News
By Glen Miller
Levi Davidson holds up his daughter, Poppy J as she blows bubbles from a machine purchased from a vendor at the 36th Annual El Reno Burger Day Festival over…
An eight-member committee has been appointed to help oversee the next phase of Canadian County’s new courthouse construction project.
County commissioners on…
By News Staff
An inmate at the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution was found unresponsive Saturday night and later was pronounced deceased.
Correctional officers found…
By News Staff
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Landowners Bill of Rights, or HB 3159, was signed into law.
The bill gives landowners the right of first refusal if the land is ever sold…
Sports
By Glen Miller
Final round hiccups in course management cost El Reno High School’s girls golf team a shot at the top five at the 2024 Oklahoma Girls Class 5A State Golf…
By News Staff
El Reno High School’s boys soccer team missed the playoffs and closed out the season with a 5-1 road loss at Woodward.
The setback dropped El Reno, with…
By Glen Miller
Maple School’s track team brought home three state titles from the 2024 Oklahoma Rural Elementary Schools Division 3 State Track and Field Championships as…
By Glen Miller
Union City High School’s baseball team exited its playoff run recently with a 10-3 setback to 14th-ranked Hydro-Eakly in an elimination game at the 2024 Class…
Lifestyle
By Guest Author
Often mistaken for a disease, the leucanium scale is an insect pest that’s appearing in landscapes this spring.
You can easily rub them off the stem and when…
By News Staff
The 2024 Southwestern Oklahoma State University Physics Banquet was hosted recently at the Stafford Air & Space Museum.
Several awards were presented and…
By News Staff
The Okarche speech team recently attended the State Speech Tournament at Rose State College in Midwest City.
The tournament lasted two days, ending with the…
By News Staff
Okarche High School April Students of the Month are Henry McIlvain and Parker Schieber.
Okarche April Lion and Lioness honorees are Wager Black and Haley Mayo.
Obituaries
Barbara Ann Crosby Meyerhoeffer, 92, of Owasso, passed away April 30, 2024. She was born Dec. 18, 1931, in Staunton, Va., to Lily and Lloyd Crosby.
Barbara…
Lila Kay Scott, age 76, of Downs, Kan., passed away April 28, 2024. She was born Jan. 24, 1948, in El Reno to Ed Stiner and Dorris Harris.
Lila grew up in El…
Wake service for Melissa Black will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 5, with funeral services at 1 p.m. Monday.
Both services will be at the Watonga Emergency…
Graveside service for Wilma Jean Hale of Augusta, Kan., will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 3 at the El Reno Cemetery. Services are under the direction of…