October 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY – Snapping a six-game losing streak dating back to last season's playoff loss, El Reno High School's football team scored touchdowns on eight of nine possessions en route to a 56-0 shutout of Capitol Hill.

The first ever Honoring Hope luncheon was named appropriately. About 200 people gathered at the new Canadian County Expo Center last week to learn why supporting Cardinal Point is most definitely a way to honor hope.

The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes has officially acquired the Best Western El Reno. Lucky Star Hospitalities LLC (LSH), a solely tribally-owned Limited Liability Company of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, closed the purchase of the 60-room Best Western El Reno, 2701 S. Country Club Road.

The El Reno Fire Department was performing a yearly pump test on its ladder truck and several other units.

Canadian County’s domestic violence center has been awarded a $492,576 federal grant that offers some financial sustainability.

Two Calumet residents took part in the Great American Relay over the weekend. Shawn Davis ran from El Reno’s Heroes Plaza to the Calumet Y, while Lindy Renbarger took the baton and ran from the Y to Cherokee Trading Post. Both runners traveled down Historic Route 66.

On Sept. 29 at approximately 1 p.m., El Reno police were called to BancFirst, 2000 S. Country Club Road, in reference to a bomb threat. The threat was made by phone. Police reports said the caller was believed to be a younger male who made references to destroying the bank.

El Reno’s Frontier Chevrolet donated $10,000 last week to El Reno Public Schools. Presenting the check, front row from left, Frontier’s Shane Tuck and Stacey Gaylord, ERPS’ Brooke Robertson, Frontier’s Linda Cosgrove and Debbie Denwalt, ERPS’ Matt Goucher and Frontier’s Kyle Smith.

Paul Hobbs, 44, of Yukon, was arrested Aug. 10 at his workplace in Ada on charges of possession of child pornography.

DIVORCES GRANTED Nadia Jones vs. Robert Carl Jones. Rebecca Ruth Yacyszyn vs. Kevin Wayne Yacyszyn. Megan Van Vechten vs. Nicholas Van Vechten. Brandon Joe Box vs. Ashley Leann Box. Laurie Blalock Bennett vs. Matthew Bennett. Tarek Samara vs. Ilona D. Samara.