Students in the El Reno High School Leadership Class used chalk to write positive words and messages on the sidewalks outside the school.
The class was recognizing the 988 Lifeline phone number and September’s National Suicide Prevention Month.
What would local leaders do if an entity came to Canadian County, specifically El Reno, and said, “We want to create a couple of thousand jobs. We want to help build the economy and bring outside money into the local community so that all lives hopefully will be improved. The only catch, to do this, we have to work together.”
What would local leaders say if this were to happen? You know as well as I do what would happen. Local elected leaders as well as state leaders would be falling over themselves to help make this a reality.
El Reno High School English teacher and district historian Brian Rukes came across a pair of travelers taking in the sites of Route 66 last week.
Rukes said he met Michi and Mick from Japan as they were taking photos of themselves in front of the mural at the Filling Station on the corner of Choctaw and Sunset.
The Japanese couple were touring the historic highway when Rukes offered to take their photo.
The couple are both 66 years old and decided their American adventure should match their age.
A building renovation for Canadian County’s family justice center is about to get under way – with completion projected before Christmas.
Cardinal Point and its on-site resource partners will move from the Gary E. Miller Canadian County Children’s Justice Center, 7905 East Highway 66, to the former Canadian County Health Department, 1023 E. Vandament in Yukon.
Canadian County erected the 10,000-square-foot building for the health department in the early 1990s.
An Oklahoma Department of Corrections transport van chugged through the downtown intersection of Main and Broadway on a warm Thursday morning.
The prisoners glimpsed the cafes and gas stations that prison staff will patronize after work.
Residents were reminded of the economic boost their incarcerated neighbors to the south have brought.
El Reno High School August Students of the Month are Cooper Coble, Aphria Burton, Abrielle Vanderschans, Rueben Roque, Riley Ray, Bridgette McReynolds, Emercyn Looper and Jake Vulgamore.
A memorial service for Robert D. Wilfong will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 9 at the El Reno Cemetery with Rev. Scott Keneda officiating. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Robert died Aug. 21, 2024, at Integris Canadian Valley Hospital in Yukon. He was born Oct. 15, 1946, in Joliet, Ill., to Samuel L. and Kathryn Elizabeth (Ladd) Wilfong. During his childhood, his family relocated to Houston, Texas, where he grew up and later moved to El Reno.
Enrollment is now open at the Oklahoma School for the Deaf for its online American Sign Language classes being offered during the fall semester.
The free classes are available in two eight-lesson sections and are presented through pre-recorded videos.
The self-paced basic courses in conversational American Sign Language are taught by OSD’s Deaf ASL specialist. These are non-credit level courses and do not count toward professional development hours or continuing education units.
It is with great sorrow and sadness we announce the passing of Dana Kay Girard Churn.
Dana was born April 24, 1958, in El Reno. She passed away Sept. 2, 2024.
Dana lived in El Reno her entire life. She worked at Walmart, Cedar Lake and American Fidelity, where she made longtime friendships. She loved doing crafts and shared them with her family and friends.
Dana was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend.
Dana leaves behind to cherish her memory, her granddaughter, Peyton Kay Churn, who was a helping hand and was the light of her life.
As Democrats whooped it up at their somewhat vestigial (they had already nominated Kamala Harris for president in a “virtual vote”) national convention in Chicago, they seem relatively enthused by her economic platform -- far more enthused than American consumers will be with its results if implemented.
Two features in particular stand out for their combination of economic ignorance, likely disastrous results and, unfortunately, political popularity.
First, Harris proposes a federal ban on “price gouging” by sellers of food and groceries.
