Public Records - January 19
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MUNICIPAL COURT Jeremy Lane Birdshead, Watonga, failure to appear warrant, $295. Arturo Espinoza, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295. Anthony K. Howell, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.
News
State Presidential Preferential Primary election set for March 3
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Oklahoma’s Presidential Preferential Primary election is scheduled for March 3. Here is what you need to know. ›Eligible voters may cast only one ballot for the Presidential Preferential Primary (PPP).
Registered voters in Oklahoma increase ahead of 2020 races
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Official Oklahoma voter registration statistics recently released show 2,090,107 Oklahomans are registered to vote heading into the 2020 election cycle. Oklahoma’s official voter registration statistics are counted every year on
El Reno Police Reports - January 19
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›Jan. 1: A stop sign controlling southbound traffic on Mitchell was bent from some sort of impact, likely a vehicle. There was no evidence, and the officer completed the break
Senator files bill to unify public safety agencies
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Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair, filed Senate Bill 1602, also known as the Oklahoma Public Safety Unification Act of 2020, which would create the Oklahoma Public Safety Agency. The new agency
Borrowing from savings account
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Canadian County commissioners transferred $150,000 from the reserves of the Gary E. Miller Children’s Justice Center after the sales tax that supports it came up short. Commissioners took the action
The hope for hemp
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Two years worth of data is a start, but it’s not enough to help push Oklahoma’s potential for hemp production forward. For that reason, Redlands Community College will build a
Sound of music fills school board hall
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The sound of music filled the air inside the El Reno Public Schools Administration Building. The school board’s January meeting began with a performance by two high school music groups,
‘Hey, Taxi’
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It just got easier to get around El Reno or even to Oklahoma City.
At a city council meeting on Tuesday, a new taxi service business was approved for El Reno.
McGee TaxiCab will likely begin operation within a few days. The owner and sole cab driver, Georgia McGee, has been pushing this idea for a couple of weeks. She’s excited the road has been cleared for her.
“I just want to help my community,” McGee said. “There’s a big need for this service in El Reno.”
El Reno, manager part ways
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El Reno parted ways with City Manager Jeremy Frazier Tuesday night.
Frazier’s one-year contract was up for renewal at the January city council meeting. Council opted not to renew the contract, effectively ending Frazier’s time here.
A motion to renew the contract by Ward 4 council representative Tracey Rider died for lack of a second.
Mayor Matt White said Frazier was scheduled to meet with City Attorney Roger Rinehart and himself Wednesday afternoon to finalize details of the departure.
