Canadian County commissioners will seek new options for audio-visual equipment at the new fairgrounds and expo center after rejecting the bids that were submitted for the project.

Commissioners were following the recommendation of fairgrounds director Nathan Smith, who said that all of the bidders had either altered the specifications or had failed to provide the proper bonding information.

Canadian County Commissioner Jack Stewart said he is hoping grants will lead to improved roads in his district. If all goes right, four roads in his district will either be widened and rebuilt or receive an asphalt overlay next summer.

Commissioners last week approved an agreement that allows Stewart, along with other commissioners, to receive funding assistance through the Rural Economic Assistance Program fund, also known as the REAP fund.

Canadian County Election Board Secretary Wanda Armold said people voting early in the 2020 election were willing to stand in line for hours and in the cold.

The early voting started Thursday morning as lines formed outside the election board in downtown El Reno early and seemed to grow by the minute.

“A person who just voted said they had been in line for two hours,” said Armold.

Computer programmer Gradyn Wursten still updates a project he created to hack his high school homework.

As a sophomore, he used an old MacBook with a cracked screen and bulging battery to write the code that adds shortcuts to Edgenuity — an online education platform used by more than 3 million students.