February 2021

Just one day after the state opened Stage 2 of Gov. Kevin Stitt’s vaccination plan for educators in grades kindergarten through 12th, El Reno Public Schools started the process of inoculating teachers.

Teachers and staff for both Roblyer and Lincoln Learning Centers, not already vaccinated through the state portal system, were given the first round of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The vaccinations were given at Roblyer Learning Center.

For the first time in its 23-year-history, Blessing Baskets will host a Spring Break Food Distribution for up to 250 families that may be struggling to put food on the table.

Blessings Baskets will partner with The Lord’s Harvest for the March 9 food giveaway. The food will be distributed at the El Reno Learning Center, 503 S. Keith, from 4 to 7 p.m. that day.

Bald eagles are living at Fort Reno. And if you keep an eagle eye out, you may spot them.

That’s exactly what El Reno’s Dr. Caitlin Rottler has been doing. A scientist, Rottler, who is a Research Fellow with the USDA Agricultural Research Center and the USDA Southern Plains Climate Hub, works from her office at Fort Reno.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Girl Scouts across the nation to find creative ways to sell their annual treats.

Here, sisters Makayla and Chloe Owen hold up signs to attract passing motorists at a drive-up sales site at a church on Elm Street recently.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill that could lower the need for emergency certified teachers in public elementary schools and early childhood education programs passed unanimously in the House with a vote of 86-0.

House Bill 2748, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, would allow a teacher candidate that holds a doctorate, a master’s or a bachelor’s degree to teach for two years while completing required coursework and participating in a mentor program provided by the school district prior to taking state certification exams.

Last week’s sub-zero arctic temperatures made getting around Lake El Reno a bit different for waterfowl that frequent the area.

On June 23, 1972, President Nixon signed Title IX into law.

This landmark legislation had one goal in mind: to protect women from sex discrimination in all federally funded school programs, including sports.