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Note: Knowing Jolly Old St. Nicholas is a subscriber and reads the El Reno Tribune each edition, the staff decided to help him out and deliver local children’s Letters to Santa in print. Letters will appear over the next few editions but in time for his Christmas Eve flight from the North Pole.

El Reno is about to set a record. City Manager Matt Sandidge said 2023 will establish a “record” in the category of new home construction, “We will set a new record in new residential units,” Sandidge said. He said the city has issued, so far this year, 163 permits for new home construction.

El Reno High School held its Native American Heritage Night recently during the season-opening basketball games at Jenks Simmons Field House. The event featured drummers from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes who sang the national anthem in both languages.

Just in time for the recent Thanksgiving holiday, the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office, El Reno Police Department and El Reno Fire Department received homemade pumpkin pies courtesy of students in the BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center.

Brad Baker will retain his seat on the El Reno Public Schools Board of Education after no one filed against the incumbent, whose current term is set to expire in April. “I’m very happy to have another term on the El Reno School Board.

COMANCHE – Three and a half months removed from prison, Kara Chapman is striving to rebuild her life. The 38-year-old mother works most days waiting tables at a catfish restaurant in Comanche.

Oklahoma State University 2020 winter wheat variety Butler’s Gold is growing more prominent on the commercial market, and researchers want to ensure that producers know when and how to plant it.

MARRIAGE LICENSES Joshua David Von Tress and Kory Suzanne Knowlton. James Ruben Cowns III and Jennifer Lee Bennett. Gerald Edward Galbreath and Rebecca Gomes. Bradyn Scott Edwards and Lynnette Eden Lineback Paonessa. Kayli Cheyenne Strain and Hannah Doris Sue Keeney.

Wiping away what she calls “happy tears,” Whitney Sides remembers just how much her son, Colsen Girty, loved the sights and sounds of the holiday season. “He was going to be president. He was going to give all the homeless people shelter and all the kids presents for Christmas.