November 2022

Body Losing four starters off last year’s Class 5A state runner-up team, head coach Jennifer Douglas understands how people would use the word rebuilding when referring to El Reno High School’s girls basketball team. Just don’t expect her squad to follow suit.

Body Coming back to the bench two years ago, head coach Rodney Haydon said it would take time and patience to retool El Reno High School’s boys basketball program back into a state-tournament team.

Body The Annual El Reno Main Street Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting is set for Dec. 3. The parade through downtown will begin at 11 a.m., with the tree lighting at Petree Plaza to begin at dusk. The theme this year is Blue Christmas.

Body For more than four decades, Dr. Bill Cole was a valued member of the Oklahoma higher education system, and due to his dedication to students, faculty and staff, he was inducted posthumously into the 2022 Oklahoma Association of Community College Hall of Fame. “Dr.

Body Residents driving down Reno Avenue earlier this week got a sneak peak at some of the new displays that will help make up the Lights in Legion Park as city workers began testing miles of colored lights. The lights will be turned on nightly starting Saturday at 6 p.m.

Body The sheriff of one county that regularly houses more than a dozen Canadian County inmates has informed county officials that his jail will no longer keep them. Since 2013, the Canadian County Jail has had an official 194-bed capacity.

Body A Yukon woman has been convicted of a felony after trying to hide drugs inside the Canadian County Jail. Melissa Marie Bennett, 37, recently pleaded guilty to bringing contraband into a jail institution.

Body Three Redlands Community College employees were honored by the Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges for their contributions to the college.

Body John Andrew Stitt, the 20-year-old son of Oklahoma Gov.

Body Joyce Ann Ringo Williams, 88, of El Reno, passed away Nov. 18, 2022. Joyce was born Aug. 7, 1934, in Cloud Chief, Okla. Her family later moved to Grandma and Grandpa Ringo’s farm in Dill City, Okla.