Relation Insurance Services has acquired the assets of Advantage Insurance Group. The transaction went into effect May 31. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

“Our new partnership with Relation takes our business to the next level,” said Geoff Eaton, owner of Advantage Insurance Group.

An office space has been identified for a new Canadian County special judge.

County commissioners discussed a plan for county maintenance personnel to remodel an area on the second floor the Canadian County Judicial Building for another judge and bailiff.

Canadian County will have a fourth special judge after passage of House Bill 2771 during the 60th Oklahoma Legislature. Increases in population and caseload allowed the county to fill this new judicial position after July 1.

Virginia Phelps, who made her home in Yukon, Oklahoma, was born in Tuscola, Kentucky, on Aug. 20, 1933, the daughter of Jennings Brian Jordan and June Olive Adkins, who preceded her in death. She died peacefully in her sleep June 6, 2025.

Virginia was born and raised in eastern Kentucky during the Great Depression and World War II. Later in life, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where she worked for 40 years at Baptist Hospital in telecommunications. Her real interests were her grandchildren, her many dogs and cats, cooking, candy-making, crocheting and reading. 

Redlands Community College is more than an institution of higher education. We are a vital economic driver for the state of Oklahoma.

A recent analysis by the University of Cincinnati Economics Center (UCEC) confirms what many in our community already know: Redlands delivers significant value far beyond the classroom.