Trinity Lutheran Church in El Reno hosted a Live Nativity on Friday and Saturday night.
Members of the parish acted out the roles depicted in the manger scene which Christians believe was where the Christ child was born more than 2,000 years ago. The colorful production included help from some live animals.
The man charged with the random killing of an El Reno man outside a convenience store in 2018 has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
District Judge Paul Hesse sentenced Zachary Khea Huber on Oct. 19, court records show. Huber had been accused of shooting to death Ryan Randall Johnson outside Ruddie’s Quick Stop at Elm and Country Club. The shooting was captured on surveillance video and showed bystanders trying to stop Huber as he drove away.
Canadian County icons Charles and Cherri Brandley celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this spring.
Over many decades, people across this county have come to realize just how golden they are.
An El Reno native, Charles is a former crop duster, pilot, farmer and two-term Canadian County commissioner.
Cherri, whose roots are in Okarche, spent 33 years as a judge’s bailiff at the Canadian County Courthouse.
In a recent online post, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. mocked efforts to keep Critical Race Theory (CRT) out of Oklahoma classrooms.
“The solution in search of problem nonsense that is the ban on critical race theory continues to sap time and energy and undermine efforts at seeking a full understanding of history and culture,” Hoskin tweeted on Nov. 26. “We’d waste less time banning unicorns.”
LAWSUITS
Discover Bank vs. Reann Phillips for $6,128.28 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Cara Dyson vs. Ross Dress For Less for an amount in excess of $75,000 for alleged actual and punitive damages.
TD Auto Finance LLC vs. Drew K. Scott for $19,794.60 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Discover Bank vs. Bobby L. Williams Sr. for $11,823.48 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Bouncing back from its first loss of the season, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team won back-to-back games against fellow ranked Oklahoma squads to take the consolation championship of the 2021 Arkansas Tournament of Champions.
Playing in Fort Smith, El Reno opened with a 60-54 loss to local power Northside.
The Indians got a steal and a layup with 1.5 seconds left from Janae Black-Harmon to defeat Howe, the top-ranked Class 2A team in Oklahoma, 56-54.
Freshman guard Carter Roman Nose logged his first double-double of the season as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team defeated Star Spencer 78-55 to win the consolation title at the 2021 Harrah Panthers Classic.
El Reno, ranked 10th in Class 5A, improved to 3-2 on the season with the 2-1 run through the classic.
The Indians suffered their second straight loss with a 48-32 opening-round setback to Class 6A’s Stillwater.
