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LVNV Funding LLC vs. Cynthia Ellis for $1,150.80 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Bridgecrest Acceptance Corporation vs. Jeremy Peters and Erin Riley for $5,006.70 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Bridgecrest Acceptance Corporation vs. Christopher Coburn for $8,696.04 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Green Okie LLC vs. Kirby Mason Woolard for an amount not exceeding $10,000 for damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

Just one day after having her program shut down temporarily due to a positive COVID-19 player test, El Reno High School head softball coach Kylee Webb says reopening steps are well under way.

“The majority of the team has gotten tested but we don’t have any results back yet. As far as I know they all went to an urgent care or somewhere to get it (test) covered by insurance. I don't know how many went and got the rapid test,” said Webb.

The El Reno School Board approved the basic framework for the district’s plan to teach children but will have a special meeting to determine the method of instructing students for the upcoming school term.

Students and teachers have not been inside classrooms together since March after the COVID-19 pandemic arrived. The school year was completed in a virtual setting district-wide.

“What we intend to do is go back to normal. I know our teachers want to be back in school with the kids and all the health professionals I’ve spoken with say the kids need to be in school.

Many in El Reno Back the Blue.

On Friday, a police appreciation event was held at Adams Park. Dozens of people turned out to show support, chat with officers and eat to their heart’s content.

The event, honoring the El Reno Police Department and the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office, was organized by Sandy Gore along with Kelli Webster and Stephanie Ramey. All three are the wives of police officers.

Sandy is married to Detective Jeremy Gore, Kelli to Capt. Samuel Webster, and Stephanie to Sgt. Jake Ramey.

In a world that seems to be on a never-ending roller coaster of pandemics, ugliness and self-absorption, some are trying to remind people that kindness, faith and hope are still worth holding tight to.

Melissa Prigmore, with help from her son, Crozier and others, has been busy planting Spreading Kindness signs in the yards of El Reno residents who believe as she does. Namely, that these virtues are still with us even as the nation is rocked by what seems to be a daily avalanche of unrest.

This year’s Smoke on the Water Drag Boat Races will run as scheduled starting Friday night, despite a recent upswing of COVID-19 cases in El Reno and Canadian County.

“We are full steam ahead. You are always worried about it (virus) and we have been hoping to be able to get to the event and get through it,” said event co-organizer Josh Finnigan.

El Reno was hit with storms Friday and Saturday nights and again early Monday morning. Friday’s storms knocked out power to large blocks of residents in the city, with one section near Hillcrest Learning Center not getting power restored for more than 11 hours.

The El Reno City Council will consider appointing a person to fill out the term of Vice Mayor J.T. Chronister.

As Ward 1 council representative, Chronister forfeited the position after missing more than half the meetings in the last several months.

City Attorney Roger Rinehart informed Chronister in a letter last week that he was no longer eligible to serve on the council.