Under regulations approved by the State Board of Education, school districts could lose accreditation and teachers could lose their licenses if they violate a new state law that bans the teaching of concepts associated with Marxist-derived Critical Race Theory.
The board’s action came after members of the public — including teachers, racial minorities and parents — urged adoption of the rules.
The sun shone bright over a bank of clouds last week overlooking Lake El Reno.
The lake will be a busy place this weekend as the annual Smoke on the Water Drag Boat Races begin a three-day run Friday.
WASHINGTON - Oklahomans may soon be able to get their medical marijuana treatments outside of state lines.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) this week released a draft of the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act.
El Reno Main Street, in conjunction with Lucky Star Casino, will be hosting a “Christmas in July” shopping event downtown on Friday, July 23. The sidewalk sale will run from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Shoppers can browse special deals from downtown merchants including Fringe, Ross Seed and Feed, Bronze Seal, Kalakotee & Co., Make It Sew, Touch of Grace Spa, Cocobella’s, El Reno Main Street, Butts Flowers and Gifts, Junkyard Diva, Lokal Okie Photography and Bling Box.
Halloween is months away but flying bloodsuckers have invaded not only El Reno but communities throughout Canadian County and the state of Oklahoma.
Cooler spring temperatures and higher than normal rainfall totals from May through June and into early July have caused mosquito populations to explode.
“I had a meeting last week with all the city managers in our region and we are all experiencing similar problems with mosquitoes. It was a problem last year and it seems to be a problem again this year,” said El Reno City Manager Matt Sandidge.
All roads leading in and out of the new Canadian County Expo and Event Center will now be under the control and maintenance of county commissioners.
In a 4-0 vote last week, the El Reno City Council deannexed a portion of Jensen Road over to the commissioners, which was the final piece of the new $15.5 million fairgrounds facility not already controlled by the county.
The motion to turn the city’s portion of Jensen Road over to the county was made by Mayor Matt White and seconded by Ward 3 Councilman Tim Robinson. Vice Mayor Bob Ballhorn was the abstaining vote.
A middle-aged woman avoided drowning in Lake El Reno last week after she was pulled from the water by members of both the El Reno Fire and Police Departments.
“It was a great save. The way she was bobbing up and down, we guesstimate she had about 30 to 45 seconds left before she went under the water,” said El Reno Fire Chief Jason Duff.
The fire department had just completed practice for high and swift water rescue when those skills were put to use. “We were there at the lake but we had left and were back at the station when we got the call,” said Duff.
HINTON ― When the price of crude oil nosedived in the mid-1980s, this rural community halfway between El Reno and Weatherford was in trouble.
Oil rig workers, once flush with cash and eager to spend it at downtown shops and cafés, started leaving in droves. Hinton’s population dropped 14 percent from 1980 to 1990, U.S. Census data shows.
Sales tax revenues for Canadian County filled the coffers for July, with an increase compared to this time last year and last month.
Sales tax revenue for Canadian County for July 2021 is $654,170, compared to $557,946 for July 2020, an increase of $96,224 or 17.24 percent.
Canadian County sales tax revenues continued on an upward climb in June also, compared to this time last year. Use tax revenue for Canadian County in July was $134,096, compared to $98,893 in July 2020 for an increase of $35,203 or 35.6 percent.
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