El Reno residents John Philip Sales Jr. and Joy Cathryn Sales passed away at the Tuttle Care Center, John on April 21, 2026, and Cathie on April 23, 2026.
Married April 17, 1971, they were members of the Southgate Pentecostal Church in Moore.
How high is too high for the state’s minimum wage?
State Question 832 is more than just a raise to $15 per hour. It goes up every year and never stops. Very quickly the rate becomes unsustainable, and employers will lay off workers or close completely.
When Jackie and Karis Long’s rental house was damaged from a severe water leak caused by the HVAC condensation line, they expected their landlord, the national real estate investment company American Homes 4 Rent, to repair the damage in a timely manner.
Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ hired the same lobbying firm as the parent company of a financial firm he later recommended for a state contract, raising more questions about whether the treasurer’s compressed selection process was fair and transparent.
Last year, I was one of the few people who ventured to a theater to see Academy Award-winning director Barry Levinson’s mid-century mafia movie, The Alto Knights.
What drew me to the picture was not Levinson’s gimmick of having Robert De Niro portray both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, the rival mob bosses at the center of the plot.
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OKLAHOMA CITY – Tied at halftime against Western Heights, El Reno High School girls soccer coach Anthony Klipp uttered a simple but clear message to his players.
“You can lose one of these last two matches and still make the playoffs, but this is not the one you can lose,” said Klipp.
His players responded with five unanswered goals in the second half en route to a 6-1 victory over the Jets.
Two days later the Indians then locked down a spot in the postseason with a 3-1 win over Guthrie.
El Reno High School’s boys soccer team could finish in a tie for the fourth spot in the District 5A-2 standings, but the squad will not be going to the playoffs.
The Indians dropped a 2-1 match to Western Heights before closing the regular season with a 3-0 shutout of Guthrie.
The split left El Reno with an 8-5 record on the year and a 3-4 mark in the league standings.
El Reno is currently tied for fifth with Western Heights. Carl Albert, which has a match left with Guthrie, is fourth at 3-3 but holds the tiebreaker edge over both EHS and the Jets.
El Reno High School’s tennis team had one of its strongest showings of the season last week at the 2026 Elgin Owl Classic.
The boys fielded a full squad for the first time this year and took fifth in the team standings with 12 points, highlighted by its singles players who were both consolation champs.
Sergio Rosas, playing the No.1 bracket, lost to Weatherford’s Carson Bonner (7-5/6-1) but rebounded to defeat Kingfisher’s Wyatt Long (6-0/6-2) and Southeast’s Miguel Garcia (6-0/6-1).
El Reno High School catcher Austin Steffler said it best when describing senior right-hander Jonathan Shelley’s first varsity start of the season.
“Jonathan’s fast ball is moving,” said Steffler.
Shelley, who missed two-thirds of the season with a hamstring injury, pitched five innings of three-hit baseball as the Indians snapped a six-game losing streak with a 9-1 run-rule of Putnam City.
Shelley allowed one run and a walk, while fanning six batters. He retired the first eight batters in order, allowed the free pass, then retired four of the next five batters faced.
