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With an unexpected first-round exit in last season’s Class 5A State Championships with a senior-heavy lineup, skeptics expected El Reno High School’s boys basketball team to be facing a major rebuild.

While it’s true there are holes in the starting lineup to fill, head coach Rodney Haydon says his current roster has the potential to make it back to state.

“Absolutely. The schedule will be tough, it was last year, but we’ll be battle-tested and ready to go. We wouldn’t put a product on the floor if we didn’t think we could go to a state tournament,” said Haydon.

During an assembly filled with educators and administrators from its seven school sites and central office, El Reno Public Schools announced the 2025-26 District Teacher of the Year prior to the Thanksgiving break.

It’s the third year for the announcement to come before the start of the holiday season.

“We do this now so that the winner can have the opportunity to put their name into the running for the statewide Teacher of the Year.

“As superintendent, it’s my honor to get to announce the District Teacher of the Year,” said El Reno Superintendent Matt Goucher.

Students at El Reno Public Schools First Steps Child Development Center capped off their Harvest Week studies recently with a visit from local farmers Jay Riley and Ryan Sorrels and grain silo owner Brandon Schroeder.

Students got an up-close look at a Holland combine, the largest in Oklahoma, and a smaller John Deere combine and grain cart.

They were also shown samples of harvested soybeans.

Madison Basler, 12 years old, will appear in the Storyteller Theatre production of the classic “Little Women: A Holiday Experience,” performing at the Harn Homestead in Oklahoma City.

Madison is playing the part of Little Amy, the youngest March sister and a self-proclaimed “most important person!”

Madison lives in El Reno and is a student at Maple School.

The City of El Reno will appeal the Canadian County District Court ruling that said its annexation of property was mostly invalid. 

The 4-1 vote came following a special city council meeting Wednesday. Council immediately moved into closed executive session, spending more than an hour behind closed doors before returning to open meeting and voting on the matter. 

A $1 billion data center on Yukon’s west side is not a done deal.

That was a message shared by Yukon City Manager Jeff Deckard as he and Mayor Brian Pillmore answered questions posed by citizens during a 30-minute Facebook Live session.

“We are only in the beginning stages of it,” said Deckard.

A 0.5-gigawatt data center has been proposed on a 184.5-acre site at Highway 66 and Frisco Road as part of a large data center campus.

Hillcrest kindergarten October Responsibility Award winners are Keldyn Webb, Zayden Cole, Scarlett Rabago, Kinleigh Lynn, Ariyah Samad, Alayna Stewart, Nova Melendez, Jackson Schuldt, Eli Murray, Zayana Zarate, Romina Reyes, Alice Anderson and Weston Kuehl.

Also, Dayana Jaramillo, Ismael Bonilla, Everly Norman, Miah Dominguez, Brayan Cirlos, Aaliyah Grisham, Kallen Brittain, Nayeli Gonzalez, Kason Ward, Caroline Metcalf and Z’Rye Strider.

Hillcrest pre-kindergarten October Responsibility Award winners are Brayleigh Turner, Bennett Moores, Yaniesy Arellano, Kaysen Neeley, Roarke Watson, Jazmin Cirlos, Garren Porter, Eliseo Garcia and Christopher Borjas;.

They also include, Wisdom Harris, Kase Freeman, Kinsley Chadwick, Jesse Johnson, Braydon Cagle and Winrey Rosberg.