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A reminder, the National Letter Carriers Food Drive is this Saturday, May 9. 

El Reno residents wishing to contribute are asked to have a plastic bag filled with non-perishable foods by their mailbox by 9 a.m. that day. 

Janice Cox, El Reno postal employee, has helped spearhead the local efforts for years. She is hopeful El Reno postal customers will respond with generosity as the letter carriers work to help fill the shelves of The Lord’s Harvest, an El Reno food ministry. 

The National Letter Carriers Food Drive has been in existence since 1993.

The 38th Annual Burger Day Festival hit the ground running May 2. 

Participants walked or ran in the 13th Annual Wesley United Methodist Church’s Bun Run. 

Forty-five adults and children circled the neighborhood on the one-mile fun walk. Deliberately noticeable was a group of Fancy Pants walkers wearing multi-colored tutus.

A more ambitious group of 132 mostly runners took off a few minutes later on their 5K run. Announcer Terry Parrott told the crowd, “This fun run supports our mission work in the country and throughout the world.” 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In April the U.S. Army announced its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft to be named the MV-75 Cheyenne II during the Army Aviation Association of America’s annual conference.

The MV-75 Cheyenne II represents a new era of Army aviation, with capabilities that far exceed the current fleet. This medium-size, vertical lift, multi-mission aircraft combines the vertical agility of a helicopter with the speed and range of an airplane, allowing it to fly twice as fast and twice as far.

LAWSUITS

Flying K Land Service LLC vs. Jimmy Percival Jr. for $12,240.00 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Alexis Andrews for $10,658.39 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Keri Conley, as next best friend of Bridgette McReynolds, a minor, vs. Savannah Barron for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Clayton Hensley for $10,833.55 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

El Reno’s municipal government will continue to operate with a “flat budget.” That was the message members of the city council heard last week when they gathered for a special meeting focusing on the upcoming fiscal year. 

The situation is similar to what the city has been working with for the past few years, said City Manager Matt Sandidge. 

Even with the projected lack of revenue growth, council also was told a number of projects will continue moving forward and plans are being made for more capital improvements when funds allow.

El Reno’s 38th Annual Burger Day Festival, hosted by the Historic Downtown El Reno Foundation, was greeted by record numbers for the Bun Run, car show, and to watch the cooking of the world’s largest fried onion burger, which tops 850 pounds.

There was live music, food vendors, arts and crafts, a petting zoo, pony rides, inflatables, youth entrepreneur booths and a cultural exhibit presented by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.

See more coverage in Saturday’s Tribune.

Nearly 10 years after a young man vanished during a hiking trip to look for an abandoned silver mine near Lake Tenkiller, new forensic evidence has led to the refiling of murder charges against three men who previously confessed to their involvement in his death.

Authorities announced April 29 that new arrest warrants have been issued for Michael Snelling, 32, of Webbers Falls, Tyler Leverett, 32, of Webbers Falls, and Charles Shamblin, 35, of Alamose, Colo., in connection with the 2016 killing of Matthew Scott Fagan.

STILLWATER – Oklahoma State University welcomed experts from across the beef supply chain to campus for the inaugural Beef Center of Excellence Advisory Board meeting.

The Beef Center of Excellence is a cross-disciplinary effort to drive innovation, sustainability and profitability for cattle producers.

“We’re just getting started, but I hope the advisory board can come together and bring real ideas for change in the beef industry,” said Ben Hale of Western Livestock Auctions.

LAWSUITS

Capital One N.A. vs. Cody Jeffcoat for $16,209.02 to pay a debt plus interest and costs.

Mortgage Clearing Corporation vs. Sandra Steffen for $396,453.92 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 18, Block 1, Spitler Lake Estates Section 1, Mustang.

High Performance Building Products LLC vs. Stonerock Properties LLC for $19,992.00 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

On paper, the USDA’s Grazinglands Research Laboratory at Fort Reno is a place; an historic tract of land west of Oklahoma City where scientists study cattle, forage and water in the Southern Plains.

In practice, much of its research happens somewhere else.