Yolanda Rae Jackson passed away June 12, 2021, in Oklahoma City. She was born Aug. 15, 1986, in Clinton. Yolanda grew up in California and attended Ventura High School.

She was a member of the Pentecostal Church in El Reno.

Survivors include her mother, Stephanie Wolfe of Fort Cobb; her siblings, Kelvin Goodbear of Fort Cobb and Jacqueline Jackson of El Reno; and numerous half brothers and sisters.

No services are to be held. Arrangements are under the direction of Turner Funeral Home, Hinton.

Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell has been touting the importance of Route 66 to local municipalities, especially when it comes to tourism dollars flowing in from other places.

Such a push from state leaders is welcome news to George Higgins, who owns and serves as rally master for the annual Mother Road Ride Rally.

“I think cities need to embrace Route 66 and I wish there were cities which did because it would give us more places to stop. It would make it easier to find different places,” said Higgins.

Canadian County commissioners will partner with the Fair Board to purchase livestock pens for the new Expo and Event Center.

Commissioners asked members of the Fair Board to pitch in $20,000 to help with the purchase of the pens. The pens are expected to cost in the neighborhood of $50,000.

The pens will be used when the Canadian County Free Fair gets under way in August at the new Expo site on Jensen and Alfadale roads. The location is just east of U.S. 81 and south of I-40. It rests in an unincorporated area just outside the El Reno city limits.

El Reno Masonic Lodge members waited more than a year for a marker to be made to honor late Canadian County legend, U.S. Deputy Marshal Chris Madsen. Now that it appears the COVID-19 pandemic is more past than present, the marker is in place.

The Masons raised more than $1,500 after hearing of the cause, but then had to wait due to the high demand and short supply of memorial markers for cemeteries.