El Reno photographer Ed Zweiacher has created three photo calendars for 2025.
Titled “El Reno,” “My Switzerland” and “Noah's Ark,” the calendars are available by contacting Zweiacher at edzweiacher@gmail.com.
Zweiacher said he plans to have a “Blue Ribbon” calendar of photos available for 2026.
He said it would include photos that earned him top awards at the county and state fairs as well as art shows.
Students at Canadian Valley Technology Center in El Reno took part as volunteers at the Oklahoma City Zoo.
The students were part of the Skills USA American Spirit competition where competitors work together to develop, document and present a community service project.
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Elinor “Ellie” Keyser LeDoux, 84, passed away peacefully on Dec. 11, 2024, in Oklahoma City.
She was born Feb. 28, 1940, in Oklahoma City to Inez and Ambrose Keyser.
Ellie loved to garden, travel with friends, meet with former classmates and most of all, spend time with her family and sisters. She was an advocate for animals and had three pets over the years.
She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Altar Society, Catholic Daughters and her favorite, the choir. Her faith and importance of family was her daily driving force for life.
Displaying the teamwork which carried the program to its first-ever state title, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team doubled up its opponents on the scoreboard to defend its title at the Harrah Panthers Classic.
El Reno defeated rival Shawnee 45-34 in the championship game to move to 4-0 on the season.
The Indians reached the title game with victories over Star Spencer (64-14) and Bishop McGuinness (72-34).
Jennifer Douglas’ team has now won 32 straight games dating back to last season, with 27 of those falling in the regular season.
El Reno High School’s boys basketball team, an annual fixture in the Harrah Panthers Classic since 2015, has added another piece of golden hardware to its trophy case from the early-season tourney.
The Indians defeated Class 4A’s fifth-ranked Bishop McGuinness 70-44 in the title game to win their second straight HPC championship. Coupled with wins over Star Spencer (93-46) and John Marshall (75-68), El Reno moved to 4-0 on the season.
A string of seven straight victories, five by falls, through the middle weights allowed El Reno High School’s wrestling team to rally past Midwest City for its first dual win of the 2024-25 season.
El Reno, ranked 14th in the Class 5A Dual Rankings, improved to 1-1 with a 46-29 tally over the Bombers. It was the Indians third straight win over Midwest City.
The win got off to a fast start as Mason Hoffman (106) posted a 12-1 major decision over J.J. Reeves.
Midwest City rallied for an 18-4 lead behind two El Reno forfeits and a loss by EHS’ Hollis Gore (120) by fall.
For the second time in three days, P.J. Hall won a duel for El Reno High School’s girls wrestling team without ever breaking a sweat on the mat.
The senior (235) picked up a forfeit win to secure a 38-30 victory over Perry as the 10th-ranked Indians (6A) moved to 2-0 on the season.
Perry, ranked 11th in Class 5A, trailed the entire match but closed the gap to 32-30 with Avery Tetik’s 4:47 fall over El Reno's Emma Resendiz (190) in the next to last weight class.
Funeral services for Jennie Mae Coffey Perry will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Concho Emergency Response Center with Gerald Panana officiating. Burial will follow at Cantonment Cemetery at Canton under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Jennie died Dec. 12, 2024, in El Reno. She was born May 6, 1960, in Clinton.
She was a homemaker but worked briefly as a tribal firefighter, a driver and custodian for the Watonga Bingo Hall, and worked the bull pens for the Woodward Auction.
El Reno could be expanding.
The city council voted to begin proceedings that would expand the city limits to the south and east. City Manager Matt Sandidge said the move is a “proactive” effort to help control development as Oklahoma City moves to the west. He said the city has also been approached by developers who have an interest in some of the area.
The 5-0 vote was cast at Tuesday’s December council meeting.
