The Tribune erred in reporting a former officer of the El Reno Tag Agency had pleaded no contest to felony charges of embezzlement.
Julie Armold, 51, was handed an eight-year suspended sentence and was ordered to pay approximately $290,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to the charges in Canadian County District Court.
El Reno Main Street welcomed back Burger Day after a year’s hiatus due to COVID-19.
While it was a scaled-down version, thousands flocked to downtown El Reno for the event.
After years of trying without success to host a restaurant at Crimson Creek Golf Course, the city of El Reno has ventured in a new direction.
The new Crimson Creek Pro Shop and Outdoor Store will still cater to golfers, but will now offer limited food and beverage service, as well as fun and useful stuff that can be used at Lake El Reno and Adams Park.
Several El Reno middle school students made history last week, becoming the youngest team ever to compete in an aviation competition at Oklahoma State University.
Known as SpeedFest, the program is a “high-speed aircraft design, build and fly competition intended to foster enthusiasm for aviation and STEM in general,” said Roblyer Learning Center instructor Stacey Stevenson.
After holding a virtual ceremony for 2020 graduates last spring, Redlands Community College is celebrating the Class of 2021 with an in-person ceremony Friday, May 7 at Jenks Simmons Field House.
Nearly 180 students will graduate with degrees.. The Class of 2021 also includes 30 nursing graduates. Since last year’s ceremony was held virtually, graduates from the Class of 2020 were also invited to participate in the 2021 commencement ceremony.
Improvements will be made at El Reno parks and recreation courts after the city agreed to build several new pavilions and resurface basketball and tennis courts throughout town. Also, two pickleball courts will be added to the recreation inventory.
At the April city council meeting, the elected board agreed to spend $125,070 to build pavilions at Frank Knight Park, Legion Park, Burton Park, Gadberry Park, Adams Park and at Lake El Reno.
The Lake El Reno project will actually make improvements to the fishing pier. The pavilions at all the parks are to be lighted.
Elected leaders from Canadian County and El Reno are in talks to improve a stretch of road leading to the new Canadian County Expo and Event Center.
The new county fairgrounds complex is due to be finished this summer on a 50-acre site at Jensen and Alfadale, south of Interstate 40 just east of El Reno.
Lingo Construction is construction manager for the $15.2 million multi-use Expo Center.
April 20 will be remembered as a historical day in Oklahoma for Indigenous people.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed Senate Bill 172 into law, named Ida’s Law.
Rep. Mickey Dollens first submitted Ida’s Law in December 2019 for the 2020 legislative session.
The bill passed the Judiciary Committee and House of Representatives, but due to COVID-19 shutdowns, the bill never made it out of the Senate.
Canadian County OK’d two road projects on a county cooperative long-range plan. Commissioners last week approved two District 3 projects to be included on Circuit Engineering District 5’s five-year plan:
▶ Modification of the Banner Road/Jensen Road intersection and approaches, including replacement of an existing bridge on Jensen Road about 3/10 of a mile east of Banner Road. Cost estimate: TBD.
Kent Lagaly, former El Reno fire chief and now assistant city manager, was honored recently by the Oklahoma Fire Chiefs Association with the J Ray Pence Award.
The award is presented to one fire chief a year in Oklahoma and recognizes the commitment that person has made in helping to improve fire safety and prevention in their community as well as their fire administrative abilities.
Lagaly served as fire chief for El Reno from 2002 to March of 2020 before being named assistant city manager.
