Having won five state championships, logged 436 career victories and a .752 winning percentage, Jenks Simmons can arguably be called one of El Reno High School’s greatest coaches.

Yet that success did not happen overnight for the Hall of Fame skipper.

The 38th Annual Burger Day Festival hit the ground running May 2. 

Participants walked or ran in the 13th Annual Wesley United Methodist Church’s Bun Run. 

Forty-five adults and children circled the neighborhood on the one-mile fun walk. Deliberately noticeable was a group of Fancy Pants walkers wearing multi-colored tutus.

A more ambitious group of 132 mostly runners took off a few minutes later on their 5K run. Announcer Terry Parrott told the crowd, “This fun run supports our mission work in the country and throughout the world.” 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In April the U.S. Army announced its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft to be named the MV-75 Cheyenne II during the Army Aviation Association of America’s annual conference.

The MV-75 Cheyenne II represents a new era of Army aviation, with capabilities that far exceed the current fleet. This medium-size, vertical lift, multi-mission aircraft combines the vertical agility of a helicopter with the speed and range of an airplane, allowing it to fly twice as fast and twice as far.

As in Joe’s most recent recording – Changes - which he finished writing on Thanksgiving 2025, he traded his worn-out body for his angel wings on May 4, 2026, at 8:33 a.m. at home, surrounded by family. 

Joe was born August 7, 1956, in Stuttgart, Arkansas, to Joe and Betty Rubach Haller.