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Springtime in Oklahoma means the threat of severe weather.

El Reno Police Chief Ken Brown said last week residents with storm shelters need to register them with the city so rescue teams know where to search in the event a major tornado strikes.

Brown made the comments as part of the El Reno Live program hosted weekly by Mayor Matt White. The program airs at 3 p.m. each Thursday on the city’s Facebook site. It can also be viewed on the Tribune Facebook site.

State Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, recognized El Reno’s Ralph Oltermann as the Veteran of the Week on March 1 in a ceremony at the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Oltermann served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War, earning the rank of E2. He received an honorable discharge after being injured during the war, and he later suffered cancer of his larynx from exposure to Agent Orange.

Construction zones will once again be found on Calumet School properties after voters approved a $2.5 million bond to fund three new projects.

“We are very excited. You never know how those things will go. We have had a lot of success in the past and never want to take that for granted. We wanted people to go out and vote and we are happy there was a pretty good turnout and things went our way,” said Calumet Superintendent Brandon Voss.

The U.S. Cavalry Association has been awarded a grant through the Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant Program to help create a website and digitize records. The association is headquartered at historic Fort Reno.

“Congratulations to the U.S. Cavalry Association on being awarded the Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant,” said Sen. Lonnie Patxon, Tuttle.

“Digitizing historic records and making them publicly accessible online is vital for saving and sharing our history for future generations.”

After a year without caramel popcorn thanks to COVID-19, Ross Seed has brought the Wednesday treat back.

Ross Seed has made a practice of giving away free popcorn to customers with Wednesday designated caramel corn day.

Junior guard Ashlyn Evans-Thompson logged a career milestone which helped El Reno High School punch its ticket back to this week’s Class 5A Girls State Basketball Championship.

Evans-Thompson netted 18 points to surpass the 1,000-point career scoring mark as the Indians defeated ninth-ranked Coweta 58-36 to win the East Area III Championship.

El Reno, ranked fifth in the state, improved to 14-5 on the season. The Indians will play in the state quarterfinals Thursday against No.7 Lawton MacArthur. Tipoff is 4 p.m. at Tulsa Memorial High School.

A questionable split-second call helped end the season for El Reno High School’s boys basketball team, as the Indians fell 63-61 to No.18 Ardmore in the Class 5A West Area 1 Consolation Championship.

El Reno, ranked 16th in the state, dropped to 10-11 on the season – while Ardmore advanced to this week’s state tourney.

The call came in the waning seconds as El Reno’s Ryan Island took a 3-point shot that hit off the front of the rim and then bounced off the backboard and dropped into a scrum of players under the goal.

A quarantine issue at Oklahoma Christian Academy forced El Reno High School’s baseball team to cancel last week’s doubleheader at the Hub Reed Complex.

Instead, the Indians picked up a last-minute road game at Community Christian School, allowing two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning en route to a 5-4 loss to the Royals.

The setback left El Reno with a 1-1 season record heading into the District 5A-2 opener with Santa Fe South.