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The proposed new secretary of the Commissioners of the Land Office ran an energy company which filed for bankruptcy last year and had been underpaying the commission royalties for oil and gas production.

The Cheyenne and Arapaho Business Development Corporation (CABDC) is moving forward into a new agricultural era of growing industrial hemp. The moves are being made in accordance with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 2018 Farm Bill.

LAWSUITS Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Tammy Crawford for $11,589.37 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Deville Asset Management Ltd. vs. Kelly Brooks for $12,766.45 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Progress continues on what would be Oklahoma’s first roundabout created on a highway system and that distinction is scheduled to land in El Reno. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is planning to build the roundabout at SH 66 and U.S. 81.

About 2 pounds of meth was seized on Friday, July 3 after Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics agents searched a vehicle pulled over in El Reno. Mark Woodward, spokesman for OBN, said agents “working the interstate” stopped the pickup as it pulled into the Domino on U.S. 81, just north of I-40.

El Reno police are investigating three separate fires that appear to have been intentionally set. On Monday just before 6 a.m., a fire was reported at 307 S. Foster. Police and firemen found an old barn fully engulfed when they arrived.

For the first time in at least a decade, Canadian County is not housing any inmates in jails outside of the county. As of Tuesday, there were 138 inmates in the county jail in El Reno.

By October, crews from Sherwood Construction in Tulsa should begin pushing dirt to make way for an interchange that will allow travelers access to Frisco Road from Interstate 40. The Oklahoma Transportation Commission awarded the contract to the company on Monday.

The construction company that is overseeing the work at the new Canadian County Fairgrounds will be able to continue working as the county negotiates with Oklahoma Natural Gas about a right-of-way on the site.

Epic Charter Schools experiment running a rural Oklahoma school district has ended. The Epic company that has managed Panola Public Schools in southeastern Oklahoma since 2017 has notified the district it is terminating its contract two years early.