November 2020

Body Lanny was born May 15, 1940, in Ryan, Okla., to Ernest and Rachel Keller. He passed from this earth on Oct. 30, 2020. He grew up in El Reno where he made lifelong friends and graduated from El Reno High School in 1958. Lanny served in the U.S. Army in Augsburg, Germany.

Body Funeral services for Herschel Lee House were held Tuesday at Lookeba Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Scott Lenaburg officiating. Burial was in the Hinton Cemetery under the direction of Turner Funeral Home. Mr. House passed away Nov. 11, 2020, in Oklahoma City.

Body Graveside services with full military honors for Larry Glenn Crosby of Minco was held Saturday at the Evergreen Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home. Mr. Crosby passed away Nov. 11, 2020, at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City.

Body Graveside services for Joseph James Starkey of Minco were held Monday at the Evergreen Cemetery in Minco under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home. Mr. Starkey passed away Nov. 11, 2020, at his home. He was born Jan. 24, 1956, in Chickasha.

Body Graveside services for James Murrell Chitwood of Oklahoma City were held Saturday at the Evergreen Cemetery in Minco under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home. Mr. Chitwood passed away Nov. 8, 2020, at his home. He was born Nov. 5, 1939, in Pratt, Kan.

Body MUSTANG – Three of the six age group championships awarded during the Central Oklahoma Football League's Super Bowl Saturday made their way back to El Reno. El Reno’s 6-and-under, 9-and-under and 11-and-under football teams all defeated squads from Mustang.

Body El Reno High School will play football Friday night in the bi-district round of the Class 5A playoffs after the program was cleared to return to practice late Monday afternoon.

Body A surge in the number of students placed into quarantine from a small pool of positive tests for the coronovirus has forced El Reno Public Schools to close both its high school and junior high campuses to in-person learning.

Body El Reno High School continued its tradition of remembering Veterans Day with a virtual ceremony last week due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 Gifts to the Yanks drive is now under way.

Body Craig McVay has a long-range plan for El Reno Public Schools, but the events over the first 10 months of 2020 have pushed the superintendent toward revamping those ideas.