June 2025

Shortly after El Reno High School’s loss to Tulsa Memorial in the Class 5A state quarterfinals, seniors Carter Roman Nose and Tre Davis made a slow quiet walk around the corridor of the Jim Norick Arena.It would be the last time the two 1,000-point career scorers would take the court...

While watching the 2025 Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association’s Large School All-State Game, El Reno head coach Jennifer Douglas could not help but have a flashback.A very happy flashback.

El Reno High School’s Ethan Brooks wrapped up his freshman track season last week with a record-setting performance in the Stars Mile Night event in Oklahoma City.Running at historic Taft Stadium, Brooks was among the field of 145 thinclads in the high school division.

El Reno is a small, car-loving town that puts on a big classic car festival every year. A Small Town Weekend, set for June 6-8, is expected to attract as many as 10,000 people. The weekend pays tribute over the three days to classic cars and historic Route 66.

Editor’s Note: El Reno City Council was scheduled to meet June 3 for a budget planning session. Below is a letter from City Manager Matt Sandidge explaining the proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget. The new fiscal year begins July 1.

El Reno residents are weighing in on proposed improvements to Lake El Reno and Adams Park and so far most of the response has been favorable.

Beginning Friday night and lasting through Sunday, El Reno’s Route 66 corridor is expected to be buzzing with vehicles of all makes and models for the 27th Annual A Small Town Weekend.The City of El Reno’s newly opened The Filling Station is expected to be a popular place for photos.

In the late hours of what was functionally its final day of regular session, the Oklahoma Legislature voted in supermajorities to remove Allie Friesen as commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.The inherently tense situation escalated past the point of...

Juanita “Nita” Gail King was born Nov. 15, 1962, in Carnegie, Oklahoma, to Geneva Ervin. They moved to Greenfield where Nita attended school.She married David Christopher Seitter, deceased, in 1977, and their daughter, Shannon was born in 1979.Nita had been involved in the health-care industry.

In recent rulings, U.S. District Judge Bernard M. Jones of the Western District of Oklahoma has taken diametrically opposite stances regarding requests for plaintiffs in lawsuits to have their identities kept anonymous.When a lawsuit was recently filed on behalf of illegal immigrants, Jones granted...