LAWSUITS
Discover Bank vs. Elizabeth McGill for $11,775.55 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Tinker Federal Credit Union vs. Robert Wanzer for $17,116.74 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Tinker Federal Credit Union vs. Agustin Heredia for $21,155.19 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Redlands Community College sold 0.89 acres to Waffle House Inc. during a special Regents meeting Wednesday morning.
RCC sold the parcel that rests at the corner of Country Club and Settler's Crossing for $275,000. The community college still owns another 2.11 acres of Country Club frontage. The school is open to selling it entirely or dividing it, said RCC's Dayna Rowe, Executive Director for External Affairs.
Recent repairs to sidewalks in downtown El Reno are apparently just the beginning. Last week the city learned it had landed a more than $1 million grant to make major improvements to the area.
City Manager Matt Sandidge made the announcement at the conclusion of the regular meeting of the city council. He said he had just been informed El Reno was one of the grant winners.
Sandidge said the grant is funded through the state and is the first of several the city plans to apply for as downtown revitalization has become a priority for the municipal government.
Supporters of the Canadian County Historical Museum were busy last week painting the historic Darlington Jail.
The museum will be the focus of discussion for this month’s El Reno Now gathering.
The event will be 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Public Safety Center on Mercy Drive, just off SW 27th Street.
El Reno Now is hosted by the city of El Reno and El Reno Public Schools.
Three Redlands Community College employees were honored by the Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges (OACC) for their contributions to the college, and President Emeritus Jack Bryant was inducted into the OACC Hall of Fame.
Peggy Clifton was named Outstanding Faculty Member, while Dana Hunka was recognized as Outstanding Professional Staff Member and Ray Underwood as Outstanding Support Staff Member.
Redlands Regents are scheduled to meet in special session Wednesday at 9 a.m. to consider selling less than an acre of property that fronts Country Club Road.
The agenda says: Discussion and vote to approve/disapprove sale of 0.89 acres of property located at the far southeast corner of Redlands Community College property at the corner of Settlers Crossing Blvd. and Country Club Road for a total sale price of $275,000.
No other information was provided.
The state’s wholesale pecan industry generates $23 million a year, and with the 2024 harvest on the horizon, Oklahoma pecan producers are preparing for a busy season.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Caleb Allen Gatz, 22; Raelynn Mishell Seward, 20.
James Lee Cotton, 24; Alyvia Julianna Boniface, 23.
Dakota Erik Akromis, 25; Emeri Berit Franks, 24.
Steven Michael Patterson, 33; Amber Nichole Maxwell, 33.
Oran Cyrus Laub, 30; Abigail Crystine Thomas, 24.
Roper Alan Hargues, 30; Jessica Anne Foster, 28.
Brandon Charles Ray, 37; Baylee Cassidy Cederquist, 28.
Geoffrey Adam Cormier, 34; Jamie Lynne Chilton, 32.
Mohamed Bouatia, 29; Angela Christina Taroub, 38.
When folks around here think of agriculture research, Fort Reno probably comes to mind.
The USDA has been operating there for decades and recently has been making headlines because the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes continue to argue the land rightfully belongs to them.
Congressman Frank Lucas apparently doesn’t agree and had language inserted in this year’s proposed Farm Bill that would allow that to happen, never.
The city of El Reno is stepping up efforts to deal with juveniles who go astray of the law in an attempt to create some “early intervention.”
The city council voted unanimously Tuesday to enter into an agreement with the District Court of Canadian County that will allow the Municipal Court to assume more control of most juvenile matters.
Juveniles who are charged with committing more serious law violations will continue to find themselves involved with the District Court.
