As if city of El Reno and OEMA employees didn’t have enough to deal with following the massive ice storm, some prankster thought it would be funny to place this trash cart on top of a shelter at Lake El Reno. Authorities said they were not impressed.

Alternating weeks of warm and cold weather are typical this time of year in the Southern Plains, but the recent cold snap across much of Oklahoma still seemed significant. 

In some ways, that proved to be true: Freezing rain that hit Oklahoma at the end of October caused widespread power outages still being addressed in certain communities and regions.

Roblyer Learning Center collected over 800 pairs of socks to be donated to Socks of Love. Pictured is Raven Bramlett’s fifth-grade class which won the class competition
for donating the most socks.

Lanny was born May 15, 1940, in Ryan, Okla., to Ernest and Rachel Keller. He passed from this earth on Oct. 30, 2020.

He grew up in El Reno where he made lifelong friends and graduated from El Reno High School in 1958.

Lanny served in the U.S. Army in Augsburg, Germany. He was an engineer for the Rock Island and Southern Pacific Railroad, retiring in 2006.

Lanny was a lifetime Oklahoma Sooners fan and enjoyed attending and watching games. He loved spending time with his family and friends.