The Pride of El Reno Marching Band has been working early mornings to learn new music and formations for its 2021 show. Left, Nickalous Fox plays the sousaphone as fellow band members can be seen passing in his instrument's reflection. Jesse Peavler, right, holds sheet music while performing on his trumpet.

Canadian County Sheriff Chris West said he was advised not to comment on the recent hiring of an investigator named in a federal lawsuit concerning the alleged sexual abuse of young girls by a former coach.

West said the district attorney's office advised him not to comment on the matter that involves newly hired investigator Phil Blevins.

As the debate over masks and vaccines to combat the Delta variant of the COVID-19 pandemic grows, so have the numbers of new cases reported to the Oklahoma State Department of Health.

Canadian County remains the fourth highest in the state for total number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began more than 18 months ago. The latest OSDH numbers show an increase of 566 cases in the past seven days to 19,148.