By the time the 21st witness for state prosecutors concluded two days of often-damning and sometimes emotional testimony in the Stacy Lee Drake capital murder preliminary hearing at Sequoyah County District Court, Special Judge Matt Orendorff was convinced there was enough evidence to proceed to trial.
El Reno High School seniors walked the halls at all the district grade sites last week including here at Etta Dale Learning Center.
Graduation is Saturday at 9 a.m. at Memorial Stadium.
The Tribune’s graduation section will be in Saturday’s edition.
Canadian County Sheriff Chris West traveled to the nation’s capital recently to meet President Donald Trump.
“I thanked the president for everything he’s doing to protect America,” said West.
“It was very humbling to not only represent law enforcement in Oklahoma, but to be there on behalf of sheriffs across the country.”
West is the first vice president of the National Sheriffs Association (NSA) and will become its 85th president this summer. The organization represents the country’s 3,083 sheriffs.
With the assistance of El Reno firemen Gage Pittman (left) and Austin Gorbet, Ross Seed in downtown El Reno hung a huge Oklahoma City Thunder banner.
OKC split games with the Denver Nuggets as the NBA Western Conference semifinals series heads back to Oklahoma for game five tied at 2-all.
Canadian County citizens will soon be able to make online reports about damaged culverts, potholes, overgrown weeds, illegal dumping and other issues that occur in unincorporated areas.
Commissioners voted 3-0 to implement REPORT IT, a non-emergency online reporting system.
The annual cost will be $519 to cover licenses and a dedicated email address, according to District 2 Commissioner Lacey Dawson. The first-year county commissioner spearheaded the proposal, which was endorsed by District 1 Commissioner Tom Manske and District 3 Commissioner Tracey Rider.
Kailyn Twyman has joined Canadian County’s Oklahoma State University Extension Office as a new 4-H educator.
An Edmond native, Twyman moved with her family to Stillwater during high school. Twyman earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture education from OSU in December 2024.
She worked in turfgrass management and wheat research, also helping at the student farm.
OKLAHOMA CITY — A Democratic lawmaker who is battling breast cancer said last week she plans to try to override the governor’s veto of a bill designed to improve access to diagnostic screening of the disease.
Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa, said Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of House Bill 1389 generated a “lot of shock” and felt personal even though she’s well through the diagnostic screening process for her own breast cancer.
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Tim Gatz told the crowd that gathered for the ceremonial opening of The Filling Station that Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell used the revitalized El Reno property as the centerpiece for his presentation during a major Route 66 gathering in New Mexico.
The El Reno native and director of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Gatz joined city, county and other state officials in the May 3 opening of The Filling Station.
The $1.2 million restoration and revitalization project was funded through a grant from the Oklahoma Route 66 Commission.
Backed by a 180-degree weather change from a year earlier, the 37th Annual Burger Day Festival has been deemed a success by the El Reno Main Street Program, which organizes the event with support from the City of El Reno.
“I feel like we had a great turnout. Our vendors were happy, our merchants were happy and all our volunteers went home happy so I will call that a success,” said Main Street Director Heather Brothers.
