March 2022

El Reno Superintendent Craig McVay expects one of the district’s buses to be totaled by insurance adjusters after it was involved in an accident last week along Interstate 40 near Council Road.

CALUMET – Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister toured Calumet schools last week.

Redlands Community College and El Reno Public Schools are teaming up to host a 5K fun run to benefit the cross country programs at both schools. The inaugural Twister Trek 5K will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 2 at El Reno’s Memorial Stadium.

El Reno High School may have a new football coach as early as Monday after a special meeting of the school board was set for 7:30 that morning. The agenda posted by the district lists the football coaching position as the only item.

Rising fuel costs have prompted a Canadian County contractor to ask county commissioners to add a fuel surcharge clause to six-month bid proposals. Chad Brown of Brown Transportation said he wanted to “open up the idea” at the commissioners March 21 weekly meeting.

Proud U.S. Army and Coast Guard veteran Gary D. Ford passed away on March 21, 2022. He was born February 17, 1948, to parents, Thelma and Gary Ford in Alvin, Texas. Gary enlisted in the U.S. Army on June 6, 1966, in Oklahoma City and completed basic training at Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Educators from Rose Witcher Learning Center were recognized at the March El Reno School Board meeting for their support in maintaining Wesley United Methodist Blessing Boxes located on school grounds.  

Social media streams like Snapchat and Tik Tok have become a place predators are lurking, waiting and watching for young people to follow the latest challenges. As a parent and caregiver to teens, how do you keep up with it? How do you monitor activities when they change so frequently?

Ann Gadberry Thompson died peacefully March 22, 2022, surrounded by her loving family while listening to her favorite rock-n-roll tunes.  Ann was born in El Reno on Dec. 21, 1937, to Luther and Nelle Gadberry.

Area author Dorothea Paulk has won first prize for her short story, “The American Dress” in the Soul-making Keats Literary Competition. The competition is a literary arts outreach of the National League of American Pen Women.