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The Canadian County Sheriff’s Office hopes to obtain a new armored tactical vehicle for use in crime-fighting efforts.

Sheriff’s officials are seeking a $300,000 grant from the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office toward the purchase of a new Lenco Bearcat, a wheeled SWAT vehicle.

County commissioners voted 3-0 to approve the grant application.

The Oklahoma Legislature has provided funds to the Attorney General’s Office to benefit sheriff’s offices across the state, according to Undersheriff Kevin Ward.

On paper, it’s the youngest rivalry for El Reno High School football.

On the field, though, there is no question that the series with Piedmont has become one of the program’s biggest and sometimes heated rivalries.

The two face off Friday at Memorial Stadium with kickoff set for 7 p.m. 

“There is no love lost between El Reno and Piedmont. It’s a good game and our kids look forward to playing this team every year,” said El Reno head coach Russell Cook.

So what makes it such a big rivalry? Is it the short distance between schools (24.4 miles?)

While it was not an error-free performance on either side of the ball, El Reno High School’s football team made the plays it needed to emerge from the U.S. 81 Battle with a 30-13 decision over Chickasha.

The win marked the second straight year for El Reno to kick off a new season with a victory and moved the Indians overall lead in the series with Chickasha to 40-36 in the 76 meetings since 1944.

The City of El Reno, as well as a local artist, missed out on the second round of grant funding intended to help make improvements along historic Route 66. 

City Manager Matt Sandidge said El Reno did not make the cut for the funding. The city planned to use the funds to make improvements to Petree Plaza and The Mother Road Plaza. 

Also, Sue Bear, president of the El Reno Area Arts Council, was notified her proposal to create a massive mural on the mills at Elm and Bickford, was not approved. 

The Pride of El Reno High School Marching Band practices its 2024 show called The Heist Thursday morning. 

The band was slated to play part of its show during the EHS football team’s season opener Thursday night against Chickasha.

Mike Kelley earned 64.77 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s primary runoff to claim victory in the Oklahoma House District 60 race against fellow Yukon Republican Ron Lynch.

With all 17 precincts reporting, the retired fire chief topped the small-business owner by a 1,458 to 793 vote margin.

Kelley – executive director/CEO of the Oklahoma State Firefighters Association – will succeed Yukon Republican Rhonda Baker as District 60 representative in the 101-member House of Representatives. The next two-year term starts in November.

685.

That's the number of open missing persons cases currently in the state of Oklahoma.

They are listed in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) database. 

Of that number, 84 are listed as Native American.

Across the country a spotlight has continued to shine on the number of missing and/or murdered Indigenous people.

Lamplighters OHCE met recently at Mount Zion Global Methodist Church. Carol Stine called the meeting to order, while Janice Taylor read a devotional titled “The Quilt.”

Maxine Little read minutes from the last meeting, with Patricia Morrison giving the treasury report. 

A patriotic theme was chosen for the club booth at the Canadian County Free Fair.