Services for Tina Rene Willingham will be at held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18 in the Benson Memorial Chapel with Rev. Darryl Bullock officiating. Burial will follow in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. 

Tina died Oct. 14, 2024, at her home in El Reno. She was born Oct. 8, 1965, in Okarche. She was an accountant for Mach Resources Oil Company.

Tina is survived by her son, Ryan Chapman of Hightown, N.M.; daughter, Erica Daggs of El Reno; brother, Jerry Willingham II of El Reno; and five grandchildren.

Redlands Community College sold 0.89 acres to Waffle House Inc. during a special Regents meeting Wednesday morning. 

RCC sold the parcel that rests at the corner of Country Club and Settler's Crossing for $275,000. The community college still owns another 2.11 acres of Country Club frontage. The school is open to selling it entirely or dividing it, said RCC's Dayna Rowe, Executive Director for External Affairs. 

Recent repairs to sidewalks in downtown El Reno are apparently just the beginning. Last week the city learned it had landed a more than $1 million grant to make major improvements to the area. 

City Manager Matt Sandidge made the announcement at the conclusion of the regular meeting of the city council. He said he had just been informed El Reno was one of the grant winners. 

Sandidge said the grant is funded through the state and is the first of several the city plans to apply for as downtown revitalization has become a priority for the municipal government. 

Supporters of the Canadian County Historical Museum were busy last week painting the historic Darlington Jail.

The museum will be the focus of discussion for this month’s El Reno Now gathering.

The event will be 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Public Safety Center on Mercy Drive, just off SW 27th Street.

El Reno Now is hosted by the city of El Reno and El Reno Public Schools.