October 2020

Canadian County Commissioner Marc Hader said he would “respect the sweat equity” put in by people seeking an election related to Sunday alcohol sales through the process of an initiative petition.

Supporters plan to circulate a petition asking Canadian County commissioners to call an election so voters can decide whether to allow Sunday sales of alcohol by the drink at county restaurants and bars, and Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages by retail stores.

Director Tom Shell watches a monitor while giving direction to actors during the filming of his movie Sorority Sister Killer. Scenes were shot inside and around the home owned by Randy Hurst in the 600 block of Barker Avenue. It’s the fourth time since the COVID-19 lockdown was lifted in May for Hollywood to use locations around El Reno for filming.

El Reno High School held its 2020-21 All Sports homecoming festivities recently before the game with Noble. It’s the second year for EHS to hold the homecoming event for all sports during the fall.

Above, Dorian Plumley was named king and Krystiana Guzman queen during the crowning ceremony, which was a socially-distanced event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Yukon man is in the Canadian County Jail in connection with the death of a 10-month-old child.

Joshua Paul Jennings is being held on a first-degree murder complaint after being arrested last week.

According to Oklahoma City police, officers were called to Mercy Minor Emergency Clinic, 520 S. Mustang Road, at 2:48 p.m. Sept. 25, after Paisley Cearley was brought to the clinic.

Authorities said the child had critical injuries and was taken to an area hospital.

The child died the next morning, officials said.

The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes received a $17,000 First Nations Development Institute Grant that will help provide a wireless broadband network Internet access to tribal members.

The grant assists the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes to design and create a wireless broadband network serving western Oklahoma and will allow the tribes to provide 2.5 GHz wireless Internet access to tribal members.

“If someone calls it socialism,” said Rev. William Barber at an August 2019 conference of the Democratic National Committee, “then we must compel them to acknowledge that the Bible must then promote socialism, because Jesus offered free health care to everyone, and he never charged a leper a co-pay.” 

The award amount of $3,500 was from a grant written specifically to provide personal protective equipment for El Reno Public Schools. The grant was received from the Elks National Foundation to the El Reno Elks Lodge. Over the past seven years, the El Reno Elks Lodge has received 22 grants totaling $64,000 to support the local community. 

El Reno High School September Students of the Month, from left, freshmen Cooper Park and Emma Ketter; sophomores Morgan McBee and Joey Lierle; juniors
Jacob Long and Mariana Esparza; seniors Jared Cantero and Brilee Holt-Garrett.

Oklahoma City Community Foundation recently awarded $57,000 in scholarships to 23 Canadian County high school graduates for the 2020-21 academic year through the state’s largest independent scholarship program.

Designed to help a diverse range of students with higher education expenses, Oklahoma City Community Foundation scholarships offer students the ability to pursue careers or colleges they may not have had the opportunity to pursue otherwise.

United Way of Canadian County kicked off its annual campaign in an effort to raise funds that help support 16 area agencies.

The agencies work to provide health and human services to Canadian County residents.

Richard Steanson, 2020 United Way of Canadian County campaign chair, and Jan Foreman, 2020 United Way of Canadian County president, kicked off the campaign by way of video.