An aviation museum at the El Reno Regional Airport is not set to open for about two months, but it’s already drawing positive attention to the area.
A fully restored 1931 Curtiss-Wright B-14R Speedwing, owned by Tony Caldwell and part of The Caldwell Collection at Mustang Field, received one of the most prestigious honors in aviation, the Bronze Lindy Award at EAA’s AirVenture 2025 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Tony Caldwell is an Oklahoma entrepreneur, former legislator and successful businessman. Now, he’s about to be the creator and owner of one of the state’s top aviation museums.
The Caldwell Collection at Mustang Field, a nonprofit museum, will open this fall at the historic El Reno Regional Airport.
El Reno made its presence known at the nation’s largest air show last month.
Scott Law, manager of the El Reno Regional Airport, traveled with the Oklahoma delegation that worked the week-long event in Oshkosh, Wis.
Law said the Oklahoma Department of Aviation and Aeronautics as well as the Oklahoma Department of Commerce had a shared Oklahoma booth at the event.
Law helped man the booth and met with individuals as well as aviation-related companies that had questions about Oklahoma and El Reno.
The city of El Reno was awarded a grant for more than $640,000 and promptly bought a new street sweeper and a couple of dump trucks.
The funds came from an Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality program that was created from the Volkswagen Clean Diesel Settlement.
The funding will support the replacement of aging municipal fleet vehicles with newer, cleaner and more efficient models.
The new street sweeper replaces a 1999 model. It was purchased for $369,295, while the two medium-duty dump trucks cost more than $135,000 each.
Redlands Community College will celebrate its new mural with a ribbon-cutting.
The event will be 10 a.m. Monday at RCC.
Titled the Spirit of Redlands, the 16’x73’ mural painted on the east wall of the gymnasium will give the public the opportunity to meet artist Tox Murrillo, who designed and painted it.
The creation is a tribute to RCC’s 11 competitive teams and honors the school’s contributions to education, community and the path ahead.
The legendary KC and the Sunshine Band will perform at Lucky Star Amphitheater Aug. 16. The 7:30 p.m. show will also feature Morris Day and The Time. Doors will open at 6 p.m.
As widely popular today as they were when they first danced into the music scene 50 years ago, Harry Wayne Casey - KC for short - developed a unique fusion of R&B and funk, with a hint of a Latin percussion groove, giving an impressive string of hits like “Get Down Tonight,” “That’s The Way (I Like It)” and “Shake Your Booty.”
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma has made drastic improvements in reducing the number of structurally deficient bridges and now ranks fourth in the nation for favorable conditions, the head of the state’s transportation agency said.
The new ranking is a marked improvement from over two decades ago when Oklahoma ranked 49th and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation had nearly 1,200 structurally deficient bridges, said Tim Gatz, the agency’s executive director.
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When state schools were allowed to open preseason workouts July 15, El Reno High School volleyball coach Kristin Koehler faced a puzzling situation.
With the majority of her team at Falls Creek Church Camp for a week, Koehler had to choose between holding practices with a limited number of players or delay the start of workouts.
While scaled down dramatically from their life-sized crafts, size is about the only real difference between remote-controlled racing and the competitions found on either the drag boat or offshore powerboat circuits.
More than 100 R/C boat racers descended on Lake El Reno last week for the inaugural Oklahoma Shootout. They came from six different states, the furthest California, driving campers and pulling trailers filled with boats, supplies and replacement parts.
