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OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Ken Luttrell, R-Ponca City, has filed House Bill 3008, a bill that would add in-person sports betting to the Oklahoma state-tribal gaming compact. “I have had conversations with our gaming tribes during the interim to gauge their interest on this topic,” Luttrell said.

LAWSUITS Velocity Investments LLC vs. Ghemelle D. Joiner for $2,219.59 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Velocity Investments LLC vs. Jose Muniz for $1,643.19 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Veto Richey, like a lot of young guys, had some big hair in the early 1980s. Former El Reno High School football coaches Tom Cobble and Rocky Carter remember some of their players like Richey would put a hair net on to help make their helmets fit better.

A Moore woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for driving drunk and killing four people in a Canadian County highway collision.

El Reno’s Little League wrestling program held an Indian Taco fundraiser Sunday at the old county fairgrounds.

A Canadian County judge has granted the county commissioners’ motion for summary judgment in a negligence suit stemming from a Mustang woman’s fall near the county jail.

ANADARKO – Promising her team they could douse her with water if they won the 2021 Anadarko Warrior Classic, El Reno head coach Jennifer Douglas put up little resistance in the locker room following the game with Millwood.

A Yukon woman who brought drugs into the Canadian County Jail has pleaded guilty and received a seven-year deferred sentence.

MUNICIPAL COURT Wesley Don Vandiver, Checotah, speeding, $195. Johnny E. Frost, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295. Andrea Beaver, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295. Randolph James Youngbull, Geary, failure to appear warrant, $295.

El Reno Public Schools transitioned to distance learning throughout the district after an outbreak of positive cases for COVID-19. The district first said students at Hillcrest and Rose Witcher Learning Centers would switch to remote learning on Tuesday, Jan.11.