Gardeners in Oklahoma are eager to get their landscapes looking good, and pruning their trees and shrubs is one way to get started.

Pruning not only is an essential maintenance practice, but it also enhances the beauty of the trees and shrubs, said David Hillock, Oklahoma State University Extension consumer horticulturist.

A 9-year-old boy was attacked by four large dogs.

Thankfully, Superman, or in this case, Ryder Watts was in the area.

Watts, a 16-year-old El Reno High School sophomore, was driving near the Jensen, Holbrook Circle area when he saw what was happening.

El Reno Public Schools Board of Education officially entered the construction documents phase on the first buildings to be erected under last year’s record school bond.

In October, voters approved two bond proposals totaling $69.5 million, with classroom additions at Lincoln and Roblyer Learning Centers being among the first builds on the construction timeline.

We should all stop and think about this the next time El Reno and the area gets hit with severe weather: There are people working in the elements while most are riding the storm out inside some sort of building.

One of those people would be Charles Hill. At least until Feb. 28. That will be Hill’s last day as a letter carrier for the El Reno Post Office.

It’s a job he considers a service that has spanned 34 years. In that time, Hill and his fellow letter carriers, along with so many others, have braved the weather because the rest of us depend on them.