December 2025

The Oklahoma Runners third- and fourth-grade boys basketball team made the Final Four in the recent 24th Annual Warriors Showcase in Henryetta.

The Oklahoma Runners fifth- and sixth-grade girls basketball team won its division in the recent 24th Annual Warriors Showcase in Henryetta.

The Oklahoma Runners fifth- and sixth-grade boys basketball team took runner-up in the recent 24th Annual Warriors Showcase in Henryetta.

El Reno siblings Shyann and Donnie Taylor jiggled and smiled as they played around in a box full of stuffed animals.

It’s the kind of carefree spirit that kids have during the holiday season and those happy faces and laughter is why Colsen Girty loved Christmas over any holiday.

“He loved Christmas, it was his favorite holiday,” said Colsen’s mother, Whitney Sides.

Colsen had a dream of one day buying a Christmas present for every child in the world. However, that dream was cut short by a 2021 auto accident which claimed the life of the 10-year-old.

The Caldwell Collection at Mustang Field will open to the public beginning Jan. 10. 

Scott Law, manager of the El Reno Municipal Airport, said Tony Caldwell wants to gauge community interest in visiting the collection of historic airplanes housed at the airport. 

Starting Jan. 10, the museum will be open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Caldwell opened the museum in early October.

The aviation museum features dozens of aircraft, mostly from what is considered the Golden Age of American aviation, the 1920s through the 1940s. 

El Reno police are seeking the public’s help to identify a body that was found last week in a condemned house on Sunset Drive. 

Assistant Police Chief Kirk Dickerson said police were called to the house at 501 Sunset Drive about 9:40 the morning of Dec. 11. City crews were at the address preparing for demolition when the body was discovered. 

Riverside instructor Mike Booher took a group of students to help El Reno Blessing Baskets last week.

The students helped pack boxes for the Christmas distribution.
 

Jace Abshire, Gracen Walker, Macen Moore, Colton Price, Korbyn Kraft, Maggie Calzada, Camryn Foster, Jett Marquez and Leyla Johnson.

Macen Moore stacks bags of fruit on a pallet.

During World War II, comedian Eddie Cantor began raising money for Christmas gifts to be sent to American military members hospitalized in England.

Over the 80 years since, the holiday drive kept going through the efforts of American Legion posts around the United States as well as high school students.

El Reno High School and American Legion Post 34 Auxiliary have been supporting the program from the outset and celebrated the 80th anniversary by raising $12,207 to purchase gifts for the men and women at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Oklahoma City.

El Reno High School November Students of the Month are Brantlie Charmasson, Dominic Steinbruck, Kenzie Espinoza, Kobe Little, Addilinn Trumbley-Johnson, Joshua Culbertson, Aubrey Bales and Radly Slimp.

Canadian County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) annual volunteer appreciation Christmas Jingle & Mingle was held last week at Christ’s Church of Yukon.

Executive Director Dana Lutz said the event helps the organization reach even more children. 

“We host the annual holiday party as an appreciation for our volunteers,” Lutz said.

“We provide gifts for the children on their caseload. If we have extras, they go to children in DHS (Department of Human Services) custody that don’t have a CASA volunteer.”