Legislation that would shift Oklahoma’s school board elections to better-known election dates that draw higher turnout has cleared two House committees and is now eligible to be heard by the entire membership of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Senate Bill 6, by state Sen. Ally Seifried and state Rep. Chris Banning, would move school board elections to August for primaries or November for runoffs.
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Synchrony Bank vs. Karrissa Hester for $7,475.81 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Todd Kedron for $2,456.36 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Deandrea Tatum for $4,987.67 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Otto Cook for $3,789.70 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Buma Franklin for $886.80 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
The Burger Day Festival is a tribute to the fried onion hamburger, cooked daily in El Reno since the early 1900s. It’s the burger that has helped make the community a destination for food lovers and those trekking along historic Route 66.
It’s not uncommon to hear languages such as French or German being spoken in El Reno’s three main burger joints, Johnnie’s, Robert’s or Sid’s.
In “Hamburgers & Fries: An American Story,” author John T. Edge describes the history of El Reno’s fried onion hamburger.
The Smokin’ Oaks is a four-piece band from Yukon, started in early 2023.
Beginning at a young age, relatives of Grady Cross (Cross Canadian Ragweed), Slaid Cross (lead guitar and harmony vocals) and Colton Blake (vocals and rhythm guitar) joined together with Noah Morris (drums and percussion) and Conner Pattison (bass guitar), and have been dreaming big and working hard to build the foundation of something great.
Following are letters from second-graders at Rose Witcher Learning Center on How to Cook the Big Burger:
In my opinion the best way to cook the most humongous Burger Day burger is buy 50,000 pounds of meat. That’s how I think the burger is made. - Kashton
In my opinion the best way to cook the most enormous Burger Day burger is by using three planes to carry the meat, then 473 people prepare the food. Finally they cut the giant burger. That’s how I think the burger is made. - Jaxon
El Reno was one of the communities targeted for expansion by WEOKIE Federal Credit Union, said Jeff Carpenter, president and CEO of the Oklahoma financial institution.
That plan came to fruition March 31, when El Reno RIL Credit Union officially joined the WEOKIE Federal Credit Union. Carpenter called the acquisition “perfect timing.”
He said discussions between WEOKIE and Rock Island Credit Union President Bob McCray and the Rock Island board of directors about similar mission and values led to the opportunity for consolidation.
Calumet firefighter Brody Renbarger sprays water on the smoldering remains of a recreational camper that caught fire on the off ramp to Interstate 40 at Exit 115.
Calumet Fire Chief Terry Brungardt said the RV and the car which it was pulling were fully engulfed when units arrived and were termed total losses.
Brungardt said the cause of the fire is yet to be determined.
A unit from the El Reno Fire Department also responded.
