February 2026

MIDWEST CITY – Twenty turnovers by El Reno High School's girls basketball team resulted in 29 points for Carl Albert as the Titans completed a sweep of EHS with a 68-38 win.El Reno wrapped up District 5A-2 play with a 10-4 record, which left the Indians in the third spot and on the road for the...

MIDWEST CITY – Carl Albert held off a pair of fourth-period rallies by El Reno High School’s boys basketball team to sweep the Indians in District 5A-2 action with a 64-53 victory.The double-digit loss, the second of the year to the Titans, closed out 5A-2 play for El Reno with a 6-8 record for...

Lloyd Derald Eisenhour, 92, of Edmond, passed away Feb. 14, 2026. He was born Oct. 27, 1933, in Minco to George and Bernice (Snyder) Eisenhour. He attended Fairview School southwest of Minco and Minco Public Schools, graduating in 1952.

Area basketball teams emerged from the first round of postseason action unscathed, claiming six district titles in the process and each now needing three straight wins to make state.Calumet High School’s boys team defeated Ringwood (88-25) to move to 23-3 on the year and claimed the Class B1, Area...

The 38th Annual Burger Day will get a boost from the City of El Reno and the owner of an historic building in the downtown that’s in need of repair will get a few more months to continue showing progress.City council members voted to boost funding for the Burger Day event from the $10,000 last year...

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It’s been a social media tale for years, but if a report by an Oklahoma City media outlet is true, Buc-ee’s may actually arrive in Canadian County.OKCTalk reported Thursday that the Texas-based company is in preliminary talks with Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to open...

El Reno artist Chris Small has been working on touching up the paint on the Route 66 mural outside The Filling Station.Small first painted the mural in 2009 and says he’s been using special techniques and materials to keep water from getting behind the mural.The makeover is part of the city’s...

Canadian County government leaders are projecting a late spring/early summer 2027 completion of a new four-story courthouse.A groundbreaking ceremony Feb. 9 marked the start of construction of a 112,407-square-foot building at 201 N. Choctaw.Canadian County’s three commissioners, at a Public...

Work begins Monday, Feb. 16 on a bridge replacement project on the US-281 Spur over I-40, just west of El Reno in Canadian County. The site is the Cherokee Trading Post.