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DIVORCES GRANTED Tia Rena Goode vs. Glen D. Arnett. Terry Scott Copelin vs. Vivien Vogel Copelin. Melissa Marie Wilkerson vs. Michael Tak Wilkerson. Evens Prophete vs. Angela Prophete. Connie Rae Palmatary vs. Kevin H. Palmatary. Gena Dale Davis vs. Kimberly Kaye Wellman.

El Reno’s First Baptist Church will be the site for COVID-19 vaccinations beginning Jan. 18. The Canadian County Health Department is moving the vaccination site from Redlands Community College after the Friday, Jan. 15 distribution in an effort to deliver shots on a daily basis.

The board of ICAN has chosen associate director Carolyn Husmann to serve as interim executive director. The group’s executive director, Eric Feuerborn, is stepping down, and Husmann agreed to fill his shoes until a new executive director is found.

The state of Oklahoma owes El Reno $3 million, but Mayor Matt White said the city is not holding its breath expecting to collect the money anytime soon.

Winter temperatures can lead to frozen pipes in the home and even bigger problems if the pipes burst, said Gina Peek, interim associate dean and Oklahoma State University Extension housing and consumer specialist.

LAWSUITS American Express National Bank vs. Jerry Carter II for $16,527.64 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. American Express National Bank vs. Micheal Hill for $35,288.62 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Canadian County Sheriff Chris West said he traveled to the nation’s capitol last week to attend the Save America Rally, because President Donald Trump “has done so much in support of law enforcement during a very difficult time.”

Canadian County has entered Phase 2 of the state's COVID-19 vaccination plan, even though the overall number of doses administered to qualifying adults remains low.

Even with the collapse of the oil and gas industry and the debilitating haymaker delivered to the economy by COVID-19, El Reno still managed to issue close to 100 permits for new housing in 2020.

As 2020 drew to a close, El Reno and the area continued, like the rest of the world, to deal with the impact of COVID-19. But hope was on the way as the promise of the vaccine was just days away.