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A court hearing is set Oct. 22 on the city of Yukon’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a recent city council decision to deny a property rezoning request on State Highway 66.

Attorneys for plaintiff Williams Family Investments LLC filed the civil action Aug. 11 in Canadian County District Court. The city of Yukon and Yukon City Council are listed as defendants.

City council members in July unanimously denied Williams Family Investments’ appeal of a planning commission recommendation to deny rezoning a 57.25-acre property for industrial use.

Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor has joined 22 other state attorneys general in vowing to fight in court a proposed law promoted by congressional Democrats that would significantly federalize elections.

In a Sept. 13 letter sent to congressional leaders, O’Connor and his fellow attorneys general warned that the proposed “John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act” (H.R. 4) would have “devastating impact” on state election systems.

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The feeling of open space, which comes with rural living, was the underlying argument by a group of El Reno citizens in the Riverside Addition against a proposal to rezone acreage in the area for new housing.

Patricia Menchaca came before the Municipal Planning Commission in July with a request to rezone the 4.07 acres of land she purchased from Suburban Agriculture (A-2) to Residential Estates (R-E).

Members of El Reno’s fire and police departments and Pafford EMS paid honor to Leedey paramedic Angel Boyd who was shot and killed last week along with her sister.

El Reno will celebrate the road and the sky next weekend.

The dedication of the new Rock Island overpass will take place at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24.

The following day, the second El Reno Community Day and Fly-In will take off at the El Reno Regional Airport. That Saturday event runs from 1 to 7 p.m.

Several months after the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office was vandalized, a contractor has been hired to secure the glass front of the sheriff’s administrative building.

Canadian County will pay Tomas Ortiz $9,500 for the remodeling project at 208 W. Rogers, adjacent to the Canadian County Courthouse. Canadian County commissioners unanimously approved the action last week.

“What we’re doing is taking the glass out and replacing it with cinderblock,” Undersheriff Kevin Ward said.

El Reno Family Dentistry will give back to the community with a day of free dental care on Friday, Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1570 SW 27th Street.

The event will be a day of free dental exams, extractions and fillings for patients who would not otherwise have access to dental care.

In 2017, the first year this service was offered, 75 people were treated and provided $20,000 in free dental services.

Nancy Salsman and Amy Stout presented Calumet Mayor Bruce Wallace and Union City Mayor Bob McGregor with plaques and signs designating their communities as a Purple Heart Town.  

The mother-and-daughter team said they were “humbled” to become Purple Heart Ambassadors for the Military Order of the Purple Heart of Oklahoma.

“We received this appointment from Military of the Order Commander Larry Van Schuyver. This allows us to travel Oklahoma and make the Purple Heart City presentations to those wanting to honor their veterans.”

As part of the start-of-school process in Edmond Public Schools, some middle-school students were asked to provide their preferred pronouns with options including “they/them.”

Theresa Epperly, a parent of four children in the Edmond district, said her seventh-grade daughter was among them.

“I see asking about a nickname,” Epperly said, “but this is ridiculous.”