A new terminal could be under construction by spring of 2021 at the El Reno Regional Airport after the city council approved a plan to put the project in motion. 

Council signed off on using $750,000 in airport funds with the promise of obtaining a $500,000 grant from the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission to go toward the $1.2 million project. 

Airport Manager Adam Fox said the new terminal would allow El Reno “to compete with other airports for business travel.”

While a weekend snow storm forced all of El Reno Public Schools to switch to distance learning for Monday classes, students in grades 9-12 will finish the remainder of the 2020 portion of the district’s calendar away from in-person classes.

Those grades were forced into distance learning on Dec. 11 after an educator at the high school tested positive for COVID-19.

“For all practical purposes we will shut down the high school for 10 days and that will carry us up to this Friday,” said El Reno Superintendent Craig McVay.

HARRAH - Head coach Jennifer Douglas said her El Reno High School’s girls basketball team was “itching” to kick off the 2020-21 season and they showed it from the opening tipoff.

El Reno scored the first 14 points of the game, then battled through a sluggish second period before popping off 37 points in the second half to cruise to a 63-36 win over Harrah.