Funeral services for Jennie Mae Coffey Perry will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Concho Emergency Response Center with Gerald Panana officiating. Burial will follow at Cantonment Cemetery at Canton under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Jennie died Dec. 12, 2024, in El Reno. She was born May 6, 1960, in Clinton.

She was a homemaker but worked briefly as a tribal firefighter, a driver and custodian for the Watonga Bingo Hall, and worked the bull pens for the Woodward Auction. 

El Reno could be expanding.

The city council voted to begin proceedings that would expand the city limits to the south and east. City Manager Matt Sandidge said the move is a “proactive” effort to help control development as Oklahoma City moves to the west. He said the city has also been approached by developers who have an interest in some of the area. 

The 5-0 vote was cast at Tuesday’s December council meeting.

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

Some young students at Roblyer Middle School may have added another letter to the acronym. In their world, STEM is more like STEEM … which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Empathy and Math.

That’s how a presentation they made last week to a professional landscape architect, a city planner and a city manager came off.

Students and staff from El Reno High School came up with a variety of items as presents for the 2024 Gifts for the Yanks program, which has run for 79 straight years at EHS.

The presents were wrapped and delivered to the VA Hospital in Oklahoma City.