April 2025

El Reno will celebrate Tara Dew Day on May 1.

I’m a pretty lucky girl when it comes to friends. I’m still extremely close with about 20 of my sorority sisters from OSU.I love these girls so much. They are hilarious, smart, genuine, honest, and just plain good humans! We talk just about every day in a group chat so we can keep in touch. 

From left, Pauline Gideon, Carolyn Husmann, Erin Rother-Stover and Lisa Lamaster greet visitors at the Intervention and Crisis Advocacy Network (ICAN) resource booth during a Voices for Justice program April 7 at Archery Traditions in Yukon.The event, which featured a panel discussion followed by a...

George Frederick Lerch, 90, passed away peacefully in his home in the company of his family on April 7, 2025. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, April 14, 2025, at Trinity Baptist Church in El Reno.George was born the son of Ernest and Selma Lerch in Elgin, Iowa, on Feb. 22, 1935.

Members of the Underwood Oklahoma Home and Community Extension Club met recently in the home of Renee’ Schweitzer.Those attending were Bernita Davis, Vicki Duncan, Janan Fletcher, Ann Ricketts, Michele Rivers and Natalia Valenzuela.Ricketts led the flag salute, while Davis read the March minutes...

Damrosch Ladies Music Club will be performing Wednesday, April 16 beginning at 10 a.m.The performance will take place at First Christian Church, 400 S. Barker.In addition to choral pieces, there will be ensemble and individual performances. A small reception will follow and the public is invited.

Okarche Speech Team recently took part in Southwest Regional Competition in Weatherford.

LAWSUITSCrown Asset Management LLC vs. Kelin Penda for $29,459.92 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.Freedom Mortgage Corporation vs. Kameron Phillips for $179,778.52 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lots 10 and 11, Block 3,...

DeWayne Carvin Wood passed away April 1, 2025, at his home in Kodiak, Alaska, where he had resided this last year.He was born Nov. 10, 1938, in Carnegie, where he grew up and graduated high school. DeWayne lived most of his life in Calumet. He retired from AT&T after 30 years of service.

Both on the road and at the Hub Reed Complex, El Reno High School’s baseball team was one hit away from making some big noise in the District 5A-1 standings.El Reno dropped a 2-1 road decision to league leader Carl Albert, leaving six base runners stranded, including the bases loaded in the sixth...