An El Reno band, Sever Me, will open for Matt Ferrell when he brings his comedy show to El Reno. The show is set for 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 at the Centre Theatre, said Kristin Richardson with the El Reno Community Theatre.

Ferrell extended the invite to the local band after serving as one of the judges in the recent Battle of the Bands.

Sever Me placed third in the contest also put on by the ERCT.

A native of southwest Oklahoma, Ferrell was a rodeo cowboy and owned a garage door company before tackling comedy on a full-time basis.

El Reno High School will be holding its annual All Sports Homecoming Festivities this Friday starting with a parade in downtown El Reno.

The Pride of El Reno Marching Band will lead the parade from the high school starting at 1:30 p.m.

The parade route will make a circle pattern through the downtown area and feature class floats and other entries.

El Reno High School Class of 1956 will have a float in the parade.

The queen and king crowning ceremony will start prior to the game with Lawton MacArthur at 6:20 p.m.

The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes teamed up with Indian Health Services and the city of El Reno to put on a drive-thru vaccine clinic last week inside Adams Park

Native American attendees could get free vaccinations against COVID-19, flu, shingles, diphtheria and other diseases.

The COVID-19 vaccine was also available to the general public.

Other single-day clinics will be held in the future.

The Second Annual El Reno Community Day and Fly-In at the El Reno Regional Airport was held over the weekend.

See Saturday’s Tribune for more coverage of the event.