MUNICIPAL COURT
Yolaunda Michelle Warren, Mustang, expired tag, $165.
Bill Hamilton, El Reno, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to appear warrant, $545.
Stephanie Lynn Woods, El Reno, petit larceny and failure to appear warrant, $840.
Avelino Primero Blanco, Oklahoma City, expired tag, $165.
Jordan Michael Welch, Thomas, no insurance verification and failure to appear warrant, $540.
Edith Marie Crow, El Reno, dog at large, $145.
A livestock show celebrating students with special needs is believed to be a first for Canadian County, but most likely not the last.
More than 75 special needs students from around the county took part in the event last week.
Held at the Canadian County Expo Center, the event also attracted 40 students who serve as PALs for their special needs classmates, as well as 45 members of the various FFA chapters in the county.
Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, said she will not seek re-election to the Oklahoma House of Representatives this year.
“It has been an extraordinary honor to serve the people of House District 60 for the past eight years,” Baker said.
From a farm in Oklahoma to growing wheat in Moldova, Kelsey Walters is now looking to her past to secure her future.
Walters grew up on her family’s sixth-generation farm in western Oklahoma. She graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in agriculture economics, and was placed in Moldova as a Peace Corps volunteer where she met her husband, Iurie, and began a wheat farming operation.
But now their livelihood and that of wheat growers across Oklahoma is threatened by the war in Ukraine.
An El Reno teacher has received a $6,000 scholarship.
Shelly Hudson, who teaches first grade at Rose Witcher, received the Founders Scholarship from The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, an honor society for women educators that promotes excellence in education and personal and professional growth of women educators.
The organization emphasizes leadership development for its more than 50,000 members in 17 countries by providing graduate scholarships to members.
As many people are aware, the State Treasurer was tasked with returning unclaimed property to the people of Oklahoma in 2000. More than half of my office is specifically tasked with this job. As rewarding of a job as this is for my office and staff, there are always bad actors to beware of. A few tips to avoid them are:
- Beware of calls with unclaimed property refund promises.
- Do not accept any protection offers in any form, for any cost, over the phone.
LAWSUITS
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Sarah Critchfield for $2,329.14 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Jessica Cozby for $8,473.61 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. David Rawson for $888.19 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Rachelle Belflower for $956.47 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Jacqueline Fayne for $3,805.69 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
The El Reno Tribune’s State of the School section contains the following content:
Jason Little has resigned as El Reno High School's softball coach after school officials said he violated district policy concerning coaches in the locker rooms.
“I had a group of girls make an accusation that I was in the locker room while they were changing and that I had been doing that since October. That is totally false.
“Due to the accusation, I resigned. I’m not going to coach kids that are making accusations that are totally false,” said Little.
A Piedmont police officer found an emaciated young girl hiding behind a building and the discovery led to four other children being taken into state custody, as well as the arrest of two adults.
Tina Marie Ramirez, 43, was booked into the Canadian County Jail Tuesday, March 19 on three complaints of child abuse by injury, five complaints of child neglect and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Her bail was set at $125,000.
Anthony Chukwuemeka Ibeziako Jr., 26, was arrested on a child neglect complaint. He posted a $50,000 bond and was released.
