The Canadian Valley Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution celebrated the patriotism and community spirit of the fire stations in El Reno, Yukon and Mustang. Members of the chapter, including the distinguished American Revolution Color Guard, visited each station to present Certificates of Commendation for Patriotism.
Oklahoma City police are investigating a homicide that occurred in eastern Canadian County. Police were called at 9:09 a.m. Jan. 4 to a shooting at a residence in the 9300 block of S.W. 45th Court.
Responding officers discovered Shawn Lawrence, age 41, deceased at the scene.
He appeared to have been shot to death.
Investigators learned Lawrence was involved in an altercation when he was shot and killed.
The suspected shooter and other involved persons were interviewed and released, police said.
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El Reno hosted its second archery shoot of the 2024-25 school term over the weekend at Jenks Simmons Field House.
The event was a qualifying shoot for the state tourneys sponsored by the Oklahoma National Archery in the Schools Program.
The Tier 2 State Championships will be held Feb. 11-12 at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds.
The Grand Slate (top tier) will be held Feb. 19 at Tulsa Expo Square.
Senior Raegan Bugaj and junior Eryn Roman Nose combined to make 5-of-6 free throws in the final 1:18 as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team rallied twice to defeat Choctaw 42-37 in the semifinals of the 2025 Anadarko Warriors Classic.
The win over the Yellowjackets moved El Reno to 9-0 on the season and avenged a five-point loss to the Class 6A power during the 2023 Harrah Panthers Classic.
A pair of 15-point runs wrapped around halftime allowed El Reno High School’s boys basketball team to rally and pull away from Lawton Eisenhower for an 85-55 win in the semifinals of the 2025 Anadarko Warriors Classic.
The 35-point blowout of the Eagles moved El Reno to 9-0 on the season and into the finals for a third straight season and the fourth time in five seasons.
However, as the event was postponed a day due to winter weather, there will be no championship game played in either the boys or girls divisions.
El Reno pushed through with an aggressive annexation plan during a second special city council meeting Tuesday night.
And just like the first gathering held the week before, the residents of the targeted areas were having none of it.
The city of El Reno has invested close to $10 million in improvements to waterline infrastructure in addition to well fields and the water treatment plant to avoid issues caused by past extreme winter weather events.
The push for improvements stemmed from the deep freeze of 2021 when Oklahoma residents experienced several days of subarctic February temperatures.
Those temperatures, coupled with loss of power at the water treatment plant, strained the city’s water tower reserves.
