A plan to build storage units near a residential area drew strong opposition at last week’s meeting of the Municipal Planning Commission.

The proposal was part of a rezoning request by Charles Holbrook to rezone about four acres located between SW 25th Street and SW 27th Street from Single-Family Residential (R-1) to Restricted Commercial (CR).

The zoning change was requested by Holbrook so he could sell the property to the owners of Country Club Storage.

Bald eagles are living at Fort Reno. And if you keep an eagle eye out, you may spot them.

That’s exactly what El Reno’s Dr. Caitlin Rottler has been doing. A scientist, Rottler, who is a Research Fellow with the USDA Agricultural Research Center and the USDA Southern Plains Climate Hub, works from her office at Fort Reno.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Girl Scouts across the nation to find creative ways to sell their annual treats.

Here, sisters Makayla and Chloe Owen hold up signs to attract passing motorists at a drive-up sales site at a church on Elm Street recently.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill that could lower the need for emergency certified teachers in public elementary schools and early childhood education programs passed unanimously in the House with a vote of 86-0.

House Bill 2748, by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon, would allow a teacher candidate that holds a doctorate, a master’s or a bachelor’s degree to teach for two years while completing required coursework and participating in a mentor program provided by the school district prior to taking state certification exams.