March 2023

Foreign exchange student Flaminia Starna returned home a little over two months ago. Flaminia is from Rome, Italy, but misses Oklahoma and her time spent attending El Reno High School. Starna got here at the beginning of the school year and left in December. She said her stay went by too quickly.

Kyle Wilson Toal, age 67, beloved husband, father, brother and friend, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Kyle was born April 10, 1955, in Fort Worth, Texas, to Nelda and Thurman Toal.

On Feb. 27, Reuters reports, the White House gave federal agencies a 30-day deadline to ensure that all government-owned devices are TikTok-free.

Graveside services for Mary Charlene Barr were held March 4 at Evergreen Cemetery in Minco under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home. Charlene passed away Feb. 27, 2023, in El Reno. She was born July 5, 1930, in McQueen. She was raised in Minco, graduating from Minco High School in 1948.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The full Senate last week approved Senate Bill 7. The measure, by Sen. Blake Cowboy Stephens, R-Tahlequah, would stop Oklahoma from changing the clock twice a year and lock in Daylight Saving Time (DST) year-round.

LAWSUITS Cornerstone Home Lending vs. Christian M. Green for $126,557.40 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 4, Block 4, Woodrun Addition, Oklahoma City.

Being one of a handful of seniors on the El Reno High School boys basketball roster, Diante Palmer figured at some point this season he would be expected to take on some sort of a leadership role. “I expected to be a leader at some point.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Is it a jinx? Some may think that after Calumet had its 26-game win streak snapped via a 68-52 loss to top-ranked Fort Cobb-Broxton in the finals of the 2023 Class B Boys Oklahoma State High School Basketball Championships.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Okarche played a solid game in last week’s semifinals of the Class A Girls Oklahoma State High School Basketball Championships. The seventh-ranked Warriors scored in double digits in all four periods and shot 45 percent from the field.

El Reno High School qualified four varsity lifters for the 2023 Oklahoma Powerlifting Coaches Association’s State Championships during the Northwest Regional meet in Woodward. Earning state passes were Dion Kaulaity (275), Latin Everheart (123), JaRon Irving (157) and Malachi Nicholson (181).