El Reno School Board member Brad Baker gets his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine late last month. The district began giving the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine over the weekend and will continue throughout the week. (Tribune photographer/Glen Miller)
A 38-year-old El Reno man was killed Friday evening on I-40 after a tire blowout caused his vehicle to roll several times, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
Ryan Hale was pronounced deceased at the scene of the accident that happened just after 6 p.m., one mile east of El Reno, near mile marker 127, the OHP said.
El Reno firefighters freed Hale from the 2005 Toyota Camry after he was pinned inside for more than two and a half hours, the OHP said.
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El Reno police are investigating after a man was apparently injured outside a local bar.
Police did not identify the man who was apparently stabbed during an altercation in the parking lot of Vice’s Bar, 1701 E. SH 66. Police said they contacted the man who was being treated at a local medical center. He reportedly suffered lacerations to his chest and right arm.
After a year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Union City High School’s Spring Break Baseball Festival got back on the diamond last week with five host sites holding games – four of those inside Canadian County.
In-county sites El Reno, Union City, Calumet and Okarche hosted games. The fifth site was Minco as teams from across the state converged to play a combined 40 games over two days.
There were 11 ranked teams from the state’s two smallest classes entered in the field.
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Luz Maria Martinez vs. Miguel Montante.
Robin A. Funck vs. Roy D. Funck.
Alison Nicole Stroh vs. Tyler Jordan Stroh.
Kylie Payton Wittenbach vs. Austin Troy Pipher.
John Cody Popescu vs. Roya Kashea Popescu.
Jennifer Hedges vs. Jason Hedges.
Ira Christy Banks vs. Brittany Michelle Banks.
Joy Dyer vs. Joel Dyer.
Lara Lynn Davis vs. Craig Allen Davis.
Dayla Diana Hall vs. Marcus Wayne Hall.
Megan Renee Black vs. Joshua Ryan Black.
Services for Harvey Carl Ely of Okarche will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at First Christian Church of Perry with Rev. Josh Bell and Rev. Craig Vandeburgh officiating. Burial will follow in the Red Rock Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Harvey was born Dec. 19, 1931, in Pawnee. He graduated from Red Rock High School in 1949. In 1954, he received a bachelor’s degree in agriculture science from Oklahoma A&M. He established a home construction business, Cimarron Construction, in 1959 in Albuquerque, N.M.
Fred David Singleton, 84, went home to be with his Savior on March 18, 2021. Fred was born Feb. 24, 1937, in Kansas City, Mo., to Clinton and Anna Singleton. He married his high school sweetheart, Helen Dolezal, on Sept. 3, 1960, in El Reno, and they shared 60 years of marriage together.
Fred graduated from El Reno High School in 1955. He attended the University of Oklahoma where he earned a degree in Business Advertising in 1959. He also served in the Oklahoma Air National Guard from 1959 to 1965.
Lawrence L. Widener was born Oct. 1, 1938, in Jefferson, Okla., to Leonard and Maurine (Hensley) Widener. He passed away March 17, 2021, in Hydro with his family by his side.
Larry graduated from Oilton High School in 1955 and went on to obtain his bachelor’s degree in education from Oklahoma State University. He taught general and physical science, math, biology and computer programming in Tulsa, retiring in 1993.
Services for Larry Dale Bollinger were held Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at First Baptist Church in Union City with Rev. Kory Bollinger officiating. Burial followed at the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Johnny Lee White was born May 24, 1957, in Chickasha, and died March 7, 2021, at his home in El Reno.
He was a graduate of El Reno High School and a graduate of Canadian Valley Vo-Tech class of welding.After graduation, Johnny worked for Canadian County as a heavy equipment operator where he was tutored by his grandfather, the late Raymond Stas, during his early years with the county. He later worked as an independent master welder and worked for an oil field repair company.
