LAWSUITS
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Andrew Scheidemantel for $13,021.39 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Tinker Federal Credit Union vs. Timothy C. Scott and Alicia Y. Scott for $24,480.33 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Jessica C. Hladik and Derick M. Moore vs. Joseph Mitro, M.D. for an amount in excess of $75,000 for alleged actual and punitive damages.
Authorities are asking anyone with information concerning where a woman was prior to a deadly accident on I-40 to come forward.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is seeking information about where Ashley Louise Ricks was prior to the accident that claimed four lives. Anyone with information is asked to contact the OHP Central Communications Center at 405-425-2323.
OHP said 911 calls show Ricks, 33, of Moore, was driving east in the westbound lanes of the interstate for 10 miles before her vehicle collided head-on with the other auto.
More thought needs to go into what to do with a narrow bridge before making it one-way where vehicles would cross one at a time.
El Reno City Council decided to table the plan put forth by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to make the bridge on Foreman and Keith into a one-way passage. The bridge is narrow and is crumbling at the edges. Guard rails are in place, but council members expressed concern the ravine it crosses is deep.
“No one wants to see someone get hurt or killed,” Mayor Matt White said. “That’s about a 25-foot drop to the bottom.”
Brian Rukes is selling masks in honor of the El Reno students who lost their lives in World War II.
An El Reno High School English teacher, Rukes led the effort to create the monument to the El Reno 44. The fixture was dedicated a year ago with hundreds gathering at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 4 to remember and honor those 44 men from El Reno who gave their lives in the fight to save the world from tyranny.
A board of trustees has been formed for Cardinal Point, Canadian County’s new Family Justice Center. The appointments were confirmed by the county commissioners.
The spots on the board will be on a rolling basis and include representatives from the district attorney’s office, the sheriff’s office and the county commissioners, along with two members of the public who are appointed.
Redlands Community College and Oklahoma State University have signed transfer agreements designed to help students earning an associate degree in business administration to easily transfer to OSU for the completion of a bachelor’s degree.
“We are excited to provide our students with greater options for continuing their education within the state,” said Redlands President Jack Bryant.
A collection of artists from El Reno, Oklahoma City, Tulsa and around Oklahoma as well as Dallas painted several walls in an alleyway in downtown El Reno last week. The Phase 1 collection is known as the El Reno Walls.
(Tribune photographer/Glen Miller)
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Kevin Wayne Rowe, 39; Laura Kay Marcum, 52.
Blake Allen Sockwell, 38; Yetheda Cadelaria Takacs, 28.
Adam Kenneth Hall, 37; Carmen Daniela Sepeda Rodriguez, 33.
Matthew Allan Miller, 27; Shelbi Lynn Reed, 24.
Eric Alajandro Lopez, 24; Alma Adriana Velasco, 26.
Thomas R. McDonough, 60; Elizabeth Jean Kidd, 68.
Spencer Todd Basoco, 33; Deanna Faye Thompson, 26.
Shaun Paul Reid, 28; Karissa Suzanne Williams, 28.
Conner Holland Spradlin, 27; Mikayla Marie Boyanton, 24.
What’s being called Phase 1 of a downtown mural project wrapped up last week, as artists from near and far converged on downtown El Reno to turn drab alley walls into works of colorful art.
El Reno Mayor Matt White said the idea to bring the “mural mafia” to town developed from seeing artworks on walls in Oklahoma City and Miami, Okla.
Funding for the project came from the city, local sponsors and the Oklahoma Mural Syndicate.
Local artists combined with those from as far as Tulsa and Dallas to transform the alley walls into canvasses of creativity.
It would appear El Reno is getting serious about mowing.
On Tuesday evening the city council agreed to purchase several new and rebuilt mowers to be used on parks, at the airport, Lake El Reno and on city rights-of-way.
Assistant City Manager Kent Lagaly and Parks and Recreation Director Jeff Kouba compiled the information presented to the council.
The mowers and related equipment will, as Lagaly said, “help us do a better job” of mowing and maintaining the parks and recreation areas.
