The city manager for El Reno will have the authority to offer incentives on a “case-by-case” basis to businesses that may be contemplating setting up operations here.
The city council voted 5-0 last week to give City Manager Matt Sandidge the discretion to offer incentives such as permit waivers and utility extensions and connections to those businesses that provide jobs, but not necessarily sales tax.
A Canadian County commissioner is confident that a long-awaited permanent upgrade to make a high-profile intersection safer will start in 2023.
The State Highway 66 and Banner Road area - just west of Yukon - is in first-year County Commissioner Tom Manske’s district.
Since SH-66 is a state highway, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) will hire a contractor to make improvements to this intersection.
An effort to boost Oklahoma’s academic outcomes by requiring schools to provide more support to high school students who do not meet career and college readiness benchmarks has gained approval from the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Congressman Frank Lucas released the following statement after U.S. District Court of North Dakota Judge Daniel Hovland granted a preliminary injunction, prohibiting the enforcement, implementation or application of the Biden administration’s revised “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule.
Oklahoma and 23 other states filed the complaint against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) earlier this year.
LAWSUITS
MidFirst Bank vs. Robert Boyd for $1,746.83 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
MidFirst Bank vs. Finny Joseph for $5,796.08 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Bank of America N.A. vs. Leesa Gray for $2,505.68 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Bank of America N.A. vs. Andrew Sump for $5,048.80 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
CKS Prime Investments LLC vs. Dale Sanders for $1,505.41 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
El Reno will transform into what some could argue is garage sale heaven this weekend as the annual Town-Wide Garage Sale unfolds Friday through Sunday.
Of course, there may be some who think of a different place as they jockey their way through the streets lined with cars and trucks, parked by those searching for the best deal on the next best thing.
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Gov. Reggie Wassana submitted testimony to the United States House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, addressing the tribes ongoing efforts to reclaim Fort Reno. The testimony was submitted in March.
The C&A have long contended the Fort Reno lands were taken from them and have sought the return of the property.
The first-degree murder case of an El Reno man charged with stabbing another in September is expected to be taken up this month.
Canadian County Special Judge David Halley on March 21 continued a previously scheduled March 20 preliminary hearing conference to April 26 in the case of Kyler Wayne Barber, 27.
As an investigator with the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office – and particularly as founder of that department’s Internet Crimes Unit – Major Adam Flowers has seen the worst the Internet has to offer.
That’s why Flowers, the sheriff's office and the Gary E. Miller Canadian County Children’s Justice Center will team up to present information to families about the dangers of the Internet, cellphone apps and the people who populate that shadowy world.
A deputy with the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office stopped a vehicle April 3 for a traffic violation along Interstate 40 eastbound near Radio Road.
The stop landed the driver and a passenger in jail.
Reports said the driver was stopped after the deputy observed an improper lane change.
During the stop, lawmen allegedly found some 30 pounds of methamphetamine and approximately $6,500.
