April 2020

Margy Stephens passed away on Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020, at Dell-Seton Hospital in Austin, Texas. She was born in El Reno, the fourth child of James Ellis and Peggy Walsh Smith.

Kyler Walker, a plumbing apprentice and lifelong resident of El Reno, died unexpectedly on Sunday, April 12, 2020, at the age of 28. Kyler was born April 17, 1991, to Tony and BJ (Thompson) Walker. He graduated from El Reno High School in 2009.

Betty Ann Heinrich was born Oct. 26, 1926, southeast of El Reno in Carl and Carrie Pivniska’s farm house to Ross and Bessie Hubbard. She passed away April 12, 2020, in her home east of El Reno with her kids by her side.

STILLWATER  —  An innovative collaboration between two campuses at Oklahoma State University is allowing the institution to play a key role in the state’s fight against COVID-19.

(This is a preliminary agenda and is subject to change before the meeting.) EL RENO CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting Tuesday – April 14, 2020 – 5:30 P.M. El Reno City Council Chambers 101 N. Choctaw Avenue AGENDA In-Person Attendees: Matt White, Mayor Bob Ballhorn, Council Member Ward...

It is unlikely Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein had social distancing in mind when they penned the stanza of the adopted state song referring to sitting alone, talking and bird watching.

As of Thursday afternoon, a race had developed for the office of Canadian County Court Clerk. Information provided by the county election board shows incumbent Marie Hirst drew an opponent in Rindie Hunt. Both Hirst and Hunt list their addresses as in El Reno.

March 19: A man was pulled over for an improper tag. He was arrested for driving under revocation, improper tag display and no insurance. His passenger was arrested for possession of ecstasy pills. The driver was booked in, released and given a court date due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Charges against an Oklahoma City truck driver accused in the death of a Yukon businessman have been upgraded to murder. The Canadian County District Attorney’s Office has filed a second-degree murder charge against Donald Garrett Biffle.