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Checking the harvest

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Area wheat farmers have been busy cutting their crops over the past seven days after rains earlier in the month made it impossible to get heavy machinery into fields without damaging crops.

See upcoming editions for a report of the 2022 harvest for winter wheat.

Nick Owen reaches down to check out the head on a wheat stalk

Oklahoma City man killed after motorcycle hits I-40 guardrail

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A 44-year-old Oklahoma City man was killed June 13 when the motorcycle he was driving crashed into a guardrail on I-40.

Reports from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Otis Evans died at the scene of the accident that occurred in the westbound lane near mile marker 116. The accident happened at 2:45 p.m.

Evans was driving a 2003 Suzuki motorcycle when it departed the roadway to the right and struck a guardrail.

Reports said he was wearing a helmet.

Korstjens car show brings awareness to West Nile virus

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Kristen Korstjens held a car show at VFW Post 382 to publicize her efforts to teach people about West Nile virus. The virus killed her father, Charles Korstjens Jr., at age 54. It’s a problem, Korstjens said, most people don’t know about.

“In 2017, my father contracted West Nile virus. He got neuroinvasive West Nile encephalitis (an inflammation of the brain) and he passed away from it,” she said.

County CASA focuses on keeping families together

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June is National Reunification Month, a month dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of keeping families involved in the child welfare system together, and recognizing how the community can better support these families.

Strawberry moon

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This submitted photo shows the supermoon, or commonly called strawberry moon, over El Reno.

It gets its name because of how close it is to the earth and that it’s a full moon at strawberry harvest time.

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Treat announces appointments for tax reform working group

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OKLAHOMA CITY –  Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat has announced his appointments for a tax reform working group to study proposals in relation to the ongoing special session.

“We’re committed to a serious, mature conversation about tax reform, conducted in a thoughtful way,” Treat said.

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Epic Charter Schools settles lawsuit, provides emails

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Epic Charter Schools has provided emails from co-founder Ben Harris requested by Oklahoma Watch in 2020 after settling a lawsuit.

Oklahoma Watch, represented by attorney Kathryn Gardner and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, filed the lawsuit in May 2021 alleging the virtual charter school effectively denied an open records request for the emails by charging illegal fees.

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Public Records - 6/18/2022

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LAWSUITS

Rocket Mortgage LLC vs. Unknown Successors of Henry Joseph Adams, Deceased, for $74,568.83 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 3, Block 110, Westbury Addition, Yukon.

PO&G Resources Fund, LP vs. Chaparral Energy LLC for an amount in excess of $75,000 for alleged punitive damages.

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