Services for Steven Howell are pending with Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Steven died Jan. 17, 2025, at St. Anthony Healthplex in El Reno.

Services for Joyce Baustert are pending with Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Joyce died Jan. 16, 2025, at her home in Okarche.  

Medical marijuana retail operations are welcome inside the El Reno city limits, but those who want to grow the stuff, clean it or transport it must remain outside the city boundaries. The city council voted 4-1 Tuesday night to prohibit medical marijuana grow operations inside the city limits. Council member Amy Neathery cast the lone dissenting vote. 

Earlier, the El Reno Planning Commission had voted 6-0 to deny an outright ban of medical marijuana grow operations inside the city limits. 

PowerSchool, a massive cloud-based software company, reported a data breach that affects more than 12,000 current and former El Reno Public Schools students and faculty.

According to ERPS Associate Superintendent Pat Liticker, the district was informed last week that unauthorized access to certain customer data found on Teacher Table and Student Table happened within the PowerSchool’s platform.