November 2023

The El Reno Tribune has partnered with El Reno VFW Post 382 and Auxiliary to hold a silent quilt auction to help raise funds for El Reno High School’s annual Gifts for the Yanks program.

Fewer than 1 percent of U.S. newsroom employees are Native American. But one local news coordinator, CATV Director of Operations Randy Burleson, is hoping a new partnership will make a difference in raising those numbers among Native youth in Oklahoma.

What was reported as a trespassing call escalated into a stabbing that left a 54-year-old man dead, Canadian County Undersheriff Kevin Ward said. Ward said deputies received a call Friday about 5:45 p.m. reporting a “trespassing” issue at 2935 N. Old Highway 81.

City workers spent days putting up the Christmas lights in Legion Park as El Reno jumps into the festive season. Some of the displays were erected during mild weather, but crews could be seen working in less than perfect conditions on other days.

The Canadian County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded a grant from the Oklahoma Attorney General’s “Safe Oklahoma” for the purchase of body cameras. The grant is for $56,735 and will purchase body cameras for 50 deputies, Sheriff Chris West said in a press release.

Thirty-one El Reno High School students from the Forensics and Criminology classes got the privilege of visiting the brand new Crime Scene House at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond.

A January trial is set in a lawsuit against Canadian County Sheriff Chris West filed by former employees who allege they were wrongfully terminated. County commissioners met in executive session Nov. 13 to receive confidential communications from legal counsel about the civil suit.

El Reno High School October Students of the Month are Garrett Wells, Sinthia Puebla, Alan Torres, Madison Rochdi, Riley Ray, Emercyn Looper, Grady Lesperance, and Kelly Gonzales.

Oklahoma Home and Community Education Underwood Club held its November meeting recently in the home of Vicki Duncan. The flag salute was led by Ann Ricketts, with Janan Fletcher giving the treasurer’s report.

On Nov. 20, X Corp. - the corporate entity through which Elon Musk owns X, formerly known as Twitter - filed suit against Media Matters for America, which styles itself as a “progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing and correcting conservative...