July 2021

Residents will have a bit further to walk or jog on a paved surface at Lake El Reno after the city won a federal trails grant.

While it was not the massive cloud of smoke from childhood memories, the city of El Reno’s efforts to fog for pesky blood-sucking mosquitoes seem to have worked. “We have not gotten any feedback in our office.

Christmas in July delivered in a big way for El Reno’s Blessing Baskets. The sixth annual event held last week at the Palace Events Center on Banner Road brought in more than $40,000 for the local organization that is dedicated to providing Christmas to area children, as well as school supplies.

The Delta variant of the coronavirus is considered to be the leading cause of a recent spike of new cases across Canadian County and throughout Oklahoma.

After meeting with the leadership from the Oklahoma State Department of Health and Canadian County Health Department Infectious Disease Specialists and consulting with local medical providers, El Reno Public Schools will begin school August 12, 2021 much like we ended school last May.

A longtime El Reno Public Schools employee has been reportedly found dead at a Tennessee rest stop just days after a felony warrant was issued for his arrest. Jeffrey Warner Watt, age 59, of Minco, was wanted out of Caddo County on two counts of lewd molestation, records indicate.

El Reno police arrested a 34-year-old man on several complaints after he was reportedly driving more than 90 miles per hour in a 45 miles per hour area. Police reports said officers took Dustin Casey Whitebuffalo of El Reno into custody after he ignored police sirens and signals to pull over.

A Canadian County sheriff’s deputy was recognized this week for his heroic efforts trying to save a girl in a fiery crash. Deputy Jeff Allen has been named the Mustang American Legion Post 353 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year for 2021.

Well no, it wasn't for the gold medal in Tokyo, but El Reno’s Kingston Ba (center) and his sister Khadja Ba could not be happier to see the ball fall in front of their brother Malakai Ba during a fun family game of sand volleyball last week at the courts located near the main pavilion at Lake El...

A U.S. federal court has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block an effort by the Biden administration to revise how the country’s navigable waters are to be regulated.