November 2023

El Reno police took three men into custody on drug-related complaints after a raid on a residence.

An electric vehicle assembly plant will create hundreds of jobs in eastern Canadian County. Canoo, an American automotive startup, recently delivered its first “Made in Oklahoma” electric vehicle (EV) to the state government as part of an agreement to deliver up to 1,000 vehicles.

Canadian County commissioners last week approved an agreement for fiscal year 2024 with the Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Service to “perform cooperative extension services on behalf of Canadian County.”

A $3.6 million remodeling project for the Canadian County Health Department has gotten a little costlier. A 33,000-square-foot building at 6100 East Highway 66 just west of Evans Road is being renovated for a new county health clinic and offices. The work is due to be finished in April 2024.

MARRIAGE LICENSES Shon Christopher Lane and Susan Janine King. Zachary Ryan Eisenhour and Samantha Marea Manuel. Agustus Ethan Earls and Summer Cheyanne Hancock. Zecharia Journey Rodriguez and Briona Dawn McCumber. Jesus Isaah Martinez and Alicia Uscanga Vergara.

El Reno High School’s boys basketball team opens the 2023-24 season Friday night at home against Carl Albert, which leaves little time for the Indians to complete a reload of its roster. Yet that is exactly what head coach Rodney Haydon is asking of fans - time and trust.

El Reno High School senior Iliana Ashford (center seated) signed a national letter of intent to play softball for Oklahoma City University. Ashford was an all-district and all-region player for the Indians and will be an early graduate according to her father.

Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon (0) tries to dodge a group of BYU tacklers in the first half of the Cowboys 40-34 double overtime win. Gordon scored five touchdowns to help send OSU into the Big 12 title game.

The city of El Reno will argue before the Oklahoma Supreme Court that a convicted sex offender should not be allowed to live within 2,000 feet of a park. The hearing is set for 10 a.m. Nov. 30 in the courtroom of the Supreme Court inside the State Capitol.

With more than 600 head of bison managed by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, the tribes were a natural choice to work with the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority in promoting a documentary created by one of America’s best-known storytellers.