El Reno Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts canvassed neighborhoods last Saturday at part of the annual Scouting for Food Drive.
Nikki Pruitt, founder and director of The Lord’s Harvest which benefits from the effort, said more than 2,765 pounds of non-perishable food items had been rounded up by the Scouts. Pruitt said by the end of the week she expected that total to climb even higher.
Steve Jensen was sworn in to serve as El Reno’s Ward 1 City Council representative Tuesday evening by Municipal Judge Richard Lewis.
Canadian County veterans were honored at Sunday’s Veterans Parade.
The Ninth Annual Canadian County Veterans Day Parade featured parade entries from throughout the county. El Reno School Superintendent Craig McVay served as master of ceremonies for the program following the parade.
Sheriff Chris West offered the invocation, while Sen. Lonnie Paxton led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. The National Anthem was performed by Ellen Jensen. Randy Hurst led the Salute to Services.
An El Reno man was killed in an accident on I-40 Monday afternoon, according to reports from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
The accident that happened three miles west of Hinton at mile marker 98 claimed the life of 59-year-old Martin Hoselton. The accident happened at 3:18 p.m., OHP said.
Should Joe Biden become president after recounts and court cases involving allegations of election fraud, he says he will sign an executive order on week one of any potential presidency to force American taxpayers to fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business.
While getting off to a slow start, the progression of El Reno High School’s defense over the course of District 5A-1 play proved that the switch to the 3-3 stacked formation was the right choice.
“I’m not sure it was a gamble but it was different. I thought at the start of the year it fit our personnel better,” said El Reno head coach Chuck Atchison.
Atchison admits the first three games were tough for the defense as Cache, Piedmont and Weatherford had offensive attacks that did not bode well for the 3-3 stacked alignment.
Veterans looking to achieve their career goals can get support from the Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) program, a free program funded by the U.S. Department of Education and created to help qualified military veterans prepare for post-secondary education.
El Reno High School’s boys basketball team kicked off preseason work recently with a home scrimmage against Minco and Cashion.
The UC girls dropped to 1-1 on the season with a 50-21 loss to Calumet in a game which was called late in the fourth period due to a power outage. The Tigers also dropped to 1-1 on the season with an 81-38 setback to the Chieftains. Union City was slated to return to action Friday at Lookeba-Sickles in Washita Valley Conference play.
One week into the 2020-21 season, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced a Canadian County school to cancel basketball games.
Less than an hour before the scheduled tipoff of the girls game with cross-county rival Okarche, Calumet High School officials canceled the contest and the subsequent boys outing due to concerns over the virus.
“We had two girls on our team show signs and we were trying to do what was best to keep everyone safe,” said Calumet girls coach Kyle Axton.
Okarche was already at Calumet’s gym when the games were called off.
