ODOT is actively preparing for a winter storm expected to impact the state beginning Friday. Because each storm is different and much of the winter weather in the state can quickly shift between ice, sleet or snow, ODOT proactively monitors weather conditions closely to determine the best plan of action for each storm. Pre-treatment operations are already underway to help improve safety on highways and interstates. Crews will continue to monitor conditions ahead of the expected inclement weather. 

A new multi-unit hangar will be going up at El Reno Regional Airport after the city council signed off on a plan to fund the project. 

El Reno accepted a grant from the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics for more than $1.2 million to help construct the hangar.

The grant provides 40 percent of the funding for the project, with the city kicking in 60 percent or $1.8 million. The grant will help cover the construction and all professional services associated with the project, information provided by the city said.

OKLAHOMA CITY - A response has been filed at the Oklahoma Supreme Court to El Reno’s appeal in a land annexation case.

Attorney Austin L. Hamm of Box Law Group signed the Jan. 9 Response to Petition in Error asking justices to sustain a Canadian County District Court ruling invalidating most of the annexation.

Attorneys David M. Box, Cooper T. Hahn and Hamm represent the appellees, a group of 23 individual landowners and the Oklahoma Farm Bureau.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Education committee leaders in the Oklahoma Legislature have put literacy laws at the forefront of their yearly policy goals, further entrenching childhood reading as a top focus for the 2026 legislative session.

Only 26 percent of Oklahoma public school students made a proficient score on statewide reading tests last year.