August 2019

The clock has hit zero. El Reno High School’s football team will open up the 2019 season Friday at Memorial Stadium with only one scrimmage under its belt. “It’s here and we’ve got to get four good days of practice in this week before we open the season,” said El Reno head coach Chuck Atchison.

El Reno High School’s volleyball team snapped a two-match slide last week and earned its first road victory of the season with a 3-1 decision over Tuttle. The 25-13/26-24/27-29/25-17 win lifted El Reno to 3-5 on the year and 1-3 in games away from Jenks Simmons Field House.

Football will have a very vanilla feel for El Reno High School come Friday night as the Indians host a triangular scrimmage with both Clinton and Lawton Eisenhower. The event was originally set for just Clinton and will serve as the Indians only preseason work.

School pride, some graduates say, is lost once a student leaves the hallowed halls of high school and enters college or the real world. If that is a true statement, someone forgot to ask Massey Beard.

El Reno Mayor Matt White filed for re-election on Monday and drew at least one opponent in former longtime school board member Steve Jensen. The filing period closes at 4:30 today, Wednesday, Aug. 28. Filings are done at the Canadian County Election Board.

A combination of events led to the closing of the Geary Community Nursing Home, said the owner. On Aug. 11, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services terminated the provider agreement for the nursing home. The owner of the home said she then voluntarily closed the center last week.

When SSM Saint Anthony’s became El Reno's primary health provider on May 1, the arrangement was described as a first for “rural Oklahoma.” No other community, an SSM official said at the time, would have a 24-hour emergency room provided in conjunction with an Urgent Care Clinic.

County officials have finalized agreements with an architectural firm and a construction management company to build the new Canadian County Fairgrounds.

El Reno police are looking for a dark-colored four-door sedan after a man was apparently shot around 10:30 Thursday night. Police said a 31-year-old Indian male was found in the 2500 block of Stone Glen suffering from one or more gunshot wounds.

Funeral services for Karen Kay Fairchild will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 22 at Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Jeff Klade and Marvin Henschel officiating. Interment will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery at a later date. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.