May 2021

Redlands Community College’s baseball team hit four home runs in the final game of the regular season to avoid a sweep at the hands of Northern Oklahoma College of Enid with a 22-8 victory.

Funeral services for Evelyn Sue Tucker Carpenter will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 17, 2021, at Mustang First Baptist Church, 928 N. Mustang Road. Evelyn passed away peacefully in her sleep on May 12, 2021, after a brief illness.

Funeral services for Billie R. Peters were held Thursday, May 13, 2021, at Trinity Lutheran Church with burial following in the El Reno Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home.

For this year’s annual Citizenship Award Dinner, the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs was honored to have sports journalist Jason Whitlock as our keynote speaker. Whitlock is known for his refreshing takes on sports and social issues and didn’t disappoint.

The deadline to obtain a REAL ID has been pushed back to May 3, 2023, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Homeland Security made the announcement last week.

You’ve heard the line – what if you held a party and no one came? Well, what if you didn’t hold the National Land and Range Judging Competition and students still came – from Indiana?

The new terminal at El Reno Regional Airport will have to wait a bit longer after construction bids for the project came in well above the original plan.

Lime scooters started popping up around downtown El Reno last week. The ridesharing scooters are part of a trial program approved recently by the El Reno City Council. Riders access and pay to ride the scooters by using a mobile application.

El Reno will join the nation on Memorial Day, remembering those who gave their lives to ensure freedom lives on for those who call the United States of America home.

Construction crews began tearing up the road leading to the new Rock Island overpass last week as work continues to move closer to the summer completion date.