August 2023

El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team snapped a three-game losing streak by winning a trio of games in the 2023 Shawnee Festival. El Reno improved to 7-4 on the season by defeating Del City (12-1), Duncan (13-2) and McAlester (3-0).

After winning the first game of the 2023 Suburban Conference opener at Carl Albert by a narrow 25-22 margin, El Reno High School’s volleyball team dropped three games to fall to the Titans, 3-1. Carl Albert rallied behind scores of 25-11/27-25/25-12 to drop El Reno to 2-4 on the season.

Tyler Scott Ellison, 43, of El Reno, passed away Aug. 22, 2023. Tyler was born July 24, 1980, in Oklahoma City to Wana Ellison. Fourteen short months later, Tyler was gifted with a built-in best friend, Spencer Tillery. Tyler attended El Reno High School.

The El Reno Tribune’s 2023 Football Preview section contains the following: 2023 El Reno Indians Varsity The cat is out of the bag EHS 2023 Schedule Kicking up turf The run stops here

Patrick Dougherty has had his eye on El Reno for quite some time. The founder and CEO of Dougherty Forestry Manufacturing (DFM) knew the family-owned firm would need a larger pool of qualified workers if it were to continue growing. DFM builds equipment used to harvest red cedar trees.

Flogistix President and Chief Executive Officer Mims Talton talks with Roblyer Learning Center students about the STEM lab which was opened inside the school for fifth- and sixth-grade students.

Note: This is the final article in an effort to look behind the scenes of how Canadian County law enforcement and other entities work to find and stop online predators of children.

Candidates interested in filing for municipal office in El Reno can file beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 28. The filing period closes at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, said Allen Arnold, secretary of the Canadian County Election Board.

I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream – at the first-ever Ice Cream Freeze-Off held in conjunction with the 69th Annual Canadian County Free Fair.

El Reno’s Sacred Heart Catholic School was named an Oklahoma A+ Schools of Distinction last week. Oklahoma A+ Schools Institute (OKA+) at the University of Central Oklahoma advances its mission of helping schools to think, plan and behave more creatively.