El Reno High School’s boys basketball team proved that good things do come in pairs, opening up the 2025 portion of its schedule with a resounding 72-46 win over Elgin.

The 26-point win moved El Reno to 7-0 on the season and keeps the Indians tied with Carl Albert for the lead in the District 5A-1 standings – both teams with a 4-0 mark and deadlocked in tiebreaker points with 60.

Lawton MacArthur (2-0) joins the tie but trails in the tiebreaker points (60-30).

A special meeting of the El Reno City Council has been called for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7.

The meeting will be at the Public Safety Center off SW 27th Street.

The agenda calls for public hearings to be held concerning annexation plans for land south, east and north of the current city limits.

The agenda allows for council action to be taken following the public hearings.

On Thursday, following a public hearing, the council unanimously voted to annex land along I-40, including the Banner Road area.

As we continue our stroll back through the news of 2024, El Reno and the area saw celebrations that have become fixtures of the community. The days and weeks also saw many new ideas pop up as well as popular and not so popular plans being promoted. 

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The 73rd Annual National Land and Range Judging Contest attracted students from across the nation to El Reno. The Canadian County Expo and Event Center served as host site for the second consecutive year. 

Canadian County commissioners have received apparent high bids totaling $475,001 for four of five parcels that comprise the old county fairgrounds site at 220 N. Country Club Road.

After accepting a final appraisal last month with the intention to sell the property, commissioners opened bids at their Dec. 23 weekly meeting. All bids received met or exceeded the appraised values on the four parcels.

There were four bidders, although one requested their high bid on one parcel be withdrawn after the bid opening.