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A Canadian County Jail inmate faces the death penalty or life in prison for her alleged role in the drug overdose death of another inmate.

Candidate filing packets are now online for individuals who wish to run for county, judicial, district attorney, state or federal 2022 races. Scheduled candidate filing dates are April 13-15 for those types of offices up for election in 2022.

El Reno Family Dentistry recently visited Rose Witcher Learning Center and Maple School for National Children’s Dental Health Month.

Union City’s Ron Carel played the part of St. Patrick for the annual St. Patrick Parade in the Oklahoma City Stockyards. The parade held Saturday was organized by the Oklahoma Irish Heritage Society along with the Stockyards Main Street organization.

A Canadian County truck driver has been accused of negligent homicide in connection with a fatal crash northwest of Yukon. Gregory Albert Patty, 59, was charged with the misdemeanor crime March 14 in Canadian County District Court.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt v. Oklahoma decision, which created jurisdictional chaos in Oklahoma by effectively declaring that most of eastern Oklahoma remains Indian reservations, is indirectly defunding court systems and public-safety entities throughout much of the state, according to the...

In comments made last week, U.S. Sen. James Lankford urged his colleagues to approve a resolution that “recognizes the necessity of school choice as a tool to empower all parents with the freedom to choose the best educational environment for their children.”

LAWSUITS Cassandra Landreth-Emmons, individually and as next friend of A.C. and S.C., minors, vs. Gwen Solamillo Alabata for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

El Reno Mobile Meals has established an endowment fund at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation to support its mission in perpetuity.

Canadian County commissioners reinstituted a burn ban after recent storms failed to put a dent in dangerous dry conditions across the area. “According to the drought monitor, we are in the second most severe level,” District 1 Commissioner Marc Hader said.