April 2023

El Reno High School was the top seed for the 2023 Oklahoma Scholastic Shooting Sports Program State Shoot held last week at the OTSA Park off Jensen Road. Sixteen high school teams and eight junior high squads as well as individuals qualified for state, bringing more than 300 shooters to town.

Keep El Reno Beautiful Week was declared last week when Mayor Steve Jensen listed it among proclamations the city council endorsed. The April 17-22 weeklong effort to spruce up the town comes just before the annual Burger Day Festival set for May 6.

Canadian County commissioners have agreed on percentage shares in three categories for more than $12 million in federal stimulus funds they plan to distribute. In 2021, Canadian County was awarded $28,806,702 from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

The city manager for El Reno will have the authority to offer incentives on a “case-by-case” basis to businesses that may be contemplating setting up operations here.

A Canadian County commissioner is confident that a long-awaited permanent upgrade to make a high-profile intersection safer will start in 2023. The State Highway 66 and Banner Road area - just west of Yukon - is in first-year County Commissioner Tom Manske’s district.

An effort to boost Oklahoma’s academic outcomes by requiring schools to provide more support to high school students who do not meet career and college readiness benchmarks has gained approval from the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

In early April, Twitter added a “State-Affiliated Media” tag to National Public Radio’s account on the social media platform, putting it in the same league as Russia’s RT, China’s Xinhua and other government-funded “news” outlets.

Memorial services are pending in Pagosa Springs, Colo., for Anella Darlene Handley, who passed away February 14, 2023. Anella was born in Sacramento, Calif., on October 1, 1952. She lived most of her life in and around El Reno.

Congressman Frank Lucas released the following statement after U.S. District Court of North Dakota Judge Daniel Hovland granted a preliminary injunction, prohibiting the enforcement, implementation or application of the Biden administration’s revised “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule.

Bobby and Sharon Roberts of El Reno are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Bobby Roberts and Sharon Miles were married April 13, 1973, in Gainesville, Texas.