June 2025

Final innings with dad

Body Calumet High School’s Cody Thiessen was looking forward to coaching his son, Kyler one last time in the 2025 Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association’s All-State Game.Thiessen was selected to coach the Small West team along with Cashion’s Blake Mounce.
Kyler Thiessen throws a pitch

City begins EMS runs July 1

Body El Reno will begin operating a municipal ambulance service July 1. In a unanimous vote, the city council officially signed off on the plan that will see the creation of the El Reno Emergency Services Department.
One of the three new ambulances purchased by the City of El Reno

Smokin’ away the rain

Body Rain forced some changes to A Small Town Weekend, but participants and spectators appeared to be having too much fun to notice. The 27th Annual A Small Town Weekend drew throngs of people to Sunset Drive, also known as Route 66, as well as Adams Park.
Aiden Ellington gets the wheels on his Chevy pickup churning out plumes of smoke

OPA contest: A walk down memory lane

Body Happy Father’s Day! This past weekend I went to the Oklahoma Press Association’s annual convention. It was held in Shawnee at the Grand Casino.It was nice to see my fellow newspaper friends from across the state.
Photo of my daddy accepting the OPA Sweepstakes Award

Early-morning accident kills one teenager, injures second

Body The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said an El Reno teen was killed and another injured when the vehicle they were in crashed in Caddo County.The accident occurred just before 4 a.m. June 10 at the intersection of US-281 and County Road 1120, two miles north of Lookeba.

Tall spray

Body Members of the El Reno Fire Department keep a close eye on the gauges while testing the water pressure and spray pattern on the water cannon attached to the department’s new platform truck.
Tall spray_story

Jury recommends life for convicted rapist

Body A Canadian County jury is recommending life in prison for Agustin Salazar-Fraire after he was convicted last week of two counts of lewd acts to a child under 16 and four counts of rape in the first degree.