October 2024

Nearly $600 million in federal funding for Oklahoma projects, including $37 million for improvements to Interstate 35 in McClain County and nearly $35 million for Durant’s water distribution line, could be on the line as lawmakers negotiate the fiscal year 2025 budget once they return to session after the Nov. 5 election.

As lawmakers negotiate a budget for the next fiscal year, appropriators will be deciding what to include. With Rep. Tom Cole as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, most of Oklahoma’s funding requests will have a chance to survive.

LAWSUITS

Citibank N.A. vs. Gary Morren for $6,465.88 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Capital One N.A. vs. Joshua Greninger for $4,256.50 to pay a debt plus interest and costs.

Citibank N.A. vs. Bruce Charest for $4,980.67 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Capital One N.A. vs. Desmond Merrill for $2,773.44 to pay a debt plus interest and costs.

Capital One N.A. vs. Gregory Tate for $3,858.90 to pay a debt plus interest and costs.

While the win-loss record may not have reflected the abilities of the players making up El Reno High School’s softball roster, the coaches who faced the Indians knew it.

That knowledge and respect was reflected in voting for two postseason award lists which netted El Reno a dozen selections and a possibility for three All-State laurels.

El Reno High School’s football team climbed back into the chase for a playoff spot with last week’s 46-18 win over John Marshall.

The win boosted stats for both offensive and defensive players.

Our beloved husband and father, Leo Joseph Lagaly, passed away peacefully Oct. 27, 2024, at St. Katharine Drexel Retirement Center in El Reno.

With a nod to the past, present and future, El Reno Now last week offered a glimpse of what is happening around town. 

Hosted by the city of El Reno and El Reno Public Schools, the event featured a colorful presentation from the Canadian County Historical Museum as well as updates from City Manager Matt Sandidge, Mayor Steve Jensen and School Superintendent Matt Goucher. 

Vicki Proctor, director of the Canadian County Historical Museum, used a slideshow presentation last week to take the El Reno Now audience on a tour of the museum campus at 300 S. Grand.

Proctor credited volunteers and a “wonderful new board” of directors for helping to pump more life into the museum’s offerings. 

Proctor said the museum recently hosted a bus from Village Tours that came to El Reno to explore the town and especially the locations where several movies have been filmed over the years. 

Residents young and old donned a wide range of Halloween costumes over the weekend for the 2024 El Reno Main Street Association’s Spooktacular event.

A costume contest was held at the Centre Theatre before businesses as well as El Reno fire, police and city staff handed out candy.

There were nearly 40 community and business partners for the event.

El Reno’s Mary Wright's book Shotguns, Shadows and Secrets has been published by Outskirts Press Inc. 

Anita Dianne Wood, “Nana” as most of us know her by, was born Aug. 12, 1947, the seventh child of eight to Lando and Dewade Wood in Union City. Anita passed away Oct. 17, 2024, after having the time of her life in Branson, Mo.