September 2025

Public Records - 9/24/25

LAWSUITSMidland Credit Management Inc. vs. Janna Anderson for $2,520.41 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Leonard Masi for $1,321.07 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.Capital One N.A. vs. Tristan Blakley for $2,760.10 to pay a...

ER goals possible via solid play, right mind

Though the non-district portion of the 2025 season did not turn out as expected, El Reno High School’s football team exits bye week with key pre-season goals still obtainable.Head coach Russell Cook said in the preseason that winning a district title and getting back into the Class 5A playoffs were...
Brad Palmer tries to slip away from a Weatherford tackler

El Reno wins two in festival to snap three-game slide

El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team snapped a three-game losing streak by posting a 2-1 record in the Del City Festival.The Indians, now 8-13 on the year, defeated the Oklahoma City Broncos (2-1) and Putnam City (7-0) but dropped a close contest to 20-game winner Newcastle (2-1).El Reno...
Zoey Pawnee had a pickoff throw bounce over her glove as she reaches out to make a tag

Spikers cage Bears, remain tied for lead in Suburban Conference

A two-match win streak keeps El Reno High School’s volleyball team tied for the lead in the Suburban Conference standings following a 3-1 victory over No.16 Noble.The 25-18/25-19/23-25/25-21 win moved the 12th-ranked (5A) Indians to 15-10 on the season and 3-0 in the conference standings, avenging...
Radley Miller serves during the game with Noble

Special Olympics softball

El Reno High School Special Olympics took three of its athletes and some coaches and volunteers to watch Special Olympics North America Softball play at the Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.The group saw Special Olympics teams from New York, Kansas, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
Special Olympics softball_story

Landon Zane Lerch

Landon Zane Lerch, age 30, of El Reno, OK, passed away unexpectedly on September 17, 2025.Landon was born on October 10, 1994, to Lane Lerch and Ann Wiggins.
Landon Zane Lerch_obituary

Cattlemen’s way

What happens when you are a high school senior, play on the football team and your grandfather happens to be the general manager of the world famous Cattlemen’s Steakhouse in Oklahoma City?You get a steak dinner served to the whole team! 
Aleister Wall with his grandfather, David Egan

ER schools to host Q&A sessions on bond plans

El Reno Public Schools will host a pair of question and answer sessions, open to the public, pertaining to the upcoming bond election vote.Voters living within the district will go to the polls Oct. 14 to decide on the proposed $69.5 million request which is broken up into two proposals.

Correction

A sentence in the story about Main Street's request for $50,000 from the City of El Reno should have read, council member Amy Neathery suggested the former Main Street executive committee may have known of the dire financial status of the organization, but that information may not have been shared...