April 2025

El Reno police are looking for a man who allegedly took a package from the front porch of a home on March 27.

Police reports said the incident happened in the 900 block of South Macomb. A woman told police she saw a white male walk onto her porch and steal an Amazon package. The man wore black shorts, a black camo T-shirt and black high top sneakers.

The man then ran and entered a blue Dodge truck. The vehicle left going east on Cavanaugh. 

Students enrolled in BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center will present the annual Agriscience Symposium April 15. The event will be from 5 to 6 p.m. at Redlands Community College Building 10, on the west side of the campus. 

BlueSTEM students from El Reno High School, Calumet High School, Yukon High School and Epic Charter Schools will display their agriscience research projects and answer questions from the public. 

BlueSTEM is a partnership of El Reno schools, USDA at Fort Reno and Redlands Community College. 

WASHINGTON ― The Justice Department announced it will send the FBI to address unresolved violent crimes in Indian Country, including crimes relating to missing and murdered indigenous persons.

FBI will send 60 personnel, rotating in 90-day temporary duty assignments over a six-month period.

This operation is the longest and most intense national deployment of FBI resources to address Indian Country crime to date, the Justice Department said.

The NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) valuation of Cooper Flagg, a freshman Duke basketball player, is $4.8 million. How is that even possible? In essence, Duke was able to buy the hired gun, Flagg, one of the most highly decorated high school players in the country.

El Reno High School March Students of the Month are George Stewart, Sabrina Keel, William Wedman, Evalynn Blood, James Thompson, Shalyn Mutzig, Jayden Fudge and Bailey Schmidt.

The Riverside March Citizens of the Month are Iris Smith, Keira Noear, Lathen Childers, Auttum McLearen, Samuel Powell, Braxton Camp and Aldo Saldana.

Also, Jaxton Proctor, Whitney Sneed, Azayla Mitchell, Sophia Lemus, Phoenix Wyrick, Lily Smith, Samir Baker and CJ Mendivil Jr.

Okarche High School February Students of the Month are Avery Schieber, Belle Beam, Sara Jacobs, Haiden Robinson, Reese Robinson and Charlie Petty.

Okarche High School February Lion and Lioness honorees are seniors Jaylan Candy-Fire and Katy Cresswell.

MUNICIPAL COURT

Manuel Diaz Almaguer, El Reno, speeding and driving under suspension, $590.

Baylee Victoria Warnke, Yukon, expired tag, $165.

Matthew Grant Snyder, El Reno, speeding, $185.

Addie Elizabeth Taylor, Austin, Texas, speeding, $175.

Tristan Francis Kaulaity, El Reno, trespassing on private property, $295.

Ashley Briana Miller, Yukon, speeding, $195.

Aaron Michael Heinen, Yukon, expired tag and failure to stop at stop sign, $295.

Kelby Lynn Stinson, Bethany, expired tag, $165.

It took a few innings for El Reno High School’s baseball team to readjust from the upper echelon pitching faced from two state-ranked teams in the Chickasha Festival.

When it did, though, the Indians jumped back into District 5A-1 play with a doubleheader sweep of John Marshall by scores of 15-0 and 10-0 to remain undefeated in league play.

El Reno is now 10-2-2 on the season and moves to 8-0 in league play with its fourth twinbill sweep. The Indians remain tied with Noble, Carl Albert and Guthrie and will now face the trio over the next 21 days.

Picking up where he left off in cross country, El Reno High School freshman Ethan Brooks spearheaded the boys track team to a tie for eighth place in the 2025 Piedmont Wildcats Invitational.

Brooks collected 12 of the team’s 14 points with two top five finishes. He took the silver, worth eight points, in the 1,600 meters with a time of four minutes and 33.15 seconds.

He was 1.9 seconds behind winner Isaiah Blevins of Guthrie.

In the 800-meter dash, Brooks was placed in the slower heat but still posted a time of 2:01.93 for fourth overall, earning four team points.