El Reno’s population is now at 21,000 people and the average household income has jumped to above $67,000, according to information provided by the city government. The overall trade area is close to 40,000 people.
Mayor Matt White laid out the numbers during last week’s El Reno Now gathering.
The monthly event was created and is hosted by White and School Superintendent Craig McVay.
Editor’s Note: Dee Cordry is an El Reno native. He became an agent with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. His late mother was a teacher in the El Reno Public School System and his late father was circulation manager for the Tribune, as well as working with a local funeral home.
Matt Whetsel, director of Intervention and Crisis Advocacy Network, shows off a flier promoting the organization’s upcoming Cinco De Mayo event.
Whetsel was at the El Reno Now gathering last week.
The ICAN fundraiser begins at 6:30 p.m. May 5 at the Education Building at the old fairgrounds in El Reno. The event will feature Mexican food, music, a cash bar, contests and giveaways.
DIVORCES GRANTED
Calvin Dwayne Holloway vs. Kidist Testfaye Holloway.
Paul Davenport vs. Amanda Davenport.
Sandra Jean De La Rosa vs. Ulysses De La Rosa.
Shane Douglas Denard vs. Casey Davis Denard.
Amber Nicole Bickford Lopez vs. Erik Daniel Lopez Calvillo.
Christopher A. Hoppis vs. Ashley M. Hoppis.
Nicole R. Pearce vs. Shawn A. Pearce.
Amy Suzanne VanGordon vs. Phillip Gerard VanGordon.
Randy R. Matthews vs. Ashton D. Shepherd.
Loyd Leland Morris Jr. vs. Priscilla G. Morris.
Danny Hart said inspectors from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services are no longer welcome at the Community Kids Learning Center at 1201 SW 27th Street.
That’s the position taken by Hart who serves as pastor for Legacy Community Church Inc., the sponsor of the child-care center housed at the same location.
It’s also the unanimous position taken by the members of the Legacy Community Church board of directors.
Hart said “overreach and insensitivity” on the part of the DHS inspectors led him and his church to cut ties with the state agency.
Two former employees of the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office have filed lawsuits against Sheriff Chris West and the Board of Canadian County Commissioners, alleging they were fired after engaging in protected whistleblower activities.
Those former employees are Marty Burns and Chelsea Adkins.
According to their respective petitions filed with the court, Burns joined the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office in November 2018 as a reserve officer, and joined the department full time in April 2020 as an investigator with the rank of sergeant.
The El Reno Public School Foundation has added some new scholarship programs to its collection. The latest scholarship additions include the Neathery Family Scholarship and the DeLana/Laird Scholarship.
Creation of the Neathery Family Scholarship was a dream and goal of twins and 1999 El Reno High School graduates Chad and Tommy Neathery. Attending college was always a goal for the Neatherys, but family circumstances required that the boys work while attending school.
U.S. Sen. James Lankford talks over an issue with one of several city leaders and residents who attended a lunch with the senator at Johnnie’s Grill in El Reno last week.
Lankford and his wife, Cindy were on the campaign trail as he seeks re-election to Washington, where he has served Oklahoma since first being elected in 2015.
CLINTON - A plan in the works for nearly 15 years has come to fruition with the transferring of the old Clinton Indian Hospital to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.
Established in 1933 as a sanatorium for Native Americans with tuberculosis, the Clinton Indian Hospital was only one of seven facilities in Oklahoma at the time. Over the years, due to its old age and condition, a new health center was built on land directly west of the old Clinton Indian Hospital and opened in 2007.
History took to the skies last weekend, as a vintage Ford Tri-Motor airplane visited Sundance Airport.
A marvel to look at, organizers of “Fly the Ford” also gave those willing a chance to soar over the Canadian County landscape in the 4-AT-E.
Known as the “Tin Goose,” the Ford Tri-Motor was known as the first luxury airplane, a revolutionary achievement in the 1920s, when commercial flight was still in its infancy.
The county event was hosted by the Oklahoma City chapter of the EAA – Experimental Aircraft Association.
