The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported a 19-year-old Calumet man was killed in a single-vehicle accident on SH 66 in Caddo County.
Trooper Brent Tucker reported Langston Alan Pratt was killed in the accident that happened about 2:30 a.m. April 25.
The OHP report said the vehicle being driven by Pratt was eastbound on SH 66 in Caddo County at a high rate of speed when the driver apparently lost control.
Canadian County CASA - Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc. - has welcomed its newest volunteer, Jennie Shain.
Shain made the commitment to give her time to help abused and neglected children in the county.\
Judge Bob Hughey swore her in earlier this month. She said she is excited to begin her journey in becoming an advocate for children in need.
Canadian County CASA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children that have been adjudicated by the court as abused or neglected.
When Jackie and Karis Long’s rental house was damaged from a severe water leak caused by the HVAC condensation line, they expected their landlord, the national real estate investment company American Homes 4 Rent, to repair the damage in a timely manner.
Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ hired the same lobbying firm as the parent company of a financial firm he later recommended for a state contract, raising more questions about whether the treasurer’s compressed selection process was fair and transparent.
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Jefferson Capital Systems LLC vs. Daniel Perhane for $1,802.13 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Penny Collier for $2,560.10 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Jefferson Capital Systems LLC vs. Samantha Knaggs for $502.32 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Bradley Lorenz for $3,752.34 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
It might be hard to believe, but El Reno’s soon to open restaurant, Sonny’s Kitchen and Bar, actually got its start in Washington, D.C.
Expected to open soon at 1515 S. Rock Island, workers are putting the finishing touches on the building, converting it from the VFW Post that hosted all kinds of community events, into a restaurant and bar operated by award-winning chef Andrew Black.
So how does a star in the culinary world find his way to El Reno? Most likely fate and faith, said Black.
Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell was in El Reno last week along with dozens of other visitors who all made their way to The Filling Station.
El Reno Public Information and Marketing Manager Lyndsay Bayne said 48 visitors from 15 states as well as the countries of Switzerland, Italy and England made a stop at the local attraction.
Bayne said close to 2,000 domestic and 500 international visitors have made a stop at The Filling Station since Jan. 1 of this year.
El Reno will celebrate the 38th Annual Burger Day Festival on May 2.
The downtown is expected to be filled with thousands of people “coming together for food, music, shopping and community,” said Becky Lockler
“It’s something you truly have to experience in person.”
Lockler, El Reno High School teacher and a board member of the newly created Historic Downtown El Reno Foundation, was speaking at last week’s El Reno Now breakfast.
Two pieces of El Reno Public Schools record $69.5 million bond election, passed last October, are a step closer to turning dirt and pouring concrete.
At the April meeting, the El Reno School Board voted 5-0 to approve the design documents presented by the Larson Design Group for the multi-sport and band buildings at Memorial Stadium.
The board further authorized LDG and Willowbrook Services, the project manager, to proceed to the construction documents phase for both projects.
Ryan Bellgardt doesn’t measure success in blockbuster budgets.
“Don’t think of it as one $30 million movie — think of it as 30 $1 million movies,” said the Oklahoma City filmmaker and co-owner of Boiling Point Media, describing the kind of steady, small-scale production he believes can sustain a local industry.
