June 2024

The El Reno Tribune’s Small Town Weekend Preview section for 2024 contains the following: 2024 Small Town Weekend schedule Cruising in time Let them roll Smoke the tires

Tonya Fisher was having trouble finding help to clean up a lot next to her father’s home on West Woodson. The property is apparently owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and had become a popular place for people to discard limbs and unwanted household items, like appliances.

El Reno’s Carnegie Library kicked off its Camp Summer Reading Program last week with a party which included a petting zoo, sidewalk chalk, cornhole board and of course, books. The goal is for every person in the program to read at least 10 hours this summer, with a community goal of 162,000 hours.

Canadian County sheriff’s deputies made a pair of significant drug busts in May, reports from the sheriff’s office said. On May 13, deputies conducted two traffic stops on Interstate 40 in Canadian County. The stops resulted in seizing 40 pounds of marijuana and 19 pounds of fentanyl.

A public trust will be formed to oversee operations at Canadian County’s $20 million fairgrounds venue. County commissioners voted 3-0 last week to create a Title 60 trust for the Canadian County Expo and Event Center.

John R. Edwards was born in St. Louis, Mo., on Feb. 11, 1937, to Oran Lyle and Mollie Josephine (Reynolds) Edwards. He was raised in Oklahoma City and lived in Bethany before moving to El Reno in 1977. He was a talented sign painter.

The Center of Family Love will host its multimillion-dollar Gift of Love Gala, celebrating 43 years of creating new possibilities by empowering those with developmental disabilities that have been left behind for generations.

Frances Mae Mitchell, 92, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on May 30, 2024, at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City. Frances Mae was born July 27, 1931, in Long Beach, Calif., to Charles Edwin and Frances Josephine Humphreville.

LAWSUITS OneMain Financial Group LLC vs. Elizabeth Wright for $7,625 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. LVNV Funding LLC vs. Mitchell Higgs for $2,976.25 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Leroy David Schein was born Aug. 4, 1945, in Oklahoma City to Walter Herman Schein and Anna Mary (Hollman) Schein. He passed from this life on May 29, 2024, at the age of 78 at his home in Pocasset. Leroy grew up in Pocasset.