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Elden Eichholz turned 96 last week. He spent the day waving at passing cars that were honking at the birthday signs in his front yard. Throughout the day there were family members stopping by with presents and wanting to give him hugs.

A dog apparently knocked a space heater into a couch while a woman and her young daughter slept in another room. If a friend had not shown up at the home at 521 S. Evans, El Reno firefighters said the outcome could have been tragic.

By the lines that formed last week at the Canadian County Health Department’s pod testing site, residents are still highly concerned about contracting the COVID-19 virus.

The El Reno Community Chorus has canceled its 2020 spring program. It was not a decision made lightly, said director Nancy Sharp.

Laboring hours over a sewing machine in a small room tucked away in the belly of the Centre Theatre is nothing new to Kristin Richardson. It’s what you do when you are a member of the costume department for the El Reno Community Theatre.

While Gov. Kevin Stitt said the state is starting to flatten the curve in the fight against COVID-19, rural county health departments are gearing up for a possible spike in the number of cases.

Matt Sandidge is expected to become El Reno’s city manager on June 1 and utility rates are expected to go up come July. This was some of the news generated by a Tuesday night city council meeting that included two members participating by teleconference.

El Reno residents need to wear a face mask if they are in public and interacting with others, or possibly face a $100 fine. Also, there are three current cases of COVID-19 in El Reno, with one death reported. That was the COVID-19 news coming out of Tuesday night’s city council meeting.

El Reno High School’s graduation, originally set for May 21, is officially postponed. But those seniors who would have walked across the stage that evening are not giving up. Many stress the importance of commemorating their years of hard work. And the El Reno School Board agrees with them.

El Reno police believe they have identified a man who was found dead on Sunday. Police are not yet revealing the information, and are waiting for the Oklahoma medical examiner to confirm the identity.