Inmates caused damage to lights at the Canadian County Jail and action is being taken to help resolve the issue.

Canadian County commissioners recently gave their blessing to upgrade the lighting system in the older section of the county jail.

Voss Lighting will provide and install the new system for $42,500.

“The old lighting system – we have some destructive inmates and we’re constantly repairing these lights,” Canadian County Sheriff’s Sgt. Doug Gerten said.

“They’re basically tearing them apart.”

El Reno Police Officer S. Dowdle and his K9 partner Rocco assisted Canadian County sheriff’s deputies with a traffic stop on Interstate 40. The stop took place on June 20.

Police reports said Rocco indicated drugs were present in the vehicle.  Police said a search of the vehicle turned up approximately 238 pounds of marijuana and $22,000 in cash.

Reports did not release the names of the suspects involved in the bust.

El Reno High School’s volleyball program was greeted with its largest turnout for a youth skills camp as 71 campers took part in three days worth of fundamentals training as well as team-building games and competitions.

The camp was held in two sessions and was broken up by experience level.

Business incentives are to state economic growth what baling wire and duct tape are to home repair. Both are less-than-ideal attempts to provide a temporary solution to longer-term problems.

This problem came to the forefront again when state officials announced that Canoo, an electric vehicle company, will build a manufacturing plant in Pryor — and the company’s CEO told Reuters that $300 million in government incentives played a major role in the decision.