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OKLAHOMA CITY – A date has been set for Rep. Ross Ford’s interim study on finding ways to better assist domestic violence victims and to address the generational impact of such abuse.

The Senate Judiciary Committee held an interim study last week requested by Sen. Chuck Hall, R-Perry, and Sen. Julia Kirt, D-Oklahoma City, examining the issues surrounding a shortage of housing, particularly rental housing, in Oklahoma.

MARRIAGE LICENSES Matthew Blaine McKinsey, 22; Emiley Lauren Kauk, 21. Robert Gale Jerman, 46; Andrea Lynn Jerman, 44. Cloyd Aaron Anglin, 29; Camber Ann Curtis, 28. Jayden Wayne Klause, 24; Emily Josephine Sexton, 23. Chad Edward Ponder, 45; April Michelle Wilson, 44.

In what organizers are hoping to make an annual event, close to 70 El Reno High School graduates gathered at Jenks Simmons Field House for the inaugural Alumni Homecoming Day Rally. “Next year for homecoming 2024, we hope to do the same thing again but tell your friends about it.

The El Reno Arts Council will host a showing of member-created pieces at Redlands Community College on Wednesday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The gathering will take place in the RCC Art Gallery.

The Disciples Women are completing plans for the First Christian Church Marketplace set for Saturday, Sept. 30 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Debbie Thomas and her crew are busy preparing for a roast beef meal with mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans or corn, hot rolls, dessert and drink for $10, and $5...

Through an agreement with the Kiowa Tribe, Redlands Community College will begin offering a Kiowa language course next fall.

WASHINGTON – The Oklahoma State Chamber returned to the Sooner State last week after concluding its annual Washington fly-in where members heard from delegation members and discussed key issues concerning Oklahoma businesses.

Officials with the Cherokee Nation’s tribal government often tout the importance of sovereignty, a term that in tribal debates largely boils down to control of land lying within historic reservation lines.

MUNICIPAL COURT Justin Ray White, El Reno, failure to comply, $145. Michael David Sheeder, Shawnee, failure to comply, $145. Alisa Loraine Hamlett, El Reno, failure to comply, $145. Azalia Gutierrez, Geary, petit larceny and obstructing an officer, $995.