Who doesn’t love a good love story? Especially a love story that has lasted 50 years!
It starts out when a boy asked a girl out for a Coke date back in 1975. That boy was Larry Nance and that girl was Karen King.
Fifty years later they were kind enough to share their story with me.
Candidates interested in filing for municipal office in the town of Calumet, town of Okarche or town of Union City in Canadian County municipalities will file Declarations of Candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3.
Those who wish to file for a municipal office must submit a Declaration of Candidacy to the Canadian County Election Board on Feb. 3, 4 or 5 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Proposals from seven contractors are being reviewed as Canadian County takes the next step in development of a new courthouse campus.
Commissioners have budgeted $500,000 for a remodeling project at the former Department of Human Services building, 314 W. Rogers. That amount includes moving costs.
During construction of a four-story courthouse building at 201 N. Choctaw, the County Treasurer, County Clerk, Human Resources and Emergency Management departments will relocate to the old DHS building.
With Feb. 14 fast approaching, second-graders at one Canadian County private school are collecting valentines from across the country – and even around the world.
El Reno’s Sarajane Black is the second-grade teacher at Canadian Valley Christian Academy inside the South Yukon Church of Christ.
Students in her class recently embarked on an ambitious project to get Valentine’s Day cards from all 50 U.S. states and other countries.
A routine traffic stop on I-40 conducted by Canadian County sheriff's deputies led to the seizure of 36 kilograms of fentanyl. The incident occurred on Jan. 26.
Sheriff Chris West said at approximately 6 p.m., a deputy observed a semi-truck failing to maintain a single lane while traveling eastbound on I-40 near Mile Marker 121. A traffic stop was initiated, and upon approaching the vehicle, the deputy noted a suspicious load - a Ford F150 truck on the top row of the car hauler, surrounded by high-end luxury cars.
Pro basketball is coming to El Reno. Without the games.
Two teams competing in The Basketball League (TBL) will be calling El Reno home, but neither will be playing games locally.
Jonathan Reed, owner and director of On-Point Hoops Academy, has moved the Wichita SkyKings from Kansas to Oklahoma and will run the day-to-day operations for the TBL team from the academy.
Cardinal Point, Canadian County’s family resource center, is moving operations into a new home in Yukon after four years in El Reno.
Redhawk Construction has managed a renovation project at the former Canadian County Health Department office, 1023 E. Vandament.
Providing hope will continue as the family justice center and its resource partners serve crime victims inside the 10,500-square-foot building – which was built in the early 1990s for the health department.
The Intervention and Crisis Advocacy Network (ICAN) will have three full-time staff members at the Cardinal Point Family Justice Center’s new location.
The move gives the organization locations in El Reno and now Yukon.
Both public and private partner agencies will assign staff on a full-time or part-time basis to provide services from inside the remodeled former county health department building at 1023 E. Vandament, Yukon.
Seven Canadian County District 3 crew members received certificates for completing the Roads Scholar Program. District 3 Commissioner Tracey Rider recognized her personnel during the commissioners meeting.
The Roads Scholar Program is offered through the Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), an outreach of the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology at Oklahoma State University.
Rider said her crew is “committed” to becoming certified Road Scholars.
LAWSUITS
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. vs. Ryan Jones for $111,864.20 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 4, Block 9, Griggs Addition, Mustang.
Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC vs. Robert Huckleberry for $144,270.52 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 26, Block 9, Redstone Ranch Phase 3 Addition, Oklahoma City.
