April 2026

Robert L. “Bob” Allen, age 86, passed away April 8, 2026, in Oklahoma City. He was born May 22, 1939, to Corliss and Katherine Allen in El Reno. He graduated El Reno High School in 1957 and Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) in 1963.

LAWSUITSTD Bank USA N.A. vs. Amber Meier for $2,560.41 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.TD Bank USA N.A. vs. Ashley Walker for $1,330.93 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Alicia Villanueva for $2,498.06 to pay a debt plus...

2/13/1937 – 4/5/2026Whether he was building a deck for a friend or installing cabinets and trim in businesses or homes, Carl was truly a gifted woodworker.

With one shot separating El Reno High School’s boys soccer team and Bishop McGuinness, the outcome came down to which team did the most with those scoring opportunities.The Irish, with the wind at their backs, broke a scoreless halftime deadlock with two second-half penalty kicks en route to a 3-0...

For more than 73 minutes, including the first 32:22 of the match, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team kept one of the state’s leading scoring teams off the scoreboard.Unfortunately, Bishop McGuinness, which had 46 season goals coming into the match at Memorial Stadium, added three more in a...

Despite averaging six hits per game, El Reno High School’s baseball team could produce only nine runs over three games in the Midwest City bracket of the 2026 Bill Tipton Classic.The offensive hurdles led to a 1-2 record, which dropped the Indians to an even .500 for the season at 11-11.El Reno...

Darrel Franklin “Frank” Wilkerson Sr. went to be with the Lord on April 8, 2026, peacefully in his sleep. Frank was born to Harry and Lula Wilkerson on their farm in Banner on June 3, 1933. He graduated from El Reno High School in 1951 and was later recognized as a distinguished alumnus.

El Reno High School’s track teams continue to cut times and increase distances in the third outing of the 2026 season, the Chickasha Invitational.The girls team was paced by its distance runners as freshman Raquel Seymour and junior Lilly Owen both trimmed over three seconds off times from the last...

While playing on opposite sides of the state, El Reno High School’s golf teams turned in top 10 performances, including a season-low round for the boys squad.The Indians took fifth in the Tecumseh Invitational played at the Firelake Golf Course, shooting a 317, five shots better than Class 6A Yukon.

When Yukon High School agriculture instructors Dustin Beams and Scott Stevens brought the school’s FFA and special needs students together for an impromptu meet-and-greet in 2019, no one imagined what would grow from that simple gathering.Seven years later, it’s evolved into the Third Annual...