More than 800 people are expected to lose their jobs as Halliburton announces it will close its El Reno operation.

The announcement came Monday morning, the same day the layoffs were planned. At least three El Reno police vehicles were stationed at the Halliburton campus at 6100 East SH 66.

The layoffs were expected to be permanent.

El Reno Mayor Matt White said he was notified Monday morning by Bill Hancock, the coordinator of Oklahoma’s Workforce Services and State Rapid Response Team, about the closing and layoffs.

A request to rezone a feedlot in south El Reno was tabled by the Municipal Planning Commission until the next meeting in December. Peter and Steve Jensen of Jensen Farms,

El Reno's city marshal closed Robert’s Grill after the fried-onion burger establishment was inspected by the fire marshal on Sunday.

The business has been ordered shut down, at least temporarily, due to fire, building and property maintenance code violations.

A notice of condemnation said no one could be at the property between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. until the condemnation has been removed. For all other times, people can only be at the property for maintenance or to retrieve personal items.

Joan Patricia Philipp, 83, of Yukon, wife of Rev. Earl Philipp, fell asleep in Jesus on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, in Oklahoma City. Joan was born June 3, 1936, in Evansville, Ind., to the late Chester and Elizabeth (Sackers) Kleinlein. 

While working as business manager at Concordia Lutheran Seminary in St. Louis, she met her future husband, Earl Philipp, and they were married July 27, 1963, in Kirkwood, Mo. To this union was born their daughter, Adriana R. Philipp, on Feb. 4, 1967.