March 2023

Latin Everheart continued El Reno High School’s string of individual titles in the Large School Division at the 2023 Oklahoma Powerlifting Coaches Association’s State Championships held at Jenks Simmons Field House.

NORMAN – Two words were stressed in huddle before the start of the fourth period of El Reno’s quarterfinal game at the 2023 Class 5A Girls Oklahoma State High School Basketball Championships. “Energy and effort.

Ray Hosler and his wife, Karlita fought for years to try and protect two young relatives from abuse inflicted by their biological parents. They would eventually succeed, but only after the pair were sentenced to decades in prison for child abuse and neglect.

More people are interested in El Reno’s parks. And that’s a good thing. City Planner Dustin Downey said a recent survey concerning what people want at the local parks drew 599 responses. That's up from 470 responses the city received in a park survey conducted in 2020.

Voters decided that Oklahoma is not ready for adult use cannabis, also referred to as recreational marijuana. State Question 820 was defeated by a vote of 349,121 no votes to 216,883 yes votes – 61.68 percent to 38.32 percent. All 77 counties rejected the state question.

The Centre Theatre for the Arts is partnering with the Elks Lodge to host a Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre Fundraiser on April 1. The name of the show is “Revenge at the Reunion” and is directed by Doug Richardson.

Steve Winkler, age 73, died March 6, 2023, after a short illness. Steve managed, owned and operated S&J Tire in El Reno for over 40 years.

The annual Taste of Sacred Heart raised $127,000 for the El Reno Catholic school. The event featured live music, an assortment of foods and beverages and a live and silent auction.

Funeral services for Sonya Lee Lamebull of Oklahoma City were held Wednesday at Huber-Benson Funeral Home, with burial following at the Lumpmouth Family Cemetery in Geary. Sonya passed away March 3, 2023. She was born Oct. 13, 1961, in Oklahoma City.

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, no stranger to finding himself under political fire, has been hunkering down beneath a new barrage after turning over 40,000 hours of U.S. Capitol security camera footage (from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot) to Fox News’ Tucker Carlson.