September 2025

The City of El Reno won the Municipal Innovations Award for the Filling Station project. The award was announced at the recent Oklahoma Municipal League Conference. In 1996, OML created an award to recognize cities and towns for their innovative ideas.

Police have presented information to the district attorney’s office for possible charges after a man driving the Heritage Express Trolley apparently moved an El Reno ambulance several feet to allow the trolley to pass by.

El Reno is expected to have a new car wash on Country Club Road.Rachel Spurger said she and her partners, including her husband, Scott, have closed on property purchased by Mighty Wash.The land is on the east side of Country Club, across from Redlands Community College.Mighty Wash is said to...

Canadian County employees will receive a 3 percent pay raise in the new $40-plus million county budget.The fiscal year 2026 general fund budget includes a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase for approximately 333 county employees.That total excludes around 31 Sheriff’s Department employees...

Members of the Underwood Club of Oklahoma Home and Community Education met recently in the home of Vicki Duncan. Others attending were Ann Ricketts and Janan Fletcher.Duncan read a devotion from Prayers of Grace.

An effort to replace Oklahoma’s current election system with one like California’s model, which often limits voters general-election choices to two Democrats with no alternatives, can proceed under recent decisions issued by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.The court also held that the...

LAWSUITSLVNV Funding LLC vs. Amy Jameson for $1,705.61 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Brianna Adams for $1,474.27 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Jason Anderson for $975.86 to pay a debt...

Growing up in the Czech Republic, Amalie Kalcevova was focused on two simple life goals - see the world and go to college.“I wanted to experience a new culture, new people and get better at English before I go to college,” said Kalcevova.So what does a teenager in the capitol city of Prague, with a...

Returning home from an eight-game road slate, El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team dropped a 14-0 game to league-leader Carl Albert at the Ashbrook North Complex.The loss dropped El Reno to 6-11 on the year and gave the Titans the sweep in District 5A-2 play.

Fifteen aces and a 90 percent serving effort powered El Reno High School’s volleyball team to a 3-0 home win over Class 6A’s Putnam City in a non-conference match.El Reno, ranked 12th in Class 5A, jumps back into the win column to 14-10 on the season with the 25-16/25-11/25-15 decision.The Indians...