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Trick-or-treaters of all ages braved the colder temperatures and blustery wind over the weekend for the annual Spooktacular in downtown El Reno.

El Reno police said a 20-year-old Newcastle man died after being shot and a 21-year-old man from Norman has been taken into custody in connection with the shooting.

Assistant Police Chief Kirk Dickerson said police were called to the 600 block of Reformatory Road just before 2 a.m. Saturday after a shooting was reported. Police and emergency medical personnel found Justin Payton Davidson suffering from a gunshot wound, reports said.

El Reno has some “big” projects in the works.

That’s how City Manager Matt Sandidge described the ongoing construction of what will be the “citizen-owned” fiber Internet network, as well as the replacement of a major waterline that’s a century old.

Sandidge and Public Schools Superintendent Matt Goucher updated the El Reno Now audience last week on happenings in the municipal government and the public school system.

A Wichita, Kan., man has been sentenced to serve 20 years in prison for trying to meet underage girls for sex in Canadian County.

Christian Shae Dalmont, 25, has been convicted of lewd or indecent proposals to a child under 16 and possession of child pornography in Canadian County District Court.

Canadian County District Judge Paul Hesse sentenced Dalmont to prison Oct. 24. Dalmont must register as a sex offender once he serves 85 percent of his 20-year prison sentence.

OKARCHE - People who live outside Okarche town limits will still get to use their existing water sources.

These Canadian County residents will sign contracts to use water in the future directly from the town, town trustees have unanimously decided.

Okarche town trustees approved the water usage plans for residents outside town limits at their monthly meeting Oct. 23.

Purchase agreement plans were unanimously approved by trustees at the meeting.

An agreement with Gary Davis was approved for water usage at NW 220th and Chiles Road.

Before his surprising elevation to the role, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson cut a conservative path as an unassuming Louisiana state lawmaker who authored proposals with a religious bent.

Even though his political stances have been divisive, those who’ve worked alongside and opposed him concur Johnson has an agreeable nature that could be tested as he attempts to heal rifts within his party and the chamber.

DUNCAN – A pair of former El Reno High School standouts played a game of mind chess from the sidelines last week and it was the elder of alums who got the checkmate move.

Lathen Pruitt, nephew of El Reno defensive coordinator Michael Pruitt (a 2001 EHS grad), intercepted a Sawyer Rice pass at the EHS 10-yard line with two seconds left to seal the Indians 42-28 win over the Duncan Demons.

“Their guy had been throwing it down the field on us all night, but toward the end we really stepped it up a little bit. We were in four and it was my job to stay deep.

El Reno High School’s football team is riding a four-game winning streak over Altus, its longest in the series with the Bulldogs, and head coach Russell Cook is stressing it’s better to let a sleeping dog lie.

“Altus has got a new coaching staff this year and they have struggled, but they have gotten better each week. This is one of those games we cannot take lightly and we need to go out and take care of business,” said Cook.