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El Reno police are looking for a man who allegedly took a package from the front porch of a home on March 27.

Police reports said the incident happened in the 900 block of South Macomb. A woman told police she saw a white male walk onto her porch and steal an Amazon package. The man wore black shorts, a black camo T-shirt and black high top sneakers.

The man then ran and entered a blue Dodge truck. The vehicle left going east on Cavanaugh. 

Students enrolled in BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center will present the annual Agriscience Symposium April 15. The event will be from 5 to 6 p.m. at Redlands Community College Building 10, on the west side of the campus. 

BlueSTEM students from El Reno High School, Calumet High School, Yukon High School and Epic Charter Schools will display their agriscience research projects and answer questions from the public. 

BlueSTEM is a partnership of El Reno schools, USDA at Fort Reno and Redlands Community College. 

WASHINGTON ― The Justice Department announced it will send the FBI to address unresolved violent crimes in Indian Country, including crimes relating to missing and murdered indigenous persons.

FBI will send 60 personnel, rotating in 90-day temporary duty assignments over a six-month period.

This operation is the longest and most intense national deployment of FBI resources to address Indian Country crime to date, the Justice Department said.

MUNICIPAL COURT

Manuel Diaz Almaguer, El Reno, speeding and driving under suspension, $590.

Baylee Victoria Warnke, Yukon, expired tag, $165.

Matthew Grant Snyder, El Reno, speeding, $185.

Addie Elizabeth Taylor, Austin, Texas, speeding, $175.

Tristan Francis Kaulaity, El Reno, trespassing on private property, $295.

Ashley Briana Miller, Yukon, speeding, $195.

Aaron Michael Heinen, Yukon, expired tag and failure to stop at stop sign, $295.

Kelby Lynn Stinson, Bethany, expired tag, $165.

The new owners of the building that housed El Reno’s VFW Post 382 said there are no definite plans for the structure, but the historic airplane that greets motorists on Route 66 will remain in place. 

Tina Base and her husband, Darren, recently purchased the property.

Nancy Salsman, longtime VFW supporter and former president of the organization’s Auxiliary, said the sale was necessary after the Internal Revenue Service threatened to seize the property. 

Jake Vulgamore has spent the majority of his teenage years showing various animals across the state of Oklahoma in the intense world of junior livestock shows.

In fact, he can’t recall a time when he was not in a show ring without a sheep or a swine breed. Nor could he picture not having that opportunity.

“I can't imagine that,” said Vulgamore.

A principal and coach at a Yukon Christian school has been fired after his arrest last week for allegedly possessing child pornography.

Canadian County Sheriff’s Office deputies and investigators at about 6:30 a.m. March 25 executed a search warrant at the Yukon home of Kevin Cobbs, age 55, as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations involving child sexual abuse material.

Upon entry into the residence, authorities gathered all occupants for questioning.

Cobbs, the suspect of the investigation, was briefed on the search warrant and a copy was provided to him.

Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives have voted to phase out the state’s personal income tax by a margin of more than three to one.

The proposal advanced in Oklahoma as policymakers in Mississippi were celebrating the adoption of a similar plan in that state.

When El Reno Regional Airport welcomes the opening of the Tony Caldwell Collection, probably next fall, there’s one word that might best describe how the museum dedicated to aviation history arrived here. Relationships.

A former state lawmaker, businessman and entrepreneur, Caldwell said relationships with people like Scott Law, the new manager for the El Reno airport, as well as several others paved the way for the $1.7 million museum to land here.

It’s been suggested the attraction will be a magnet for area schoolkids as well as aviation buffs.

Despite existing fire dangers, Canadian County commissioners have decided against declaring a countywide burn ban. At least for now.

A request to prohibit outdoor burning was considered during the March 24 commissioners meeting due to high winds, extensive dry vegetation and lack of significant moisture across central Oklahoma.

There have been many grass and brush fires in recent weeks inside and around Canadian County, according to County Commission Chairman Tom Manske.