Lingo Construction began renovation at the corner of Choctaw and Sunset on what will be known as the Filling Station once completed.

The city of El Reno purchased the property and then secured a $1.2 million grant to transform the former service station into a Route 66 attraction.

The plan is to have the renovation done before the Burger Day Festival in early May.

Yukon city leaders said Tuesday night they would not force annexation as they claim Yukon’s neighboring municipality to the west has done.

Yukon City Council, at its Dec. 17 meeting, initiated a process to annex 2,079 acres of unincorporated land immediately west of the city limits toward El Reno. One week before, on Dec. 10, El Reno’s city council initiated annexation efforts for some of the same area. 

After a brief warm-up, temperatures are forecast to drop near arctic levels over the weekend and possible snow is expected Monday and Tuesday.

A traffic stop on Interstate 40 in Canadian County led to the arrest of Chun Fu Lin, 43, on complaints of trafficking marijuana. 

The incident on Jan. 12 occurred at approximately 3:43 p.m. when a deputy initiated a traffic stop after allegedly observing Lin’s vehicle traveling east on I-40, following a vehicle too closely.