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ERPD asks for public's assistance

5 years ago By News Staff

The El Reno Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance with identifying the person pictured. This individual is considered to be a person of interest related to the homicide which occurred in El Reno on 03/10/2021.

If anyone has any information regarding the identity of the person pictured please contact the El Reno Police Department Tip Line: 405 295-9399 and reference ERPD Case #2021-0447.

Thank you for your assistance,
Major Kirk Dickerson

Burger Day back on the grill for May

5 years ago By Ray Dyer

Burger Day is back.

Admittedly, it’s a slimmed-down Burger Day Festival, but it’s still about the fried-onion hamburger that El Reno made famous. And it will be held the first Saturday in May.

In early March the El Reno Main Street Board announced it would not host the Burger Day Festival for the second consecutive year. The festival was canceled in 2020 after COVID-19 forced people to stay away from one another.

New chef takes wheel of ER’s Mobile Meals

5 years ago By Latoya Lonelodge - Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal Tribune

Having just celebrated its 45th anniversary, El Reno Mobile Meals is bringing more than just hot meals to the table this year. With new ideas and plans under way, the organization recently welcomed its newly hired director, longtime chef Norman Sheridan.

El Reno Mobile Meals is a nonprofit organization that provides meals to anyone who is unable to prepare meals themselves.

Working solely with volunteers, meal packages are hand-delivered to the 125 recipients throughout the community.

Norman Sheridan was named new director for El Reno Mobile Meals

Getting round two under way

5 years ago By News Staff

El Reno School Board member Brad Baker gets his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine late last month. The district began giving the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine over the weekend and will continue throughout the week. (Tribune photographer/Glen Miller)

Blown tire leads to rollover death

5 years ago By From Staff Reports

A 38-year-old El Reno man was killed Friday evening on I-40 after a tire blowout caused his vehicle to roll several times, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.

Ryan Hale was pronounced deceased at the scene of the accident that happened just after 6 p.m., one mile east of El Reno, near mile marker 127, the OHP said.

El Reno firefighters freed Hale from the 2005 Toyota Camry after he was pinned inside for more than two and a half hours, the OHP said.

Police investigating incidents of stabbing, shots being fired

5 years ago By From Staff Reports

Webmaster’s Note: This article has been update with a clarification.

El Reno police are investigating after a man was apparently injured outside a local bar.

Police did not identify the man who was apparently stabbed during an altercation in the parking lot of Vice’s Bar, 1701 E. SH 66. Police said they contacted the man who was being treated at a local medical center. He reportedly suffered lacerations to his chest and right arm.

Spring break baseball returns

5 years ago By Glen Miller

After a year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Union City High School’s Spring Break Baseball Festival got back on the diamond last week with five host sites holding games – four of those inside Canadian County.

In-county sites El Reno, Union City, Calumet and Okarche hosted games. The fifth site was Minco as teams from across the state converged to play a combined 40 games over two days.

There were 11 ranked teams from the state’s two smallest classes entered in the field.