Prayer service for Paul Joseph Schwarz of El Reno will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Sacred Heart with Revs. Francis Nguyen and Lance Warren officiating. Burial will follow at Holy Trinity Cemetery in Okarche. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

SHAWNEE – While it was not the error-free game El Reno head coach Davee Deaton knew it would take to beat top-seeded Carl Albert, the Indians still took the Titans to seven complete innings Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Class 5A State Fast-Pitch Softball Championships.

El Reno, the No.8 seed, outscored Carl Albert 4-2 over the final three innings but could not overcome a slow start – both at the plate and on the field.

The Titans scored eight runs in the first four frames en route to a 10-4 win over El Reno.

Demolition of the Frontier Dodge Chrysler Jeep dealership destroyed by the May 25 tornado that hit El Reno is expected to be complete by the end of this week.

Debbie Denwalt with Frontier said the demolition process is going well.

“It’s already looking better,” Denwalt said Monday after crews had knocked down most of the structure that remained after the deadly twister.

El Reno was hit with an EF-3 tornado about 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 25. Two people were killed in the Skyview Mobile Home Park west of the Frontier dealership. A motel was also destroyed.

Anna Jeanette (Bynum) Hall, 83, passed away peacefully in her home on Oct. 10, 2019. She was born March 19, 1936, in Fort Smith, Ark. She met the love of her life, Ray S. Hall, whom she married on Nov. 3, 1951, in Van Buren, Ark.

As the wife of a career soldier, she lived in many places around the world and was the loving mother of four sons, each born at a different Army post. In 1967, Jean and her family moved to El Reno.