Event celebrates city’s new bike trail
By CHRIS EVERSOLE For The Yukon Review Young and old celebrated the completion of a section of a Yukon bike trail and observed Bike to Work Day on Saturday. The city moved the Bike to Work observation to a Saturday so that children could participate, said Riley DeLong, the supervisor of the Yukon Com-munity Center.…
Read MoreCounty budget to include pay raises
By SHANE SMITH For The Yukon Review Canadian County officials say nothing is more important than the well-being of their employees. Some of those workers could soon get a raise. At Wednesay’s budget meeting, the commissioners, Sheriff Chris West and other officials praised the way employees have handled the COVID-19 crisis. They applauded them for…
Read MoreObituary – Peter Marquez
Peter Marquez died Sept. 7 at his home in Yukon. A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. Monday and Mass of Christian Burial 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Both services will be at St. John Nepomuk Church in Yukon with the Rev. Rex Arnold and Deacon John Teague officiating. Burial will be in the El…
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter supporters rally in Yukon
By SHANE SMITH For The Yukon Review “Your silence is violence! Black Lives Matter!” Those words were shouted Monday by several people on the side of State Highway 66. They were part of a group of at least 30 demonstrators who gathered at the intersection of Yukon Parkway and the highway to voice their concerns.…
Read MoreStitt pushes effort to help state’s vulnerable residents
By SHANE SMITH El Reno Tribune EL RENO — Gov. Kevin Stitt wants us all to be neighbors. Stitt spoke Friday at Youth and Family Services, detailing his Be a Neighbor initiative, a program intended to help some of the most in need and vulnerable in the state. Stitt said people can get involved with…
Read MoreOBITUARY – Richard Edward Buxton
Richard Edward Buxton was born Feb. 8, 1952, in Norman to Fred and Ernestine Buxton. He grew up on a family farm before moving to Mustang, where they opened the first grocery store in town. He attended and graduated from Mustang Schools in 1970. He worked many jobs in and around construction, from owning and…
Read MoreOBITUARY – Ellarue (Johnson) Symes – Death Notices
Ellarue (Johnson) Symes Ellarue (Johnson) Symes, our precious mother, went to Heaven, at the age of 86 years, 11 months on Jan. 7, surrounded by her loving family. Ellarue was born Feb. 2, 1933, to Iva Lucilla (Wade) and Samuel Christopher Johnson. She was the middle sister of three girls. She attended Crooked Oak School,…
Read MoreMustang High School students make toys for needy children
As they have for the past eight years, students in Mike McGarry’s woodworking class at Mustang High School built wooden toys for Good Samaritan Toys, an organization that Glenn Morgan founded almost 30 years ago. “It has been an absolute blessing,” Morgan said. The students supplemented the other wooden toys that Good Samaritan Toys built…
Read MoreMeadow Brook teacher wins international award
Meaghan Taylor, a Mustang High School graduate and a Meadow Brook Intermediate School teacher, knew from an early age that her calling was to be a special education teacher, and now she is being recognized for that passion. Brook received the Andrew Halpern Early Career Practitioner Award at the Council for Exceptional Children Division on…
Read MoreEx-Homeland Security official heading school safety
By Shannon Rigsby The Mustang Board of Education on Monday approved the hiring of Jennifer Newell to fill the new position of director of school safety and security. Newell, a retired officer for the Norman Police Department, served for nearly five years as the program manager for the Oklahoma School Security Institute through the federal…
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