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El Reno will consider parting ways with Pafford Emergency Medical Services at the May 11 city council meeting. 

City Manager Matt Sandidge said he is recommending the city create its own Emergency Medical Services Department.

The proposed 18-member department would provide ambulance and EMS services for El Reno, Sandidge said. The elected city council will make the final decision. 

“Pafford has been a great partner for the past several years, but we believe the city can provide an even higher quality of emergency medical services,” Sandidge said.

According to event organizers, Tess Maune is set to make Burger Day history Saturday as the first repeat guest emcee at the cooking arena for the world-famous Big Burger. And the El Reno native is not coming alone.

Maune, who emceed the event in the rain a year ago, will be bringing her 5-month-old daughter, Lottie along to make her first “official” Burger Day visit.

Only 1 percent of the aviation jobs in Oklahoma are filled by pilots. The other 99 percent are in areas of work related to flying machines, mostly maintenance and repair, and they come with an average annual salary of $73,000. 

Grayson Ardies said aviation is the best-kept secret in Oklahoma.

It’s his job to get the word out about what he said is the second largest industry in the state.

That’s what he did at last week’s El Reno Now gathering, along with issuing a challenge for El Reno to get more involved in aviation in the area of education. 

The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) has awarded a grant to the Canadian County Historical Society that will help create a master plan for the beloved El Reno-based entity. 

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahomans may get to vote to legalize sports betting after years of failed attempts to get it through the state Legislature.

A Senate panel last week passed two sports betting bills, including one that potentially sets the stage for a public vote.

The panel’s decision marked the first time sports betting legislation has advanced out of a Senate committee, said Sen. Bill Coleman, R-Ponca City, the measures Senate author.

Legislation that would shift Oklahoma’s school board elections to better-known election dates that draw higher turnout has cleared two House committees and is now eligible to be heard by the entire membership of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Senate Bill 6, by state Sen. Ally Seifried and state Rep. Chris Banning, would move school board elections to August for primaries or November for runoffs.

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The Burger Day Festival is a tribute to the fried onion hamburger, cooked daily in El Reno since the early 1900s. It’s the burger that has helped make the community a destination for food lovers and those trekking along historic Route 66. 

It’s not uncommon to hear languages such as French or German being spoken in El Reno’s three main burger joints, Johnnie’s, Robert’s or Sid’s. 

In “Hamburgers & Fries: An American Story,” author John T. Edge describes the history of El Reno’s fried onion hamburger.