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LAWSUITS Wakefield & Associates LLC vs. Clay Symes for $1,338 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Wakefield & Associates LLC vs. Rachel Blint for $1,357 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

In the 1980s, when a person bought a car or truck from Bill Thompson, the El Reno auto dealer would present a handmade clock to the customer. The wall clock was built from wood Thompson purchased from the defunct Rock Island Railroad. The clocks were an El Reno original.

A longtime Canadian County judge’s bailiff is being recognized for her outstanding career by having a conference room named in her honor inside the county courthouse. Tammy Perando officially retired Jan. 31 after 27 years as a bailiff at the Canadian County Courthouse.

The Canadian County Sheriff’s Office plans to add several more counties that will accept county inmates. An agreement with Logan County was formally approved Jan. 18 to house county inmates at a rate of $41 per inmate per day.

The Oklahoma CareerTech Testing Center, a division of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, is expanding a partnership with the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety to offer written tests for commercial driver’s licenses.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Logan Phillips, R-Mounds, has filed legislation for the upcoming session that would establish the Southeast Asia Economic Trade Office. The office would be housed in Taiwan to advance Oklahoma’s interests in the country and region.

DIVORCES GRANTED Cari Ann Edwards vs. Christopher Michael Edwards. Yuqing Liu vs. Yuanjun Sun. Heather Gibson vs. Andrew Gibson. Salvador Rodriguez vs. Crystal Rodriguez. Hayli K. Perdue vs. David R. Perdue. John Hartley vs. Tammy Barnwell. Stevie Dunning vs. Jeremy Dunning.

When Kyle Dillingham and his band Horseshoe Road take the stage Saturday night at the Centre Theatre, there will be several broken violins on stage with them. The broken violins aren’t props. They are part of the award-winning Dillingham’s show.

Okarche Fire Chief Steve Liebl confirmed two people were injured Monday by an explosion at an oil site owned by Devon Energy. The site is located west of Okarche at the corner of NW 248th Street and Brandley Road.

Nine entities have made formal requests totaling more than $23.7 million for Canadian County federal stimulus funds. Canadian County has been awarded $28.8 million through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021. The county has received half ($14.4 million) of the funds.