Warren Vernon Frazier
Born Jan. 2, 1922
Died March 2, 1942
Enlisted in February of his senior year in high school.
Warren Street in El Reno was named in his honor after his death.
Sammy Smith
Born Oct. 23, 1946
Died April 16, 1968
Graduated from El Reno High School Class of 1966
Served in the 101st Airborne Division
Killed in Action in Thua Thien province, South Vietnam, from small arms fire in his first battle.
Terry Yeakey
Nov. 9, 1965 - May 8, 1996
U.S. Military Police
First Gulf War
Oklahoma City police officer
Credited with saving several lives immediately after the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, April 19, 1995
Research by El Reno High School instructor Brian Rukes and his English classes has turned up El Reno military members who lost their lives while serving our nation.
Brian Rukes obviously believes no one gets left behind.
Rukes, the El Reno High School English teacher and volunteer school historian, has made it his mission to honor the lives of those from El Reno who gave their lives serving in the United States military.
Canadian County held its 12th Annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown El Reno Sunday afternoon.
Organized by the El Reno Chamber of Commerce, the parade included flags, floats, the El Reno High School Band and the county’s Veterans of the Year honorees.
Your Tribune this weekend could be late arriving to your mailbox because the post office is closed Friday for Veterans Day.
Webmaster’s note: The Tribune will be also be closed Friday, November 10 for Veterans Day.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has affirmed a Canadian County judge’s ruling that a wedding event venue is not liable in a fatal drunk driving crash near Yukon.
The state Education Department is looking to hire someone to manage national media appearances, raising concerns the agency would be boosting Superintendent Ryan Walters’ national profile at taxpayer expense.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Steve Daines (R-MT) led their Republican colleagues in submitting a comment letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) condemning the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) proposed “Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational...