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El Reno will celebrate the Fourth of July on Friday with a party at the lake that opens early with golf and ends late with the traditional fireworks show. 

Crimson Creek Golf Course will be open for business at 7 a.m., and as a tribute to veterans and active duty military members, the price for a round of golf will be cut by $10.

The veterans/active duty special has been running for several days and is good through July 6. A military ID is required for the discount. 

The Center of Family Love (CFL) raised more than $1 million at its recent 12th Annual Gift of Love Gala.

The event was held at the Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. The gala raised $1.2 million ― marking another fantastic fundraising event in the organization’s history.

More than 800 supporters attended the event, coming together to champion individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities.

An informational session for a Yukon private Christian school’s parents and staff only will be held to discuss results of an independent investigation conducted as the school’s former principal faces two felony crimes.

Yukon’s Kevin Russell Cobbs, age 55, was fired this spring from his position as Southwest Covenant’s high school principal and basketball coach. He has been formally charged with possession of juvenile pornography and peeping tom with photographic/electronic equipment.

Do you ever feel frustrated when you look at the ingredient list on a loaf of bread because you don’t know what most of the ingredients are?

What if a bread product contained fewer ingredients?

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Aerospace and Aeronautics Commission has approved significant initiatives aimed at bolstering the state’s aviation and aerospace infrastructure. 

LAWSUITS

Synchrony Bank vs. Samir Ahmed for $3,267.63 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Capital One N.A. vs. Mayra Mendoza for $4,940.30 to pay a debt plus interest and costs.

Security Credit Services LLC vs. Cristy Davis for $4,936.13 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Citibank N.A. vs. Valentin Rios for $4,954.74 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Crown Asset Management LLC vs. Alicia Limke-McLean for $1,555.65 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

While most eyes, at least around here, have been on the NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder, the city of El Reno is getting some flattering attention from media both in and outside the state. 

A headline in the Chicago Tribune last week read: “Rt. 66: Hamburgers, So Savory They Can Make You Cry.”

El Reno Public Schools Child Nutrition Program held a free swim day at the El Reno Municipal Pool at the end of its daily meal service.

Canadian County lawmen are looking for a man who was apparently released by mistake from the county jail this week. 

Sheriff Chris West called the incident the result of “human error.”

West said jailers were processing inmates when Derick Lynn Tallent was inadvertently released.

Tallent, 43 of Oklahoma City, was being held on charges of possession of a stolen property – a vehicle.

The sheriff said jailers left the area where Tallent was being processed and when they returned, he was nowhere to be found. 

El Reno Chamber of Commerce presented a Canvas Memory of the ribbon-cutting at The Filling Station to the city of El Reno.

From left, Vice Mayor David Black, Mayor Steve Jensen, Larry Nance, Becky Riggs, Lyndsay Bayne, public information and marketing manager, City Manager Matt Sandidge, El Reno Chamber of Commerce Chair Dr. David Von Tungeln and El Reno Chamber board member Gary Baumwart.