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County commissioners authorized officially starting the process to sell the old fairgrounds property.Commissioners accepted a final appraisal totaling $1.84 million for the former fairgrounds at 220 N. Country Club Road.NPVal Real Estate Valuation & Consulting conducted a valuation of a property...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Sen. Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, has been nominated by his peers to serve as the next President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate.The Senate Republican Caucus announced his selection Tuesday, placing Pro Tem Designee Paxton in line to assume the leadership role for the 60th Oklahoma...

MUNICIPAL COURTJack Samuel Neal, El Reno, speeding, $165.Desmond Alexander LaFoe, El Reno, speeding, $165.Mary Ann Barton-Holdge, Watonga, speeding, $165.Aaron Faircloth, Oklahoma City, speeding, $195.Marcos Cortez, El Reno, speeding, $165.Molly Peyton Reynolds, Oklahoma City, expired tag,...

Four graduates of El Reno High School were recognized for their accomplishments last week during the annual “Thousands of Reasons Gala, Celebrating Distinguished Alumni and Educators.”The event is sponsored by the El Reno Public School Foundation.

A new member has been appointed to the Canadian County Free Fair Board.Farmer and rancher Jimmie D. Smith, a former Calumet and Darlington school administrator, succeeds Dan Wedman as a District 3 representative on the nine-member fair board.Wedman, of Calumet, recently retired after 46 years of...

Redlands Community College TRIO Student Support Services is taking matters into its own hands – or feet – to raise funds for scholarships.The program is taking donations of gently worn, used and new shoes and will receive funding from the Funds2Orgs based on the total weight of the shoes...

Sheriff Chris West said his office is gathering information after a video circulating on social media shows a longtime investigator cursing at a man who came onto the lawman’s property.

District Attorney Tommy Humphries launched a new website he said to enhance communication between his office and the public.

Canadian County CASA Inc. (Court Appointed Special Advocates) recently welcomed its newest volunteer. Aaliyah Ezeh made the commitment to give her time to help abused and neglected children in Canadian County.

For the first time in state history, Oklahoma voters have chosen to oust a sitting member of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.When the votes were tallied on Nov. 5, a majority of Oklahoma voters casting a ballot — 723,329 — voted against the retention of Justice Yvonne Kauger.