May 2024

Camping on the court

Body El Reno High School’s boys basketball program held its annual youth skills camp recently. Forty-two campers took part in the three-day event, spending two hours each day working fundamentals of ball handling, shooting and defense.
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Fishing Report - 6/1/24

Body CENTRAL Arcadia: May 27. Elevation is 1 ft. above normal and stable, water temperature 72°F and stained. Largemouth bass fair on crankbaits, flukes and spinnerbaits around coves, points and shorelines.

Hubert (Hub) Reed

Body Hub died peacefully in his home on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at age 89. He was born in Maysville, Okla., to Edith and Floyd Reed. He also lived in Purcell before moving to Oklahoma City as a teen. Hub attended Capitol Hill High School where he excelled in basketball.
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Fiber funds

Body City leaders are looking to partner with the public to help spread the word about El Reno Fast Connect, the city-owned fiber internet system being developed.
Andrew Jordan (left) and Austin Gravelis test and place fiber optic wires into a boar

Beating the summer heat

Body El Reno opened its municipal swimming pool for the summer this week. Mike Booher will again serve as pool manager. Last week he assembled his lifeguard crew for a last-minute walk-through and some final touch-ups before the pool in Legion Park opened for the summer.
Mike Booher talks with the lifeguards who will work at the municipal swimming pool

A climate of power or trust of people 

Body With a new power play -- now that he is in place again as Agriculture Committee Chairman -- Congressman Frank Lucas is putting flesh on his determination to deny locals in western Oklahoma -- leaders in El Reno and their neighbors who belong to the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of...
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