. Yuanjun Sun.

Heather Gibson vs. Andrew Gibson.

Salvador Rodriguez vs. Crystal Rodriguez.

Hayli K. Perdue vs. David R. Perdue.

John Hartley vs. Tammy Barnwell.

Stevie Dunning vs. Jeremy Dunning.

Holly N. Farmer vs. Raymond H. Farmer.

Mackenzie A. Amend vs. Raymond F. Savage.

William H. Morrison II vs. Crystal L. Morrison.

Stephen D. Burgess vs. Janelle G. Burgess.