Desiree Rickett FROM STAFF REPORTS Five students from Canadian County, including two from Mustang, are among 16,000 students nationally who have been named semifinalists for a National Merit Scholarship. Morgan Askeland and Desiree Rickett, both seniors at Mustang High School, have been selected. They join Hallie Funkhouser of Yukon High School, Luke Arnould of Southwest…

By TERRY GROOVER tgroover@theyukonreview.com Yukon continues to be one of the safest cities in Oklahoma, according to a new report released this week by a national website. Backgroundcheck.com has listed Yukon as the third safest city in Oklahoma. Weatherford and Elk City top the list. The report, which is based off statistics provided by the…

By TERRY GROOVER tgroover@theyukonreview.com Firefighters from Yukon and Mustang are part of a team of rescuers who are in Florida to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. Yukon Fire Chief Shawn Vogt said Capt. Cary Provence, a 19-year veteran of the department, is part of a search and rescue team that left Saturday for…

By CHRIS EVERSOLE newseditor@mustangnews.info District Attorney Mike Fields has hired a woman with 17 years of experience as the project coordinator for the planned Canadian County Family Justice Center. The project coordinator is Kristie Chandler, who is the certification program manager in the Victim Services Unit of the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office. “Kristie’s passion and…

By CHRIS EVERSOLE newseditor@mustangnews.info Federal assistance is helping Canadian County recover from the double disasters that hit the county in the spring – in the form of flooding and a tornado that killed two people on May 25. The county has been notified of the amount of assistance from individual grants through the Federal Emergency…

By CHRIS EVERSOLE newseditor@mustangnews.info Canadian County is a hotbed for new oil and gas wells, but with the surge of drilling and fracking has come challenges. Oil and gas companies were abandoning some of their pipes, cutting ditches along county roads. Sometime, oil companies would leave behind old tires that that they use to cushion…

By CHRIS EVERSOLE newseditor@mustangnews.info The new Mustang Central Middle School was quiet at 7:30 a.m. Friday, with several parents and their kids already waiting in the parking lot ahead of official opening of the doors for the first time at 8:10 a.m. Around 7:45 a.m., several parents who teach at Central – accompanied by their…

By BOB CRAMER bcramer@mustangnews.info Mustang High School’s football team intends to play “PHAST” this season: physical and fast on offense. It’s a theme new head coach Lee Blankenship has employed the past eight seasons. The Broncos want to pressure opposing defenses, moving up and down the field with their up-tempo, multiple offense. Mustang returns 12…

By CHRIS EVERSOLE newseditor@mustangnews.info Mustang Public Schools is doing better than usual in hiring bus drivers, but the district still needs five more drivers to have a full roster for the school year. “It’s not too bad, but it’s not great,” said Transportation Director Angela McClure. She credits raises totaling $2 over the past year…

Due to construction, southbound traffic on South Mustang Road near Mustang High School will be detoured when school begins Friday. Photo / Chris EversoleBy CHRIS EVERSOLE newseditor@mustangnews.info When Mustang Public Schools open Friday, southbound traffic will be detoured on South Mustang Road in an area that includes three schools – Mustang High, Mustang Elementary and…

By CHRIS EVERSOLE newseditor@mustangnews.info When Mustang schools open next Friday, the school district will experience a variety of changes. The biggest change will be the opening of Central Middle School, a 100,000-square-foot, two story building on S.W. 44th Street that can accommodate 700 students. A new science academy, a free-standing building on the high school…