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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company vs. Deondra Yvette Graham for $11,353.79 for alleged actual damages.

Craig A. Moreland vs. Pelsang Sechang and Brother Luo Inc. for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

Citizen Energy III LLC vs. Red Wolf Acquisitions LLC, Red Wolf Natural Resources LLC and Wells Fargo Bank N.A. for $8,389,439.53 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

The power of reading, especially over the summer months, has been the main focal point of Wesley United Methodist Church’s Project Transformation.

The project started eight years ago with the goal to help elementary students in El Reno maintain or improve their reading skills over the summer break.

This year, Project Transformation had planned to up the summer offerings with a bookmobile after partnering with El Reno Public Schools.

A U.S. military airplane built in the mid-1950s to prepare young pilots for flying an array of Vietnam-era jets has been recalled to active, non-military duty.

The North American Aviation (NAA) T-28C was replaced by more modern military aircraft in the early 1980s. Now, one of these historic planes will be used to prepare aircraft sheet metal workers and mechanics for Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) licensure at Canadian Valley Technology Center’s El Reno campus.

On June 4, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes signed an agreement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to place tribal property located in Geary into trust status.

This was the C&A’s first successful effort to place land into trust since the Tribes Constitution was ratified in 2006.

“The tribes have a long history of trying to place purchased lands into trust status for self-determination and to improve the tribes’ economic development,” said Cheyenne and Arapaho Gov. Reggie Wassana.

A veteran Canadian County deputy who died in a traffic accident Feb. 14 was honored during a county commissioners meeting.

David Lanning, the husband of Lt. Shirley Lanning, was presented with a citation from the Oklahoma Legislature during the meeting.

The presentation was made by State Reps. Brian Hill, R-Mustang, and Denise Crosswhite Hader, R-Piedmont.

Two Mustang police officers who were involved in a deadly shooting earlier this month have been cleared of any wrongdoing.

Canadian County Assistant District Attorney Eric Epplin said the two officers, whose names have not been made public, were cleared following a review of a report from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

The shooting, which occurred June 5, resulted in the death of Benjamin Ballard of Yukon.

Epplin said after reviewing the report, the shooting was determined to have been justified.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A couple of state lawmakers are touting the potential of a new partnership that could help Oklahoma grow its beef processing capacity.

State Reps. Ty Burns, R-Pawnee, and Kyle Hilbert, R-Bristow, said the partnership between the Oklahoma Departments of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and Career Tech schools could help clear a processing backlog for Oklahoma cattle producers.

State ranchers in recent months have faced a backlog in getting their cattle processed, being told they could have up to a year-and-a-half wait.

LAWSUITS

Tinker Federal Credit Union vs. Clyde L. Clark for $17,483.19 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Magnolia Trace Property Owners Association Inc. vs. Jerome Askin for declaratory and injunctive relief.

Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. J. Wesley Cusher for $11,532.88 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Iron Goat Garage LLC vs. Chris Day for $25,000 for alleged damages.

Craig McVay knows education in Oklahoma, during the COVID-19 pandemic, is not a one-size-fits-all deal.

So that’s why the El Reno superintendent wants to know what parents in the district feel about the 2020-21 school year and how the administration should handle classwork for its nearly 3,000 students.

“Most school districts are planning to see what parents feel comfortable doing. Our team wants to know what is the best scenario for our parents. We have a lot of families with two working parents and if we went straight digital, it would not work,” said McVay.

A new Canadian County Fairgrounds should be open for business within a year.

Architect Todd Gralla said the new $15 million fairgrounds is expected to be ready in time to host the 2021 Canadian County Free Fair.

Gralla, with Populous, the Norman-based firm hired to design the first phase of the project, said the new fairgrounds will include a combination expo center/arena that will accommodate crowds of about 2,000, all under one climate-controlled roof.