March 2023

Body El Reno Carnegie Library has been awarded a grant through the Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant Program. The program, which will enable the library to digitize records, is administered by the Oklahoma Historical Society.

Body Tucked away in the basement is El Reno High School’s newest entry into the arena of competitive extracurricular activities in Oklahoma – Esports.

Body The buck may have stopped on the desk of President Harry Truman, but the famous slogan plate started in El Reno.

Body Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Body Charley Vogt spent a couple of years as city manager in El Reno in the mid-1980s. He and his wife, Val, had moved here from Kansas to take the local job. He was young, probably early 30s.

Body Three units from the El Reno Fire Department and two from El Reno FCI battled a house fire last week in the 400 block of South Hadden. Incident reports state the home sustained $10,000 in damage and $8,000 more in contents.

Body Athletes in spring sports throughout Canadian County have had to deal with freezing temperatures, high winds and wet weather in the month of March.

Body A three-time world champion barrel racer will be teaching the tricks of the trade during a clinic intended to help provide support for a local horse rescue operation.

Body Bonnie Bell (Matthews) Wilds, 95, lifelong El Reno resident, passed away peacefully at her home on March 27, 2023. Bonnie was born Jan. 13, 1928, to C.C. Matthews and Myrtle (Lucas) Matthews in El Reno.

Body OKLAHOMA CITY – After considering more than 40 candidates from across the nation, the Oklahoma Broadband Governing Board has voted unanimously to hire former Oklahoma State Rep. Mike Sanders as executive director of the Oklahoma Broadband Office.