September 2026

A Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) increase and larger benefit allowance for employees to offset rising health insurance costs highlight the annual Canadian County budget.In separate unanimous votes, members of the Board of Canadian County Commissioners and Canadian County Excise Board approved the...

The El Reno Wranglers held the second of three events over the weekend with a Ranch Rodeo at the Denny-Crump Arena.The Wranglers will hold a third rodeo Oct. 24, which will be a traditional event with mutton bustin included.

The 2026 El Reno Air Show and Community Day will be held at the El Reno Regional Airport Oct. 10.The show will feature aerobatics like this Pitts Special from the 2025 event.The complete show schedule is posted with this story.

The City of El Reno’s fall cleanup continues with a town-wide garage sale, curbside bulk waste collection and quarterly bulk dump days.The town-wide garage sale is Oct. 23-25. Garage sale permits are not required that weekend.

Visitors to the Historic Fort Reno Cemetery can now identify 14 Buffalo Soldiers and three Indian scouts with the placement of 18-inch-high markers next to their tombstones.The markers were dedicated by Debra Kaufmann, president of Historic Fort Reno Inc., on Sept. 17, with Troopers Gregory Henry...

The El Reno Arts Council’s Fifth Annual Haunted Trolley is scheduled to roll through the streets of historic downtown El Reno Oct. 15, 16 and 17.The Haunted Trolley will run from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at www.elrenoartscouncil.com. Sue Bear, with the Arts Council, said...

The City of El Reno will host a free voter registration and community event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3 at Petree Plaza and the Mother Road Monument, at West Wade Street and South Choctaw Avenue in downtown.Those attending can register to vote, sign up for an El Reno Carnegie Library...

The Canadian County Board of Commissioners has extended the countywide burn ban one more week because of the continued extreme fire danger.The burn ban, which was first declared Aug. 17, will remain in effect through noon Oct. 5, and could again be extended if conditions warrant.A consensus of the...

Canadian County Treasurer Jay Arnold has been named president of the County Treasurers Association of Oklahoma (CTAO). He will serve a two-year term.“I am incredibly humbled by the support and trust my colleagues and the association have placed in me to serve in this capacity," he said.

Oklahoma lawmakers and family court officials are examining whether the state’s supervised visitation system currently has enough safeguards in place to protect children and families.