September 2021

A felon has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison and 90 days in the county jail after pleading guilty to assaulting a Canadian County sheriff’s deputy and a fellow inmate.

The Oklahoma Highway Safety Office and the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety want to remind drivers to always drive sober and drive safe. In 2020, six people were killed during the Labor Day holiday period. There were a total of 502 crashes, with 53 of those being alcohol and/or drug related.

Identified as mallards by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, this momma and her babies were out on a morning swim at Lake El Reno when one of the youngsters got spooked by the drag boat races being held nearby and tried to flap its wings.

El Reno High School Class of 1956 will meet at 10:20 a.m. Sept. 10 in the pavilion across from Etta Dale Junior High for visiting and fried onion hamburgers. All are welcome to join. Class members will also have a float in the EHS homecoming parade.

Operation Christmas Child volunteers will host a Project Leader Workshop on Saturday, Sept. 11 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Stable Rock Baptist Church, 1301 Cemetery Road, Yukon. The workshop is open to anyone interested in packing shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child.

Summer 2021 graduates of the University of Central Oklahoma include Kristen Kennedy of Calumet, BS, Funeral Service; Jasmine Craig, BA, Strategic Communication; Courtney Fulcher, BA, Psychology; Shannon Gipson, BS, General Studies; Mercy Griesel, BA, Criminal Justice – Police, and BS, Forensic...

Matthew Goucher of El Reno was recently named to the Emporia State University Honor Roll and School of Business Dean’s List for spring 2021.

While both El Reno High School softball and volleyball programs lost games last week due to COVID-19 complications with opposing teams, Athletic Director Rodney Haydon does not see the virus as a growing problem for sports just yet. “It really has not been an issue until this week.

Gerald Dean Presley left this mortal plane on Aug. 26, 2021, at the age of 77. He was born Oct. 10, 1943, in Seminole to Henry and Sarah Armstrong Presley.

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