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El Reno Mayor Steve Jensen warned Tuesday night that the southbound off ramp on I-40 at U.S. 81 was a dangerous situation with construction starting there.By Wednesday morning, Jensen’s statement was rather prophetic as a two-vehicle accident occurred at the location.

The Canadian County commissioners meeting was filled this week with vendors interested in helping build a new District 3 shop building.Commissioners opened 22 bids submitted by 18 companies for the project planned at the District 3 yard, 1205 N. Calumet Road.

Premium Aerospace Center Oklahoma LLC (PAC) has secured a strategic long-term lease with the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority (OSIDA) to expand into a 130,000-square-foot hangar.The partnership promises 40 years of aerospace commerce, positioning western Oklahoma at the forefront of...

Before 1950, producing Oklahoma wheat and peanut crops looked a little different from what it does now.

WASHINGTON — The penny may be losing its shine in Washington, as a bipartisan-backed bill to end its production cleared a key House committee last week, with fiscal hawks and factory workers unexpectedly on the same coin.Heads or tails, the penny’s days are numbered.Treasury Secretary Scott...

MUNICIPAL COURTGavin Hitchcock, Oklahoma City, speeding, $165.Jerry Austin Willingham II, El Reno, failure to wear seat restraint, $20.David Wayne Oliver, Jones, failure to stop at stop sign, $165.Blake Collins Burt, El Reno, driving under suspension, $395.Thomas Wayne Minson, Purcell, speeding,...

Proposed non-structural design changes are being reviewed for the third and fourth floors of the new Canadian County Courthouse project. Construction will start this fall on a four-story county courthouse at 201 N. Choctaw.

NEXUS Animals is partnering with animal shelters and others to host a “Clear the Shelter” pet adoption event.

I would like to encourage you to do whatever you can to celebrate our city, our school system, our community, our veterans and our rich heritage as the quickly approaching year of 2026 will mark two huge anniversaries significant to our community, our state, our nation, and arguably the entire...

U.S. Postal Service mail carrier David Mann takes a quick break from his route along Jensen Street last week to get a glass of lemonade from Zoey Neal.Zoey was selling drinks and chips as local temperatures reached near triple digits last week.Mann was her first customer of the day.