December 2019

Police said an altercation between two adults took place about 5 pm on Friday. The incident took place on Watts, near El Reno High School but did not involve the school or students.

The Halliburton property where more than 800 people worked before the energy giant announced it was closing its El Reno operation is expected to be sold.

Mayor Matt White told an El Reno Now audience the state Department of Commerce has indicated there is “a line” of potential buyers for the property.

Halliburton announced it was closing the campus on East SH 66 earlier this month. The energy giant said it was moving the operations back to Duncan where it had relocated from about five years ago.

Funeral services for Zelda Darlene Harjo were held Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Services were under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home.

Darlene passed away Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, at her home after a courageous two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born Oct. 14, 1946, in El Reno to Otto and Anna Wiese.

Darlene grew up in Wewoka and attended Butner High School. She met her husband, Raymond of 17 years in her hometown, Wewoka.

PIEDMONT – During the first and final four minutes of last week’s game with No.8 Piedmont, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team was literally unstoppable - outscoring the eighth-ranked Wildcats 26-8 in their top 10 showdown.

However, hiccups on both ends of the floor over the other 24 minutes left Class 5A’s ninth-ranked Indians struggling to gain their footing. Put the minutes together and the Wildcats clawed out a narrow 61-57 win over El Reno.

PIEDMONT – On the defensive side of the floor, Class 5A’s fourth-ranked El Reno High School’s girls basketball team held Piedmont to its third lowest scoring total of the season.

The only problem - the top-ranked Wildcats did the same to the Indians.

El Reno was held to a season-low 36 points in a 51-36 setback to the defending 5A state champions.