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Inmates caused damage to lights at the Canadian County Jail and action is being taken to help resolve the issue.

Canadian County commissioners recently gave their blessing to upgrade the lighting system in the older section of the county jail.

Voss Lighting will provide and install the new system for $42,500.

“The old lighting system – we have some destructive inmates and we’re constantly repairing these lights,” Canadian County Sheriff’s Sgt. Doug Gerten said.

“They’re basically tearing them apart.”

El Reno Police Officer S. Dowdle and his K9 partner Rocco assisted Canadian County sheriff’s deputies with a traffic stop on Interstate 40. The stop took place on June 20.

Police reports said Rocco indicated drugs were present in the vehicle.  Police said a search of the vehicle turned up approximately 238 pounds of marijuana and $22,000 in cash.

Reports did not release the names of the suspects involved in the bust.

LAWSUITS

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Andrew Scheidemantel for $13,947.96 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Stephen Tiger for $17,074.57 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Travis Pease for $29,050.64 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Park Place Estates LLC vs. Mueller Inc. for $22,405.63 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

While she’s not in the cab of a combine, Lindsey Von Tungeln-Vise is keeping a close eye on every bushel of hard red winter wheat coming out of the fields her family has been cutting.

Using close to a dozen cell phone applications at one time from the cab of her pickup, Von Tungeln-Vise can see how much grain each transport truck delivers to the elevator in Geary.

Wesley in ACTSion, the mission team of Wesley United Methodist Church, has added five new Blessing Boxes to El Reno. The new boxes are located at Farm Bureau and The Lord’s Harvest on Sunset, King Electric on Shepard, going into the neighborhood off 27th Street behind Montana Mikes, and Sunrise Missionary Baptist Church on Admire.

El Reno Mobile Meals is seeking volunteers with a valid driver’s license to help deliver meals to those in need. Volunteers are primarily needed on Thursday mornings, but there is a need every weekday. In addition to delivery drivers, Mobile Meals needs volunteers in the kitchen to help prepare and serve the daily meals.

Lucky Star Casino became one of the latest victims of a ransomware attack after the Cheyenne and Arapaho operation was hacked by computer pirates last weekend. The casino joins a growing list of businesses, government agencies, public school systems and hospitals that have been affected by ransomware attacks.

In recent months several casinos in Las Vegas, the city of Tulsa and the Menominee Casino Resort in Keshena, Wis., have all been victims of external computer attacks.

A statement released by Lucky Star Casino read:

El Reno City Council tabled a plan to possibly purchase 10 acres because the address of the land was not included in the agenda for the special meeting.

The special meeting was held at noon on Tuesday. Council member Tim Robinson did not attend the meeting.

After about 20 minutes in a closed executive session, council returned and Mayor Matt White made a motion to allow the mayor, city manager and city attorney to seek an appraisal and a first right of refusal on the land. The agenda item did carry the legal description for the property.

Blessing Baskets is operating the Families with Children Summer Food Program as well as planning the sixth annual “Festival of the Trees, Christmas in July.” The dinner and auction fundraiser event will be held July 22 at the Palace Event Center, 2310 N. Banner Road.

“We continue to see there is more need in the community and Blessing Baskets is happy to be able to help. No child should be hungry,” said Blessing Baskets coordinator Donna Dyer.

Dyer said returning to an in-person event after a year off because of COVID is welcome news.

Spirit will be the name of this colorful foal born Sunday, said owner Joseph Knight.

A veteran El Reno police officer, Knight said the horse was sired by Snowcapped Spirit and birthed by Maid by Midnight. Knight said Spirit will be made a cutting horse as it grows older.