An Oklahoma Department of Corrections transport van chugged through the downtown intersection of Main and Broadway on a warm Thursday morning.
The prisoners glimpsed the cafes and gas stations that prison staff will patronize after work.
Residents were reminded of the economic boost their incarcerated neighbors to the south have brought.
El Reno High School August Students of the Month are Cooper Coble, Aphria Burton, Abrielle Vanderschans, Rueben Roque, Riley Ray, Bridgette McReynolds, Emercyn Looper and Jake Vulgamore.
Enrollment is now open at the Oklahoma School for the Deaf for its online American Sign Language classes being offered during the fall semester.
The free classes are available in two eight-lesson sections and are presented through pre-recorded videos.
The self-paced basic courses in conversational American Sign Language are taught by OSD’s Deaf ASL specialist. These are non-credit level courses and do not count toward professional development hours or continuing education units.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Anthony David Hunter, 49; Belinda Kaye Smith, 46.
Larry Gene Treas, 66; Kim Renee Tidwell, 64.
Nicolas Tyler Wehba, 24; Karis Catherine Clark, 24.
Geremy Gregory Thomas, 25; Sydney Nicole Ellis, 26.
Timothy Cole Yoder, 62; Connie-Lynn Amy Waddell, 61.
William Christopher Whitney, 32; Sarah Elizabeth Blakely, 35.
Luke Thomas Edwards, 26; Emilia Lynn Sikorski, 26.
Chance Ares Brigner, 23; Mercedez Rhea Wagner, 24.
Ronald Earl Hatfield III, 32; Brittny Jordan Sena, 31.
El Reno hosts cross-county rival Piedmont Friday night at Memorial Stadium.
Runs were few and far between as El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team got into a pitching duel with Putnam City North last week in a non-district home game.
The loss to the Class 6A team dropped El Reno to 5-5 on the season, while the Panthers snapped a seven-game losing streak with the win over the Indians.
Kaydence Pawnee took the loss from the circle for El Reno, throwing seven innings with a line of three runs (two earned) off seven hits and three walks, while striking out two batters.
Building off the success he had in middle school, El Reno High School freshman Ethan Brooks took third place in the Elite Boys Division at the 2024 Carl Albert Titans Invitational.
Brooks ran the 3.1-mile course (5 kilometers) in 16 minutes, 28.30 seconds, finishing just under 12 seconds faster than Tulsa Regent Prep’s Clay McKinney. His time was the fastest among runners from schools not fielding a full team.
Brooks was 40.28 seconds off the winning pace set by Stillwater’s Mez Barth (15:47) and 30.7 seconds behind Moore’s Dominic Mathias (15:57).
Pulling out a dramatic two-point victory in the fifth and deciding game, El Reno High School’s volleyball team avenged an earlier loss to Chickasha in the U.S. 81 rivalry series.
El Reno won 3-2 over the Chicks by scores of 20-25/25-22/25-20/21-25/18-16 to move to 9-9 on the season.
The win came on the heels of a 3-0 Suburban Conference loss to Carl Albert. That loss dropped EHS to 0-2 in the league standings.
