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El Reno’s municipal government earned one of its best scores for fiscal soundness, a recent audit shows.

And residents need to put on their thinking caps as the city council agreed to host ward meetings in a run up to a possible capital improvements bond issue. Those were two of the topics discussed during last week’s regular council meeting.

Crawford and Associates, the firm hired to audit the city, reported El Reno scored an 8.4 out of a possible 10 for its financial stability.

OKLAHOMA CITY – With its offense hitting on all cylinders, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team snapped its two-game losing streak here last week with an 84-56 win over Western Heights.

The game was not as close as the final 28-point margin might indicate as El Reno went deep into its bench for the final eight minutes against the Jets starters.

“We’ve still got to work on our defense, it seemed like we stooped down to their level and we need to get back to working harder because in the beginning of the game we were dogging them.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Turning eight third-period steals into an 18-3 run, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team pulled away from Western Heights to return to the win column with a 58-41 decision over the Jets.

The win moved the Class 5A’s 13th-ranked Indians back to even ground for the season at 10-10.

El Reno is now 3-6 in games against Suburban Conference teams and 2-3 in those games counting toward the league championship.

El Reno School Superintendent Craig McVay said he has received threats for allowing two high school students to continue wrestling after they reportedly accepted a plea deal following their involvement in the assault of a junior high student.

The incident that apparently sparked the threats took place May 10, 2019.

McVay said the threats were made by voice mail and by email.

“I’m not sure if it was a death threat, it was a voice mail on my office phone. When I answered it there was one voice that said, ‘Hey McVay, kick those rapists off the team now or else.’