Dwight Kennedy said he can’t take any credit for pulling off the annual Kennedy Family El Reno Community Christmas Eve Dinner. 

“God gets it done, we’re just here to help,” Kennedy said. 

El Reno police reported they have a suspect in one incident and made an arrest in another.

On Dec. 19, officers were called to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 208 S. Evans, after vandalism inside the church was reported. 

Assistant Police Chief Kirk Dickerson said officers determined someone entered the church following a Christmas program held the evening of Dec. 18.

Reports said the suspect vandalized religious artifacts including the tabernacle which Catholics believe contains the consecrated hosts used for holy communion.

For roughly a decade now, reading outcomes have plummeted in Oklahoma. In 2015, national tests showed Oklahoma fourth-grade students performed above the national average, but in the most recent round of tests, Oklahoma students performance was among the worst in the nation.

Now, two lawmakers want to reverse that trend by making reading instruction a major focus of the state’s K-12 school system.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma and Arkansas officials are denouncing a federal judge’s decision that found poultry companies responsible for polluting a key watershed in both states and also ordered them to pay millions to remediate it.

The officials, including Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said the judgment will create unnecessary harm for poultry producers in both states who operate along the Illinois River Watershed, which runs through eastern Oklahoma and the northwest Ozark Mountains in Arkansas.