Pictured are the El Reno High School students in the running for the 2024 All-Sports Homecoming Queen and King.

A former sheriff’s deputy has pleaded guilty in Canadian County District Court to a felony murder charge for shooting to death his wife, also a former deputy, in August 2023.

Yukon’s Vaughn R. Cannon, 42, entered a blind guilty plea at a Sept. 17 court hearing before Canadian County District Judge Paul Hesse.

Cannon, who is represented by attorney Zachary Ramsey, waived his right to a jury trial.

He will be formally sentenced Dec. 10 by Judge Hesse.

A Canadian County commissioner is making another major upgrade to her district yard.

District 3 Commissioner Tracey Rider is moving ahead with plans to build a new shop and garage at 1205 N. Calumet Road.

Rider, who succeeded Jack Stewart as District 3 commissioner in November 2022, has reached an agreement with Redhawk Construction to serve as construction manager for the project.

Constructing a new shop was one of Rider’s goals when she took office. Plans call for an 80x100-foot shop building with a separate 60x40-foot structure to house offices and a storm shelter.

Despite its reputation as one of the nation’s most conservative states, Oklahoma imposes far more regulations than most other states in the nation.

According to the 2024 edition of “Snapshots of State Regulations,” issued by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Oklahoma is the 17th most regulated state in the country with 142,313 regulations on the books.

In comparison, Idaho, the nation’s least-regulated state, has just 31,497 regulations in place.