The board of ICAN has chosen associate director Carolyn Husmann to serve as interim executive director. The group’s executive director, Eric Feuerborn, is stepping down, and Husmann agreed to fill his shoes until a new executive director is found.

A nonprofit, ICAN is an intervention and crisis advocacy network. Formerly known as Women’s Service and Family Resource Center, ICAN is the domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault aspect of Cardinal Point, the domestic violence center.

The state of Oklahoma owes El Reno $3 million, but Mayor Matt White said the city is not holding its breath expecting to collect the money anytime soon.

Speaking during the El Reno Live Facebook program, White said the money is owed from the 2019 tornado, as well as the most recent ice storm that struck in late October.

El Reno High School’s boys basketball team, ranked ninth in the state, came up on the short end of a 91-72 contest against Lawton MacArthur in the first of two meetings between the top 10 Class 5A powerhouses.

The Highlanders, ranked second in the latest poll, handed El Reno the 19-point loss in the finals of the 2021 Anadarko Warriors Classic. The Indians went 2-1 for the tournament to lift their season record to 4-2.

The two teams are set to play again Thursday night in Lawton for a non-conference game.

Pushing four players into double-digit scoring, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team rebounded from a semifinal loss to defeat Millwood 74-54 in the third-place game of the 2021 Anadarko Warriors Classic.

The win over the Falcons, ranked fifth in Class 3A, lifted El Reno to 2-1 for its first tournament outing of the season. The Indians, ranked ninth in Class 5A, improved to 4-2 on the season.

El Reno’s 74 points in the third-place game was a season high and was spearheaded by a 16-point effort from freshman Pauline Black-Harmon.