August 2021

A wake for Amber Kay Williams will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, with funeral services at 10 a.m. Monday, both in the Benson Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at the Concho Cemetery.

Amber died Aug. 17, 2021, at Integris Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City. She was born Dec. 6, 1992, in El Reno. She was raised in El Reno and Clinton, graduating from Clinton High School. She was a homemaker, volunteer for the RESPECT Program and participated in the Sand Creek Massacre Run.

A wake for Adam Keith Tallbird was held Wednesday, with funeral services on Thursday in the Benson Memorial Chapel, with burial following at the Concho Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Two convicted felons could face longer prison stays for allegedly assaulting sheriff’s deputies and another inmate and carrying weapons at the Canadian County Jail.

New departments, centers and programs are popping up left and right on college campuses across the country. Their stated focus? To promote “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) on campus.  

Candidates interested in filing for City of El Reno Ward 2 will file Declarations of Candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 30.

El Reno High School's volleyball team kicked off the 2021 season with a 3-1 road win over Tecumseh by scores of 25-12/14-25/25-16/25-10.

It was the first of two road matches for EHS, which was slated to play Thursday at Hennessey. The Indians were to open their home schedule with the El Reno Invitational on Saturday.

It's no big secret that getting quality at bats will help any team's overall offensive performance, but the struggle for El Reno High School's softball team has been getting onto the field to get those swings.

After having one game cut short in their own El Reno Invitational by lightning, then having day two rained out, the Indians road game at Noble was washed out by Mother Nature.

El Reno High School head coach Chuck Atchison knew the COVID-19 pandemic took its toll on the number of players coming out for football during the 2020 season.

His suspicions came true when he hosted the 15 other Class 5A coaches from the west side of the state to hammer out the new district alignments for the 2022-23 seasons.

The Canadian County Association for Oklahoma Home and Community Education (OHCE) is selling tickets for two beautiful quilts sizes 58x78 and 90x106. Tickets are $1 per ticket or six tickets for $5. The quilts will be raffled off on Saturday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. at the Family Night Awards Program at the new Expo and Event Center, 3001 Jensen Road. Winners don’t have to be present to win.