On Tuesday, Canadian County commissioners ordered a burn ban effective immediately, but Mother Nature’s winds didn't heed the order in time to stop a large pasture fire.

The outdoor burn ban is in effect until Monday, March 23 when commissioners will reassess the situation at their regular weekly meeting. 

As for the pasture fire, the El Reno Fire Department joined more than a dozen other firefighting agencies and the Federal Bureau of Land Management to control the blaze that spread along the border of Canadian and Kingfisher counties.

Sue Bear said she thought she smelled something, but she was tired. It was Sunday night. It had been a long week.

“I just pulled my shirt over my nose and went back to sleep,” she said. 

Thankfully, her daughter, Hanna arrived home after working at Freeman’s. 

Hanna woke her mother up as well as the 3-year-old Australian shepherd that was sleeping through the ordeal. 

She told her mother she could see smoke billowing from the attic. 

El Reno’s former mayor, Matt White, was heard bragging about his wife’s goulash recipe.

When I found out about it, of course I had to contact Elisha White and get the recipe. She laughed and said it’s a Bobby Deen recipe, but it turns out great every time.

Thanks for the recipe, Elisha (and Bobby.) 

Canadian County will work with federal immigration authorities on “certain immigration enforcement” functions, but will not be going into schools or doing so-called “roundups” looking for those who may be in the country illegally.

Undersheriff Kevin Ward shared information about the plan with county commissioners during their regular Monday meeting. 

“This is a program that ICE has entered into with several agencies across the country, several here in Oklahoma,” Ward said. “Basically what it does is it deputizes certain employees so they can do limited ICE enforcement.”