February 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY – Though the team title eluded its grasp, El Reno High School’s wrestling program emerged from the 2023 Oklahoma State High School Wrestling Championships with a handful of firsts.

LAWSUITS Click N Close Inc. vs. Jermaine M. Lewis and Shilah K. Lewis for $155,691.27 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 18, Block 22, Ranchwood Hills Addition Section 5, Yukon.

Canadian County’s three small schools remaining in the 2023 basketball playoffs took the high road, and higher seeds, into their respective state tournaments after winning area titles over the weekend.

Leaning hard on its defense to counteract an off shooting night, El Reno High School's boys basketball team earned a spot in the Sweet 16 of the Class 5A playoffs with a 25 point win over a scrappy Guymon team.

Despite a 10-day layoff, El Reno High School's girls basketball team looked highly efficient in the opening round of the Class 5A playoffs with a 49-point win over Mount Saint Mary.

CALUMET - A 47-year-old Calumet woman suffered burns on 30 percent of her body after a water heater in her home north of the town exploded.

They are not the first girls to compete for El Reno High School’s wrestling program, nor are they the first to qualify for a state tournament. Those glass ceilings were broken several years ago.

It was a gathering of the faithful that transcended the Catholic faith, bringing together thousands to celebrate the life of a man who made the ultimate sacrifice for those in his care.

February was a good month for El Reno sales tax collections, as the city easily surpassed revenues posted in January and February 2022. Sales Tax Revenues Oklahoma Tax Commission’s February records indicated the city of El Reno collected $1.16 million during the current reporting period.

A new Canadian County elected official is updating her district shop with more equipment. Over the past few weeks, commissioners have awarded contracts for a detachable lowboy trailer and a generator in District 3. First-year District 3 Commissioner Tracey Rider recommended both purchases.