Four-year-old Donna Franklin of El Reno runs through a wall of water while cooling off in the downtown splash pad recently.
After several days of triple-digit heat, temperatures are forecasted to cool slightly into the 90-degree range with storms possible over the weekend.
WOODWARD - Anika Drew is drawn to beauty. Her boyfriend said she can stand in a barren field and still point out a pretty flower.
Drew dreams of going to beauty school to become a makeup artist and moving to Japan to see the pink cherry blossoms.
For now, the 17-year-old wanders Woodward with her boyfriend. For the past year, they have slept in abandoned trailers and a trashed apartment.
They have pitched a tent on the trails behind Woodward High School and couch-surfed at friends’ houses.
Crews from Boiling Point Media out of Oklahoma City took over the Centre Theatre in downtown El Reno last week to shoot scenes for the third installment of the Jurassic Pet series.
The Adventures of Jurassic Pet 3: Return to the Wild will be shooting at sites in El Reno this week.
STILLWATER — The inaugural Oklahoma State University Future of Work Summit will be held Thursday, Aug. 31 and Friday, Sept. 1 at the Oklahoma City Convention Center.
This multi-day summit will examine the rapidly changing facets of work and showcase ways organizations can stay ahead of the curve. Interactive sessions will include topics related to evolving workplace cultures, technology integration, workforce agility and much more.
Horned lizards: Where did they go?
Historically, Texas horned lizards were found across about 80 percent of Oklahoma’s counties, foraging in native grasslands for ants and other insects during their active season and burrowing underground to avoid extreme temperatures. But the lizards have become increasingly scarce as more and more of their habitat has been converted to crop fields and non-native pastures.
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Velocity Investments LLC vs. James Kelley for $9,547.76 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Jefferson Capital Systems LLC vs. Jose Muniz for $9,211.29 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Credit Corp Solutions Inc. vs. Sara Esuivias for $1,813.61 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
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To say Rhett Kouba is having a good summer throwing the baseball would be a major understatement.
The El Reno High School graduate is having a stellar season on the hill for the Corpus Christi Hooks, the Double A affiliate of the Houston Astros. He was recently named the Texas League’s Pitcher of the Month for July.
The Texas League, established in 1902, is a two-division gathering of Double A teams from Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. The Hooks play in the South Division (all Texas teams) along with Amarillo, Frisco, Midland and San Antonio.
El Reno High School joined hundreds of other programs across the state of Oklahoma to kick off the first official day of preseason drills.
Weather postponed EHS’ start until after 8 a.m.
