April 2021

Body Plans are for El Reno Now to return in June. The news that the monthly in-person event may be coming back was made during last week’s El Reno Live broadcast. El Reno Live took the place of El Reno Now after the COVID pandemic shelved public gatherings a year ago.

Body VFW Post 382 in El Reno has hosted an annual Easter egg hunt for special needs children beginning in 1999 with Terry Walker as commander of the post. It has continued every year except for 2020 when it was canceled because of COVID.

Body A four-ton heat and air unit has been donated to Canadian Valley Technology Center’s Heat and Air program by the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI). The Institute is the trade association representing manufacturers of HVAC and water heating equipment.

Body STILLWATER — Vaccine hesitancy is one of our last major hurdles in the fight against COVID-19, and we are racing against the emergence of several variants to avert a (more) prolonged pandemic.

Body During his long life, Winston Churchill suffered several indignities. He was dismissed from his position as the head of the Royal Navy in 1915 because of the disastrous defeat Anglo-French forces endured at Gallipoli during World War I.

Body El Reno High School’s baseball team ran into a hitting and scoring freeze over the weekend in the Kingfisher bracket of the 2021 F&M Bank Classic. The Indians went 1-3, scoring a run in the eighth inning to defeat Elk City 8-7.

Body While both are ranked in the Class A polls, Calumet and Union City High School baseball teams trended in opposite directions last week. Calumet, ranked 19th in the state at the time, won three straight home games including an 8-0 shutout of Southwest Covenant School.

Body Redlands Community College goalie Kennedy Hendren grimaces as she collides with a Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa player after sliding in to block a shot during the first half of last week’s season opener.

Body Pulling out a 59-58 win over Western Oklahoma State College over the weekend, Redlands Community College women’s basketball team will take a four-game win streak into the NJCAA Region 2 Championships.

Body Redlands Community College men’s basketball team was scheduled to take the court Monday night for a spot in the NJCAA Region 2 against Arkansas Baptist in Little Rock. The winner will be the eighth seed for the tourney, which starts Wednesday in Enid.