ONG seeks 25-year franchise to serve Yukon
A natural gas franchise election awaits Yukon voters when polls within the city open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 2. Voters will determine whether to grant a franchise agreement between Oklahoma Natural Gas and the City of Yukon for 25 years. City and ONG officials have said area home and business owners…
Read MoreDuplex zoning changes turned down
Planning commission members will be recommending to city council the denial of two requests at 200 N. Yukon Parkway. Commission members voted no on both applications on behalf of Ashton Gray, LLC for zoning changes which would have provided for a planned unit development (PUD) on the 4.25-acre property, and a zoning change from C3…
Read MoreYPS recovering from ‘perfect storm’
Superintendent Jason Simeroth labeled a revenue shortfall at Yukon Public Schools as “the perfect storm” during discussion at Monday night’s Yukon Board of Education meeting. Simeroth said the district will have to recover about $5 million in its spending. That perfect storm was described as a compilation of the closing of school and the closing…
Read MoreWrestling homecoming is Tuesday night
Wrestling homecoming for the Millers is during Tuesday night’s match against Enid. Coronation will be at 6:45 p.m., according to Coach Joe Schneider, and the varsity dual meet will immediately follow. Members of the homecoming court include: senior girls Macy Brookshire, Aubrey Sperry, Kirsten Richards, and Savannah White; and senior boys Chance Bailey, Zach Butcher,…
Read MoreDistrict to offer options for students
When Yukon students return from the Winter Break in January, they will continue with the school district’s continuous learning plan … but only for a week. The school board voted Monday to approve a new option that will allow parents to choose whether their students return to the classroom, use the virtual school or a…
Read MoreObituaries – Elvia Parodi Daniels; Bette Jo Lawson
Elvia Parodi Daniels of Yukon, born Jan. 9, 1940, passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 14, 2020, due to complications related to the COVID-19 virus. Elvia, a native of Panama, was married to her surviving spouse, Lonnie Daniels, Sr., originally of Norman, for 56 years. Elvia is also survived by her daughter, Jalima Huskey and husband…
Read MoreCouncil trims city manager finalists list
Yukon’s mayor says she hopes to begin formal interviews with finalists for the city manager’s job within the next two to three weeks. The city council met in executive session for 2½ hours Tuesday to review applications for the position, which will become vacant in January when Jim Crosby retires. Crosby announced his plans last…
Read MoreDebris cleanup crews to take break
The process of cleaning up debris from the Oct. 26 ice storm is going well, officials said. Crews from Arbor Master and the city will take a break from the cleanup process beginning Tuesday. The work will resume Nov. 30, said Assistant City Manager Tammy Krutchmar. The process, thus far, has been long and exhausting.…
Read MoreCoach reflects on Yukon’s ‘strange’ football season
For Yukon coach Jeremy Reed, there is a lot of soul searching in his future. The Millers’ head football coach said this week that he will have to look hard at what went wrong this year when the Millers lost twice to their archrival. Yukon opened and closed its season against Mustang. Reed said 2020…
Read MoreObituaries – Bonnie Belle (Hughes) Gifford; Walter Evert McGaugh
Bonnie Belle (Hughes) Gifford was born in Cumberland County, Kentucky, on March 17, 1932, to Charlie and Lois Hughes. She passed away peacefully at home in Houston, Texas, on Nov. 15 at the age of 88. Bonnie came from a large depression-era family of 10 sisters and one brother. Her family moved from Kentucky to…
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