With smiles, celebration and the sounds of a traditional drum song echoing in the air, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes marked a new chapter in early childhood education with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly expanded Concho Childcare Development Center.
The event drew a crowd of tribal leaders, community members, staff and families who gathered to witness the unveiling of the much-anticipated expansion.
The Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics (ODAA) is celebrating another year of leading the nation with the highest number of schools providing aerospace curriculum.
More than 144 Oklahoma schools are slated to implement the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) “You Can Fly” program across the state this fall.
Financial security is a life goal for everyone, and building the skills to achieve that goal starts at an early age.
Learning money management skills early in life will help children develop good habits, said Mengya Wang, Oklahoma State University Extension finance specialist.
“Children start to develop financial attitude at 5 to 6 years old,” Wang said.
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Rain did not keep young anglers away from the 2025 Mary K. Ashbrook Kids Fishing Derby at Lake El Reno over the weekend.
The event is hosted by the El Reno Sportsman’s Club.
El Reno police are asking the public to help if anyone has information about a shooting that took place Friday night.
Assistant Police Chief Kirk Dickerson said officers responded to a call about 11:40 about gunshots being fired in the area of North Grand and West Woodson.
Emergency personnel responded and located one adult male victim suffering from what is believed to be a gunshot wound.
This man, who was not identified, was taken to a local medical center for further treatment of a non-life-threatening injury.
A jury found a Yukon man guilty last week of obstructing a deputy during an unusual 2023 interaction in the tiny lobby of the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office.
After three days of conflicting witness testimony and more than two hours of deliberation, jurors determined Charles Bishop III had obstructed Lt. Ed Purcer on Sept. 15, 2023. During the incident, Bishop verbally interjected as deputies arrested a separate person, Madison Hernandez, while Bishop was waiting on an open records request.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s tribal nations contributed $23.4 billion to the state’s economy in 2023, according to a study released last week.
Over 55,000 Oklahomans were directly employed by tribes and nearly 140,000 jobs were supported for both tribal citizens and non-citizens, the tribal-backed study found. This totals more than $7.8 billion in wages and benefits in 2023.
A Canadian County judge has dismissed a felony case against a former Yukon man accused of posting online threats to Jewish people.
Shawn Christian Tuttle, age 35, was charged in October 2024 with use of a computer system to put another in fear of harm or death after an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Terrorism Task Force.
Special Judge David H. Halley in April approved an order dismissing the case “without prejudice” at the request of District Attorney Tommy Humphries.
Security cameras will be moved this summer to Canadian County’s temporary administration offices – a move endorsed this week by a visiting retired county commissioner.
County commissioners voted 3-0 last week to approve a contract from DIGI Security Systems to relocate the existing security cameras from the County Administration Building at 201 N. Choctaw to two buildings that will house administrative departments during construction of the new county courthouse.
