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As states rush to address falling literacy scores, a new kind of education debate in state legislatures is taking hold - not whether reading instruction needs fixing, but how to fix it.

More than a dozen states have enacted laws banning public school educators from teaching youngsters to read using an approach that’s been popular for decades. The method, known as “three-cueing,” encourages kids to figure out unfamiliar words using context clues such as meaning, sentence structure and visual hints.

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OKLAHOMA CITY – While his quest to win a high medal in the Class 5A Oklahoma State Track and Field Championships fell short, El Reno High School freshman Ethan Brooks made the podium in one of his three events.

Running at Western Heights, Brooks collected five team points after top 10 efforts in the mile and two-mile events.

He also took part in the 800-meter run.

Despite shooting its lowest round of the tourney, eighth-ranked Redlands Community College was unable to pass two Texas programs for a spot in the top 10 at the 2025 NJCAA Women’s Division 1 National Golf Championships.

Playing at Buffalo Dunes Golf Course in Garden City, Kan., Redlands took 11th place with a 72-hole total of 1,264 after carding a 311 team score over the final 18 holes.

The Cougars other rounds were 322/314/317.

El Reno, in partnership with the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics, will invest more than $2 million to build a new terminal at El Reno Regional Airport. And according to one state aeronautics official, it’s just the beginning. 

Grayson Ardies, executive director of the Aerospace Department, joined with El Reno city officials and others last week to break ground for the new $2.25 million airport terminal. He told the audience gathered under sunny skies to be ready for even more activity at the airport. 

El Reno High School 2025 valedictorians are Skylar Ayers and Maddie Moss.

These students earned this distinction by attaining all A’s during their high school career and taking 13 Pre-AP and AP courses with an AP course in each core subject.

Rylan Fleenor is the 2025 salutatorian. She took the same number of Pre-AP and AP classes and has the next highest GPA.

The three are members of the National Honor Society and the 6X Renaissance Program.

El Reno may soon be adding Canadian County to its Fast Connect Internet customer base. 

On Monday, commissioners agreed to table indefinitely contracting with Cox Communications for Internet service while a new courthouse is being built. 

Commissioner Tom Manske said the county will need buildings hooked to Internet service during the transition into the new courthouse.

During the transition, the county will utilize the former DHS building for administrative purposes.

El Reno police are looking for a man described as a “person of interest” in the death of a 36-year-old man. 

Assistant Police Chief Kirk Dickerson reported a 911 emergency call was received at approximately 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.

The caller said there had been an auto/pedestrian incident in the 300 block of South Grand.

Emergency personnel arrived at the scene and found a man identified as Amos Beaver pinned beneath a motor vehicle. Emergency personnel administered lifesaving measures but the efforts were unsuccessful.