This is my great-niece, Isabelle Pena, and she absolutely loves to have her picture in the newspaper. This started when she was around 4 or 5 years old and her Mimi and Poppy, Tricia and Todd Hobson, put her picture in the Tribune’s annual Valentines page.
El Reno’s Blessing Baskets celebrated its 10th Annual Festival of the Trees last week with what organizers said was the largest attendance to date.
Held at the Palace Event Center, the Festival of the Trees, Christmas in July was “extremely successful. This was our 10th annual festival, and each year we have continued to see a growth in the attendance. Our community is truly amazing. Everyone had an incredible time for a truly awesome cause,” said Donna Dyer, Blessing Baskets Director of Community Relations.
The city of El Reno will declare August as Oklahoma Indian Nation Month during an event set for 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 30 at The Filling Station Visitors Center, 120 S. Choctaw Avenue.
Mayor Steve Jensen will present the proclamation to the Oklahoma Indian Nation Committee in recognition of the cultural and economic contributions of the Oklahoma Indian Nation Pow-Wow.
The Romannose Girls by Buddy Bond Color Guard will perform.
Members have been named to four subcommittees for the new Canadian County Courthouse build.
Commissioners, at their weekly meeting July 21, voted 3-0 to approve all nominees. These stakeholders include current and past county officials along with other county personnel and citizens.
Canadian County CASA Inc. (Court Appointed Special Advocates) recently welcomed its newest volunteers.
Leilani Labourdette and Jimiesha Longerbeam made the extraordinary commitment to give their time to help abused and neglected children in their local communities.
Canadian County Associate District Judge Bob Hughey swore in the new volunteers on July 10. They have been appointed to their first CASA cases and are excited to become valuable advocates for children in need.
Two Canadian County homeowners were identified as alleged victims in a four-county investigation by the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office.
Ted Randall Webb, age 51, was charged July 18 with eight counts of Violation of the Consumer Protection Act and one count of pattern of criminal offenses.
The defendant is accused of bilking customers of his roofing business out of $59,272.53 over a five-month span in 2023. He allegedly committed criminal acts in Canadian, Oklahoma, Cleveland and Tulsa counties.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Kari Dale Lacefield, El Reno, disorderly conduct, $595.
Brailyn Pfeifer, El Reno, failure to wear seat restraint, $20.
Susana Gonzalez De Sauz, El Reno, dog at large, $145.
Jerry Privetts, El Reno, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, $850.
Destiny Nicole Walls, Yukon, speeding, $165.
Christian Alexander Medrano, El Reno, expired tag, $165.
Deangelo Phillip Jenkins, El Reno, expired tag, $165.
Stephen Lawrence Potts, El Reno, failure to stop at stop sign, $165.
El Reno police took a man into custody after he allegedly fired shots at others during an altercation.
Assistant Police Chief Kirk Dickerson said Stephen Tyler Striegel, 39, of El Reno, was arrested on complaints of having an outstanding warrant, being a felon in possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of marijuana.
Charges related to the gun incident which occurred around 7:42 on Sunday, July 13 are expected to be forthcoming.
With cameras in hand and curiosity in their hearts, 20 Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal youth spent three days learning the power of storytelling through media during the Cheyenne and Arapaho Visuals and Media Camp.
The camp was held in early July at the Cheyenne and Arapaho Health Department Building in El Reno.
The tribal youth gathered to learn a new set of skills, whether it was in videography, photography, podcasting, journalism or content creation.
A sign crew uses a crane to hold up a pole and neon sign for The Filling Station last week.
The new pole is 10 feet higher than the original pole installed before the visitor centers grand opening.
El Reno City Manager Matt Sandidge said that after the radius of the corner of Sunset and Choctaw was redefined, it was tighter than expected with the sign and the traffic signal. The neon sign was raised to make it more visible.
Cost for the pole change was $14,000 and was paid from The Filling Station’s project budget.
