El Reno residents are reminded that the Annual Letter Carriers Food Drive will be this Saturday.
Those wishing to help feed the community are asked to put non-perishable food items in bags and have them near their mailbox before 9 a.m. that day.
The donated food will go to The Lord’s Harvest, a local food ministry that helps to serve those in need.
El Reno City Manager Matt Sandidge, Assistant City Manager Tim Young and Mayor Steve Jensen along with Councilman David Black were in Arcadia last week for a discussion about the Mother Road and the centennial celebration that is coming up in 2026.
The gathering was hosted by Eddy Gochenour at his Chicken Shack restaurant in Arcadia.
Representatives from a number of Route 66 communities were on hand to hear what Pinnell had to say and to network.
Services for Jeffrey Kyle Ray will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 10 in the Benson Memorial Chapel, followed by burial in the El Reno Cemetery.
Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Jeff was born June 30, 1972, in Okarche. He died May 4, 2023, at Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City at the age of 50.
Jeff graduated from El Reno High School where he was an accomplished wrestler, winning many titles and awards.
Canadian County will pay for repairs to the heat and air system before remodeling starts at the future site of the Canadian County Health Department.
Commissioners approved an agreement with Trane for the repairs to the large H&A unit that serves the county-owned building at 6100 E. Highway 66.
Trane is the manufacturer of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system installed at the 33,000-square-foot building.
Gov. Kevin Stitt’s recent decision to veto legislation reauthorizing the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA), the state’s Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) entity, came as a surprise to many.
But if the Oklahoma government ends direct financial support of PBS, the state will not be alone.
A recent report shows 14 other states do not provide direct funding to PBS. That same report also shows Oklahoma’s current level of funding for PBS is substantially greater than the norm in at least 10 other states on a per-capita basis.
Education allowed America to become the most successful nation in the world. Most people agree. So how did education become just one more political hot topic? Why do so many Americans — and Oklahomans — have a hard time agreeing on how to get education back on track?
One reason is that all of us make assumptions about education that are only partly true. The effort to pass universal school choice in the Oklahoma Legislature is part of an effort to get beyond these stereotypes about schools and their problems.
LAWSUITS
Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Visher Shinault for $1,268.18 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Shane Wagner for $1,402.24 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Thomas Rhiner for $2,777.15 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Capital One N.A. vs. Jeffrey Covey for $1,953.20 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
PIEDMONT - Lawton has become the new thorn in the side of El Reno High School baseball after eliminating the Indians from the Class 5A playoffs for a third straight season.
Playing in the Region 1 Championship, Lawton MacArthur defeated El Reno twice by a total of four runs to end the Indians season.
The last two seasons it was Lawton Eisenhower to do the same.
Between the losses, El Reno ended Santa Fe South’s season for a second straight year by way of a 17-0 shutout. The 1-2 run in regionals left the Indians with a 15-21 overall record.
Calumet High School suffered an unexpected quarterfinal loss last week in the Class B Oklahoma State High School Baseball Championships, which were delayed two days due to wet weather.
The Chieftains, ranked fourth in the state, end their spring season with a 19-8 record following a 9-4 loss to fifth-ranked Moss.
Calumet fell behind 9-1 after five and a half innings before mounting a rally. The Chieftains scored three runs in the third inning after getting a single from Derrick Krantzman, a double from Kingston Arnold and an RBI-single from Kaleb Thiessen.
El Reno High School, making its first team appearance since 2018, slipped to 10th place over the final 18 holes at the 2023 Class 5A Girls Oklahoma State High School Golf Championships.
The Indians were tied with Elgin for ninth place after the first 18 holes with a team score of 417. While El Reno was able to trim nine shots off that score during day two of the championships at Dornick Hill Golf Club in Ardmore, the Owls would improve by 17 shots to bump EHS to 10th place.
El Reno closed with an 825 total for 36 holes, while Elgin carded an 817.
