More than 4,200 pounds of food were donated by El Reno residents during the recent Letter Carriers Food Drive.

The annual event is coordinated by Janice Cox, El Reno letter carrier, and it helps support The Lord’s Harvest, a local food ministry. 

Letter carriers in El Reno as well as across the nation collected non-perishable food items two weekends back. Local volunteers helped unload the food at the El Reno Post Office and delivered it to The Lord’s Harvest on Sunset Drive. 

Support staff with at least one year of service and all certified educators with El Reno Public Schools will have extra incentive to start the 2025-26 school term in the form of a pay raise.

“Anytime you have things going well financially, you should want to pass that along to your teachers and support staff if you can afford to do it.

“We’ve got some things going our way the last three years and we felt we could afford to increase our salary and support pay scale,” said El Reno Superintendent Matt Goucher.

There is so much going on in the month of May, it feels like Christmas without the shopping. Burger Day, graduation, end-of-year school activities, wrapping up spring sports and more.

Being in the newspaper business and trying to cover it all seems nearly impossible, but our team at the Tribune always gets it done.

When Glen Miller sent this photo of Conley Knapp giving him a hug after El Reno girls soccer lost their game in the state tournament, it made me tear up a little, well, maybe a lot.

Canadian County commissioners have been meeting with other county officers and department directors in recent weeks to finalize plans for a new county courthouse.

Construction contracts are expected to be awarded this fall on an estimated $71 million building project at 201 N. Choctaw.

A $74 million global project budget includes a $3.35 million owner contingency for unforeseen items such as rising costs due to tariffs, according to construction manager Stan Lingo.