Here is the latest Associated Press’ Oklahoma High School Football Poll. Records through Oct. 21.
El Reno Tribune Sports Editor Glen Miller is a voting panel member.
Class 6A-I
Place/Team (Rec) Previous
1. Bixby (7-0) 1
2. Jenks (6-1) 2
3. Owasso (5-2) 3
4. Broken Arrow (5-2) NR
5. Mustang (5-2) NR
Others receiving votes: 6, Edmond Memorial 5. 7, Norman 4.
Redlands Community College women’s soccer team closed out the regular season with a 2-0 win over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M at Memorial Stadium.
The Cougars made the NJCAA Region 2 Championships for the first time since 2018 and play Thursday (10/30) in Enid.
A 25-year-old El Reno man was taken into custody last week after police said he was responsible for the incident that put a veteran officer in an Oklahoma City hospital where he is listed in critical condition.
A prayer vigil was held Sunday evening in downtown El Reno for Sgt. Thomas Duran, a 14-year veteran of the department.
Duran is reported to be in the Intensive Care Unit at OU Medical Center.
The El Reno City Council approved a zoning change for property at 16399 W. Highway 66 where it’s expected a landscape design business plans to locate.
Site One Landscape Supply requested the zoning change from Rural Agricultural District (A-1) to Moderate Industrial District (I-2) and Commercial Office District (CO). Council unanimously approved the request.
A representative for the company said Site One Landscape Supply has operations in several states. He applauded the City of El Reno as being one of the more business-friendly towns the firm has worked with.
Red Tulip Designs is a female and veteran-owned business based in EI Reno.
The firm was named the REI Business Lending Direct Borrow of the Year at a recent event celebrating businesses supported by REI, an economic development program that supports Oklahoma businesses.
A state legislator from Yukon is trying to clamp down on federal overspending by filing a resolution aimed at requiring Congress to balance the budget annually.
Constitutional conservative Rep. Jay Steagall (R-Yukon) said his resolution is a conversation-starter.
Amid an extended federal government shutdown, the House District 43 representative shared his reasoning during October’s Yukon Chamber Legislative Breakfast.
“We need to do something about the ability of the government to just shut down,” Steagall said.
For what it’s worth, I agree with the El Reno Main Street board of directors. It’s time to take a “step back” and look at what’s best for downtown El Reno.
At last week’s city council meeting, Casey Trejo, president of the Main Street board, said the directors would be meeting this week to decide what kind of action to take moving forward.
The Canadian County Sheriff’s Office is reminding families to remain vigilant about online safety for their children following an undercover investigation that resulted in the arrest of a Woodward County sheriff’s employee.
Capt. Adam Flowers of the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office said Francis Vandermey was arrested in Woodward following the undercover investigation that began in July.
Information about the case has been turned over to the Canadian County district attorney for consideration of charges.
