August 2024

Emmy train

Art Peters has spent 18 years tracking down the history in and around Hinton. That effort helped earn the 1976 El Reno High School graduate a Heartland Regional Emmy for his role in an OETA documentary.Peters is the curator at the Hinton Historical Museum. He’s been in that position for 21 years.
Art Peters holds up his Heartland Regional Emmy Award

First day at Sacred Heart

More than 100 students started class last week at Sacred Heart Catholic School.The school offers education from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.
Emily O’Hara’s kindergarten class listens as she talks about school procedures

Teresa Whinery

Teresa Ann Whinery died Aug. 6, 2024, at her home in El Reno. She was born in Dutton on Aug. 2, 1930, to James and Alice (Burns) Downey. Teresa Downey and Frank Whinery were part of the 1949 graduating class (consisting of five girls and five boys) of Sacred Heart Academy.
Teresa Whinery_obituary

Public Records - 8/14/2024

LAWSUITSDiscover Bank vs. Shauntrel Thomas for $1,744.57 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.Discover Bank vs. Alice Emory for $2,325.94 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.Citibank N.A. vs. Wendy Haggard for $7,051.55 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and...

El Reno spikers hope to blend youth, upperclassmen into wins

With only five upperclassmen on its roster, El Reno High School’s volleyball team was set to open the 2024 season with the proverbial “young squad” tag.Just so happens, that tag may also be one of the team’s assets according to head coach Kristin Koehler.“All of our girls played on varsity last...
Mary Gonzalez makes a pass during a recent intrasquad scrimmage

Football fever returns

El Reno High School joined hundreds of other schools across the state of Oklahoma by opening preseason football workouts Monday morning at Memorial Stadium.Head coach Russell Cook said 56 players in grades 10 through 12 checked out equipment.El Reno will have four days of heat acclimation drills...
Lathen Pruitt hurdles a trash can used as a simulated defender

Diana Snyder

Diana Mae Snyder, age 81, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. She was born Oct. 25, 1942, in Oklahoma City. She grew up in El Reno, where she was a 1960 graduate of El Reno High School. On July 26, 1960, Diana Mae eloped with Charles Andrew Snyder in Poteau.
Diana Snyder_obituary

2024 Back to School

The El Reno Tribune’s 2024 Back to School section contains the following:Study tips for a strong start to a new termEl Reno Public Schools calendar 2024-25First day of schoolNew teachers tour
2024 Back to School_story

Garden spotlight

BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center at Fort Reno recently hosted a video crew from “Oklahoma Gardening.”
A class in the BlueSTEM garden at historic Fort Reno