A woman who died more than 40 years ago and with a heart for El Reno, today, is helping people she never met.

For the second consecutive year, the Mary K. Ashbrook Foundation is covering essentially the entire cost for school supplies for students in El Reno Public Schools.

Canadian County Sheriff Chris West said he is looking for volunteers to serve on the Canadian County Sheriff’s Posse.

In a prepared statement, West said while traditional posses of the Old West were used to chase down and apprehend outlaws, he is more interested in volunteers who would be willing to assist the sheriff and his deputies in a broad range of missions, including in times of local crisis or state of emergency.

A Yukon man who was shot and killed by a Mustang police officer on Friday, June 5 had a history of traffic violations and minor offenses, but no felonies, court records show.

Benjamin Ballard, 42, was killed at approximately 6:45 p.m. after he allegedly pulled a weapon on a Mustang officer who was attempting to stop him for suspicion of driving under the influence.

El Reno High School athletes will have an extra week to get ready for the start of fall sports after the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association canceled this year’s dead period.

The OSSAA board of directors voted unanimously to skip the dead period, which was enacted for the first time last year.

El Reno Superintendent Craig McVay, a member of the board, said the decision was a no-brainer.

“We have been in a dead period for the last couple of months, so we voted to suspend it for this year,” said McVay.