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El Reno resident Ariana Orozco had decided renting was a waste of money. “From a financial standpoint, I realized that I wanted to own a home instead of paying rent. Paying rent is like throwing money away. When you own a home you build equity,” she said.

El Reno Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts will be canvassing neighborhoods on Saturday hoping to collect canned and non-perishable food items as part of the annual Scouting for Food campaign.

After months of planning, a new veterans medical clinic in Canadian County is nearly ready to begin seeing patients. The clinic will be located in Yukon, a few blocks south of Integris Canadian Valley Hospital. The goal is for the clinic to be open before the beginning of 2021.

El Reno residents were told they could haul limbs to a site at Lake El Reno after last week’s ice storm tore trees apart and left much of the town without power and water.

On Tuesday, El Reno voters will select a city council representative for Ward 1. The Tribune posed questions to the two candidates, Steve Jensen and Jacqueline Stevenson Smith.

By Thursday morning, El Reno firefighters had responded to 111 emergency calls, one of them a house fire in Williamstown. The ice storm that arrived Monday and knocked out power for most of the area led to a child using a candle to hunt for an item in a closet, fire department reports show.

Halloween doesn't mix with downed power lines and broken tree limbs, so for those reasons, the city of El Reno is telling residents to trick-or-treat only with family and friends. Mayor Matt White said Thursday residents are strongly advised not to allow children to go door-to-door Saturday night.

Canadian County commissioners will seek new options for audio-visual equipment at the new fairgrounds and expo center after rejecting the bids that were submitted for the project.

Canadian County Commissioner Jack Stewart said he is hoping grants will lead to improved roads in his district. If all goes right, four roads in his district will either be widened and rebuilt or receive an asphalt overlay next summer.

Canadian County Election Board Secretary Wanda Armold said people voting early in the 2020 election were willing to stand in line for hours and in the cold.