2025 Burger Day
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The El Reno Tribune’s 2025 Burger Day section contains the following content:
April 2025
City to consider creating its own EMS department
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El Reno will consider parting ways with Pafford Emergency Medical Services at the May 11 city council meeting.
City Manager Matt Sandidge said he is recommending the city create its own Emergency Medical Services Department.
The proposed 18-member department would provide ambulance and EMS services for El Reno, Sandidge said. The elected city council will make the final decision.
“Pafford has been a great partner for the past several years, but we believe the city can provide an even higher quality of emergency medical services,” Sandidge said.
It’s Burger Time in ER
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According to event organizers, Tess Maune is set to make Burger Day history Saturday as the first repeat guest emcee at the cooking arena for the world-famous Big Burger. And the El Reno native is not coming alone.
Maune, who emceed the event in the rain a year ago, will be bringing her 5-month-old daughter, Lottie along to make her first “official” Burger Day visit.
Ardies praises El Reno for aviation investments, calls for more aerospace teaching
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Only 1 percent of the aviation jobs in Oklahoma are filled by pilots. The other 99 percent are in areas of work related to flying machines, mostly maintenance and repair, and they come with an average annual salary of $73,000.
Grayson Ardies said aviation is the best-kept secret in Oklahoma.
It’s his job to get the word out about what he said is the second largest industry in the state.
That’s what he did at last week’s El Reno Now gathering, along with issuing a challenge for El Reno to get more involved in aviation in the area of education.
Canadian County Historical Society secures OHS grant
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The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) has awarded a grant to the Canadian County Historical Society that will help create a master plan for the beloved El Reno-based entity.
Sports betting bills advance from Oklahoma Senate panel
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OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahomans may get to vote to legalize sports betting after years of failed attempts to get it through the state Legislature.
A Senate panel last week passed two sports betting bills, including one that potentially sets the stage for a public vote.
The panel’s decision marked the first time sports betting legislation has advanced out of a Senate committee, said Sen. Bill Coleman, R-Ponca City, the measures Senate author.
Oklahoma school board election shift moves ahead
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Legislation that would shift Oklahoma’s school board elections to better-known election dates that draw higher turnout has cleared two House committees and is now eligible to be heard by the entire membership of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Senate Bill 6, by state Sen. Ally Seifried and state Rep. Chris Banning, would move school board elections to August for primaries or November for runoffs.
Public Records - 4/30/25
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LAWSUITS
Synchrony Bank vs. Karrissa Hester for $7,475.81 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Todd Kedron for $2,456.36 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Deandrea Tatum for $4,987.67 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Otto Cook for $3,789.70 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Buma Franklin for $886.80 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Quick start carries Titans past El Reno in quest for second place in 5A-2 bid
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With second place and hosting rights on the line for the upcoming playoffs, El Reno High School's girls soccer team allowed three goals in the first 10 minutes of its showdown with Carl Albert.
It was a start in which the Indians could not recover.
The Titans defeated El Reno 4-1 to secure second place in the District 5A-2 standings and will host Noble.
El Reno, now 7-6 overall, slipped to third with a 5-2 league mark and will travel to Duncan.
Indians lose 1-0 cliffhanger to Carl Albert on late goal
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In a matter of seconds, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team went from looking at an overtime battle with Carl Albert to seeing its season end with a 1-0 loss to its archrival.
The Titans scored the game-winning goal with 7:49 left in the second half on a header off a corner kick.
It was the lone shot surrendered by El Reno goalie Aldo De La Torre, who faced 25 Carl Albert shots on the night.
The junior keeper made 12 saves including a leaping block earlier in the half and a tip over the crossbar in the first 40 minutes.
