After battling back from two shooting slumps which led to a double-digit deficit, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team squandered a golden opportunity to knock off defending Class 5A state champion and No.8 Piedmont.

El Reno relinquished a seven-point lead in the fourth quarter leading to a 50-46 loss to the Wildcats. The setback dropped the Indians, ranked ninth in the state in Class 5A, to 1-1 on the season and 0-1 in the Suburban Conference standings.

The latest step in eradicating the COVID-19 virus in the city took place shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday as SSM Health St. Anthony’s cardiologist Dr. Radwan Kesserwan was given the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine in El Reno.

“I’ve always supported anything to do with the COVID-19 vaccinations. Being here with all these people and the effort to get the vaccine here, I’m glad to be the first one to get the vaccination in El Reno,” said Kesserwan.

Kesserwan urges everyone in the city to get vaccinated when the vaccine becomes widely available.

Many know Ed Zweiacher as an educator and accomplished photographer.

For years he has been involved in agriculture education at Redlands Community College and his photos of the landscape around El Reno and central Oklahoma are tributes to the history and color of those who carved a life out of the often rugged countryside.

So revered are his photos, they have been used to decorate homes and businesses. Some in mulitmillion-dollar makeovers.

What may not be known is Zweiacher is also an author, having just penned his third book.

Canadian County commissioners have social media on their minds.

On Monday, commissioners discussed potentially working with a company called Zencity, a firm that helps track social media information. Recently, the firm offered its services to the commissioners as well as the sheriff’s office.

According to its website, Zencity has an AI-driven platform that helps local governments learn what their city and county populations really want. The company is based in Israel.