December 2025

The City of El Reno will hold its annual Christmas parade downtown Saturday starting at 5 p.m.The “Christmas Kicks on Route 66” parade had 47 entries as of Monday including the El Reno Cruisers, El Reno Wranglers, El Reno High School, Redlands Community College, C&A Tribes, churches, city...

The song “Amazing Grace,” played by bagpiper David Marshal of the Tulsa Pipes and Drums, resonated with a lamenting sound.The German national flag, Deutschlandfahne, moved slowly through the German and Italian Prisoner of War (POW) Cemetery at Fort Reno, carried by one of three uniformed German Air...

The El Reno Tribune’s “Pennies for Presents” drive, supporting El Reno High School’s Gifts for the Yanks program, continues through Dec. 10.If you see one of these red donation boxes, feel free to drop in any spare change or paper money to support EHS’ gift-giving program for veterans.Other box...

Visitors to the Filling Station have gotten an early look at the bright red ride for Santa Claus in this weekend’s Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting.The “Christmas Kicks on Route 66” parade starts at 5 p.m. It’s the city’s second event in the yearlong “Route to Freedom” celebration honoring the...

A preservation group’s effort to refurbish the historic Canadian County Jail has been on a temporary pause after fundraising efforts slowed for the project’s next phase.In fall 2024, the nonprofit Preservation El Reno hired contractor J.T. Chronister, who replaced the roof on the 118-year-old jail...

The skeletal remains of a 1990 cold case were recently identified by the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office using ancestral DNA, with assistance from the Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office and Othram DNA Testing Lab.

Braulio Luna was formally sentenced to 25 years in prison, with 18 years to serve, for charges related to child sexual exploitation and attempted human trafficking of a minor.Luna’s conviction stems from his arrest on Aug. 29, 2024, following a coordinated undercover operation targeting individuals...

A trial date is set next spring for a fired Canadian County sheriff’s deputy accused of sexual misconduct while on duty.David Joseph Randall of Edmond is charged with sexual battery.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma residents may get to vote to eliminate property taxes for homes they live in.Two lawmakers and a former legislator filed papers with the Oklahoma Secretary of State to circulate an initiative petition to let voters decide to gradually reduce some property taxes and end them...

At an Oval Office event on Nov. 18, U.S. President Donald Trump let loose on an ABC News reporter, Mary Bruce, for daring to question Saudi terror kingpin Mohammed bin Salman about the 2018 murder -- by Saudi agents, likely on MBS’s direct order -- of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.