December 2023

Jett Mueggenborg popped off a season-high 31 points as Okarche High School’s boys basketball team posted its best offensive night of the season to close out 2023. The Warriors, ranked fifth in Class A, moved to 6-2 on the season with a 97-32 win over Watonga.

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Colsen Girty was smiling down from heaven over the weekend as one of his dreams became reality.

El Reno city leaders officially celebrated the beginning of the municipal Internet system being created by lighting up a sign outside of City Hall.

Note: Knowing Jolly Old St. Nicholas is a subscriber and reads the El Reno Tribune each edition, the staff decided to help him out and deliver local children’s Letters to Santa in print. Letters will appear over the next few editions but in time for his Christmas Eve flight from the North Pole.

A property at 1508 S. Choctaw was condemned last week by the El Reno City Council. The action was one of several items tackled by the elected leaders. City Manager Matt Sandidge said the property on South Choctaw has been in a “dilapidated condition for some time.”

Pursuing a college degree can be challenging and overwhelming, especially for students whose parents didn’t take the same path.

Come join us, one and all, for the 40th Annual Community Christmas Dinner. We will be serving at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 23. A big thank you to Wesley United Methodist Church for allowing us to use the Family Center at the church, 115 S. Barker.

Deanna Thompson was born Feb. 15, 1962, in Carson City, Calif., to Lloyd and DeReba Lembke. She spent her early childhood in Lynwood, Calif., before the family relocated to El Reno in 1972. Deanna graduated from El Reno High School in 1980 where she had formed many close, long-term friendships.

Linda Fay Shumate died Dec. 12, 2023, at her home in Oklahoma City. She was born May 19, 1948, in El Reno and graduated from El Reno High School.