May 2026

A reminder, the National Letter Carriers Food Drive is this Saturday, May 9. 

El Reno residents wishing to contribute are asked to have a plastic bag filled with non-perishable foods by their mailbox by 9 a.m. that day. 

Janice Cox, El Reno postal employee, has helped spearhead the local efforts for years. She is hopeful El Reno postal customers will respond with generosity as the letter carriers work to help fill the shelves of The Lord’s Harvest, an El Reno food ministry. 

The National Letter Carriers Food Drive has been in existence since 1993.

Having won five state championships, logged 436 career victories and a .752 winning percentage, Jenks Simmons can arguably be called one of El Reno High School’s greatest coaches.

Yet that success did not happen overnight for the Hall of Fame skipper.

The 38th Annual Burger Day Festival hit the ground running May 2. 

Participants walked or ran in the 13th Annual Wesley United Methodist Church’s Bun Run. 

Forty-five adults and children circled the neighborhood on the one-mile fun walk. Deliberately noticeable was a group of Fancy Pants walkers wearing multi-colored tutus.

A more ambitious group of 132 mostly runners took off a few minutes later on their 5K run. Announcer Terry Parrott told the crowd, “This fun run supports our mission work in the country and throughout the world.” 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In April the U.S. Army announced its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft to be named the MV-75 Cheyenne II during the Army Aviation Association of America’s annual conference.

The MV-75 Cheyenne II represents a new era of Army aviation, with capabilities that far exceed the current fleet. This medium-size, vertical lift, multi-mission aircraft combines the vertical agility of a helicopter with the speed and range of an airplane, allowing it to fly twice as fast and twice as far.

As in Joe’s most recent recording – Changes - which he finished writing on Thanksgiving 2025, he traded his worn-out body for his angel wings on May 4, 2026, at 8:33 a.m. at home, surrounded by family. 

Joe was born August 7, 1956, in Stuttgart, Arkansas, to Joe and Betty Rubach Haller.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Aided or not by a gusting south wind, Santa Fe South showed why it is the top-seeded team in the bracket, defeating El Reno High School’s girls soccer team 6-0 in the knockout round of the Class 5A playoffs.

El Reno, the fourth seed from District 5A-2, closes its season with a 6-8 record.

It was just the second time in the past 10 years for the Indians to play the Saint Bernards, the 5A-1 champion, losing a 2018 meeting by a 2-0 score.

El Reno High School senior Juliana Thomas recently signed with Connors State College for basketball.
 

El Reno High School seniors (from left) Aldo De La Torre (SW Christian), Grisell Guzman (Rose State), Tristan Chandler (Murray State) and Diego Reyes (SW Christian) recently signed college letters of intent in soccer.

Despite being one of five teams to improve its score over the final round of the 2026 Class 5A Oklahoma Girls State Golf Championship, El Reno High School was unable to break out of the ninth position.

Playing the Shangri-la Resort Course on Grand Lake, the Indians improved their score two strokes from the opening tally, closing with rounds of 400-398 for a 36-hole total of 798.

Bishop McGuinness, Blanchard and Claremore also made jumps.

Aiden Robinson hit a two-run triple and then scored the game-winning run off a subsequent error as Redlands Community College defeated Arkansas Mid-South 6-5.

Redlands took the first game of the best of three series with the Greyhounds 15-4. The sweep came in the crossover round of the NJCAA Region 2, Division II playoffs.

The Cougars improve to 13-13 in league play and 22-34 on the season and advance into the six-team, double-elimination bracket for the NJCAA Region 2, Division II Championship, which starts Thursday in Enid.