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The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes have received a $7 million grant from the USDA to help create a more climate-friendly way to raise bison. The award is from the 2022 Partnerships for Climate Change Commodities Grant.

El Reno Masonic Lodge #50 recently presented a check to the Redlands Community College Aggie Club for $10,417 to support the organization’s scholarship program for agriculture students.

A Canadian County Jail inmate already facing 12 years in prison for allegedly stealing a car and breaking into a house now faces five more years for allegedly punching a detention officer.

CHECOTAH ― Participants will have the opportunity to build their own Civil War-style wooden ammo crate on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 1 to 3 p.m. during a special make-and-take workshop at Honey Springs Battlefield.

MUNICIPAL COURT Dustin Lee Howell, Yukon, speeding, $165. Danna A. Frazier, Oklahoma City, failure to appear warrant, $245. James Donald Waggoner, El Reno, improper turn, $175. Mackenzie Rachel Klein, El Reno, speeding and driving under restriction, $390.

Nolan laughs loudly as he plays catch with his therapist inside the colorful surroundings of the Oklahoma Pediatric Therapy Center. The 14-year-old visits the center regularly with his grandmother, Loretta Cotton, who calls the OPTC a “true blessing.”

The Great American Relay, which covers 3,446 miles, recently rolled through Canadian County. The 36-day, 668-stage event makes its way through 17 states and the District of Columbia. It started in Santa Monica, Calif., and will end Oct. 16 at the World Trade Center in New York City.

El Reno’s Elks Lodge handed out 50 winter coats to children enrolled in the Cheyenne and Arapaho Head Start program earlier in September and planned to do the same this past week for 50 Head Start children attending Hillcrest Learning Center.

Saturday evening, the Historic Fort Reno Visitors Center and Museum will host a Spirit Walk. It will be the second such walk since COVID restrictions were lifted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the property the fort is situated on.

Canadian County has received the second half of its COVID-19 pandemic relief allocation. In 2021, Canadian County was awarded $28 million from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The first half of those funds arrived a few months after the initial award.