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For the first time in its 23-year-history, Blessing Baskets will host a Spring Break Food Distribution for up to 250 families that may be struggling to put food on the table. Blessings Baskets will partner with The Lord’s Harvest for the March 9 food giveaway.

A plan to build storage units near a residential area drew strong opposition at last week’s meeting of the Municipal Planning Commission.

Bald eagles are living at Fort Reno. And if you keep an eagle eye out, you may spot them. That’s exactly what El Reno’s Dr. Caitlin Rottler has been doing.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Girl Scouts across the nation to find creative ways to sell their annual treats. Here, sisters Makayla and Chloe Owen hold up signs to attract passing motorists at a drive-up sales site at a church on Elm Street recently.  

OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill that could lower the need for emergency certified teachers in public elementary schools and early childhood education programs passed unanimously in the House with a vote of 86-0.

Last week’s sub-zero arctic temperatures made getting around Lake El Reno a bit different for waterfowl that frequent the area.

LAWSUITS Jerry Ashford, individually and as father of Isabella J. Ashford, a minor vs. Ian C. Ragsdale for $16,000 as compromise settlement. Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Ashlee Taylor for $22,981.87 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

In less than 24 months, El Reno has dealt with a killer tornado, torrential rains, a devastating ice storm and now a sub-zero arctic nightmare that left much of the city without water. In his weekly El Reno Live program, Mayor Matt White called on residents to pray.

Like the thousands of El Reno residents dealing with electrical and water outages during the recent winter storms, those in charge of overseeing prisoners on the county, state and federal level were also left out in the cold. “We are in the same boat as other residents in El Reno.

The Senate last week unanimously adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 4 to encourage and invite exhibitors, breed associations and partners to return to Oklahoma in 2022 and again participate in the second annual Cattlemen’s Congress. The resolution was authored by Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt.