Leonn Taylor waves to the camera while trying to hold his umbrella in the stands at Memorial Stadium last week waiting for El Reno High School’s football team to resume its game with John Marshall. Helping hold the umbrella is Kellie Evey.
A handful of dedicated fans waited through an hour and a half lightning delay to watch the Indians finish off a four-plus-hour game with a 66-8 win over the Bears in a key District 5A-2 contest.
The City of El Reno is bringing back its curbside bulk waste collection to help residents clear out large items conveniently from their homes.
Collections will run from November through December 2025, with one scheduled pass per street.
Residents must place all bulk waste at the curb by 7 a.m. on their scheduled collection day.
Crews will not return to a street after the scheduled pass and are unable to assist with moving items.
Materials can be placed curbside up to one week prior to the assigned pickup date.
STILLWATER – Thirty Oklahoma high school teams showcased their drone-powered search and rescue skills at the inaugural Fly Forward: Search and Rescue State Championship, Oct. 21 at Lake Carl Blackwell in Stillwater.
The daylong event was hosted by the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics (ODAA) and the Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education (OAIRE).
Student teams were challenged by real-life scenarios including locating a downed hiker, an overturned kayaker and a snakebite victim.
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation and Oklahoma Turnpike Authority announced that the Oklahoma Work Zone Safe Course, required for all new teen drivers before receiving an Oklahoma driver’s license, will now include a section on impaired driving.
To the Editor:
I don’t think it matters if you have lived here three to five years, or 30 to 50 years, you have to be pretty impressed with what you see going on all around you. I hate to start naming all of the exciting progress we have seen, and even more in the making, because I am sure to leave something, or someone out, but I think I will have to name a few.
As the county seat of the fastest-growing county in Oklahoma, we have built a great new County Fairgrounds & Expo Center that I think exceeded all of our expectations.
LAWSUITS
Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Randy Skinner for $17,000.52 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Tania Landgraf and David Landgraf vs. Allstate Indemnity Company for an amount in excess of $75,000 for alleged actual and punitive damages.
Capital One N.A. vs. John Johnson for $10,344.29 to pay a debt plus interest and costs.
Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Karena Johnson for $22,592.64 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Playing through a steady rain for three and a half quarters, El Reno High School’s football team stayed in the hunt for a berth in the postseason with a 66-8 blowout of John Marshall.
El Reno moved to 3-5 overall with its largest winning margin of the season. More importantly, the Indians remain tied with Lawton and Noble for the fourth and final playoff spot from District 5A-2 with a 2-3 record.
Second-half goals from Paige Treat and Ashanti Lewis lifted Redlands Community College women’s soccer team to a 2-0 win over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.
By winning the regular-season finale, the Cougars charge into the NJCAA Region 2 Championship for the first time since 2018 as the third seed out of the North Division.
Redlands was 5-7 in the NJCAA Region 2 regular-season standings for sixth overall. Beau Richmond’s team was 7-7-1 for the year, its best record since 2018.
