November 2020

An El Reno schoolteacher and football coach was killed Monday evening in a vehicle accident. Jacob Randall Briggs, 24, died in the accident that happened on S.H. 81, south of I-40. “This is the worst thing to have to deal with.

The last time El Reno High School’s football team reached the quarterfinal round of the Class 5A playoffs, the Indians did so with a district championship in hand along with a multi-game winning streak.

When a COVID-19 vaccine is made available, El Reno School Superintendent Craig McVay said he will be the first in line to take it. McVay joined El Reno Mayor Matt White for El Reno Live, the weekly program that runs on Thursday at 3 p.m. on Facebook Live.

El Reno Main Street will present the Christmas Experience on Saturday, Dec. 5 in downtown El Reno. The event will feature the annual Christmas Parade followed by shopping at local stores.

El Reno police are asking the public’s help in finding a suspect wanted in connection with the theft of city of El Reno property.

For 21 years, El Reno’s Blessing Baskets has orchestrated, with the help of the community, a Christmas Basket program that has helped brighten the season for many in the area. And organizers say the ongoing pandemic known as COVID-19 is not going to stop the effort this year.

Candidates for the Board of Education in 11 Canadian County school districts will file their Declarations of Candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 7, and continuing Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 8 and 9, according to Canadian County Election Board Secretary Wanda Armold.

The Craft Brewers Association of Oklahoma (CBAO), in partnership with Equity Brewing, is announcing the inaugural Oklahoma Pint Days Nov. 28-29 to celebrate Shop Small Saturday and Small Brewery Sunday.

Oklahoma set a record for COVID-19 hospitalizations last week, and the United States reached a grim milestone of more than 250,000 coronavirus deaths.

LAWSUITS Bank of America N.A. vs. James M. Kinuthia for $5,385.17 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Bank of America N.A. vs. Christy Mackey for $8,740.41 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.