A collaborative road project that was about a decade in the making was celebrated last week as Cheyenne and Arapaho leaders joined with a Canadian County commissioner in a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Billed as the Concho North Road Improvement, the $5 million project targeted close to five miles of North Reformatory Road, running north of Concho to 192nd Street and east to U.S. 81. The two-lane blacktop was widened to allow for shoulders.
Too many people with water let their faucets run wide open for several days, hoping their pipes would not freeze.
That’s the story in a nutshell as to why much of El Reno was without water for a week, said Mayor Matt White and members of the city staff.
City Manager Matt Sandidge, Fire Chief Jason Duff and Water Superintendent Chris Smith joined White in the weekly El Reno Live program.
A limited number of people will be able to attend the Canadian County Junior Livestock Show this year for the 2021 premium sale that will be online.
The 49th annual show starts at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 6 and ends at 6 p.m. March 9 at the Canadian County Fairgrounds.
The March 9 premium livestock sale will be virtual. For more information about the sale, visit www.canadiancountyfair.com/jrspringlivestockshow.html.
After allowing Tulsa Bishop Kelley nine straight points to tie the game, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team went on a 33-12 run to close the first half and pull away from the Comets.
El Reno, ranked fifth in Class 5A, defeated Bishop Kelley 75-38 to win the Class 5A East Region 3 Championship. It was the fourth regional title in five seasons for the Indians, who improved to 13-4 on the season.
OKLAHOMA CITY – In his first season back on the sidelines, Rodney Haydon’s team is one win away from making a return to the Class 5A state tourney after missing the Tulsa trip last year.
El Reno, ranked 16th in Class 5A, defeated No.15 Southeast 69-62 to win the Class 5A West Region 2 Championship. The Indians improved to 10-9 on the season with the title, which included a 67-44 win over Santa Fe South.
OKLAHOMA CITY – While El Reno High School’s wrestling team fell short of a team or individual title at the Class 5A Oklahoma State High School Wrestling Championships, the Indians still finished as the highest placer from the west.
El Reno placed fourth in the final team standings, earning 75.5 points, finishing behind Collinsville (160.5), Claremore (82) and Glenpool (80). Duncan rounded out the top five of the 21-team field with 63 points.
Calumet High School’s boys basketball team has fallen a win shy of making the state tourney, losing two games in the Class A, West Area 1 Championships.
The fifth-ranked Chieftains had their 16-game win streak snapped with a 36-33 loss to third-ranked Arapaho-Butler. Calumet then slipped to 16-2 on the season with a 53-41 setback to Texoma.
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Adventure Enterprises Inc. vs. Myco Construction Corporation for $83,157.42 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Consumer Portfolio Services Inc. vs. Charles Kittell and Lorae Kittell for $17,599.27 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Don Kendrix vs. Zack Lynch for $19,205.92 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Alliance Health Midwest vs. Christophe Zook for $13,278.50 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
How would it be to have the name Grace, be the perfect example of that name and pass through the gates to see our Savior?
That’s what happened Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, for Grace Marie Whitcraft.
A memorial celebrating her amazing life will be held Saturday, March 6, 2021, at 1 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church, 1201 E. Rogers, El Reno, officiated by Brother Rod Young.
Grace Marie was the firstborn to Wilbur Harland and Lorene Lawrence in Peculiar, Mo., on Sept. 28, 1946. She later became “Sis” upon the births of little sister, Peggy and brother, “Little Harland.”
Barbara Joan (Lanier) Chronister passed peacefully into the arms of our Savior on Feb. 23, 2021, at the age of 90. She was born Jan. 8, 1931, in the small community of Sickles, Okla., to Floyd and Mattie (Armstrong) Lanier. Barbara grew up in the Sickles community where she graduated from high school in 1948 as valedictorian.
