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Sheriff West witnesses border ‘debacle’
Canadian County Sheriff Chris West spent three days this spring in El Paso, Texas along with sheriffs from across the country and members of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Border Patrol. In all, members of five sheriff’s organizations (the National Sheriffs Association, the Western States Sheriffs...
County office shuffling begins
A “shuffling” of Canadian County offices is underway, which will ultimately relocate the county’s family justice center for domestic abuse survivors to Yukon. Cardinal Point and its resource partners will occupy what has – since the early 1990s – been the Canadian County Health Department’s Yukon office, 1023 E Vandament.
Woman charged in death on El Reno street
EL RENO – An Oklahoma City woman is in the Canadian County Jail accused of driving drunk and killing a man on an El Reno public street. Brooke Alexis Mills, 36, was charged June 6 in Canadian County District Court with second-degree murder and/or, in the alternative, first-degree manslaughter and driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.
Commissioners approve expo authority budget, talk old health department remodel
Canadian County Commissioners David Anderson and Tomas Manske had a full agenda to work through when they met for the weekly commissioners meeting in El Reno on Monday morning. One of the first things on the docket was discussing the Canadian County Expo Authority. FY2025 budget. Anderson offered some context...
Man gets 25 years for daughter’s overdose death
A Red Lake, Minn., man has been convicted of causing the fentanyl-related death of his daughter last year in western Canadian County.George Harold Graves, 55,…. A Red Lake, Minn., man has been convicted of causing the fentanyl-related death of his daughter last year in western Canadian County.George Harold Graves, 55, was sentenced June 7 to serve 25 years…
Inmate Escapes Union City Corrections Facility In Canadian County
Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from a Union City correction facility on Sunday. The Union City Police Department said Samuel Stevens, 26, escaped from the Union City Community Corrections Facility and ran southbound on North Main around 5:42 p.m. Stevens is 6-foot-4, 235 pounds with short brown...
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