The buck may have stopped on the desk of President Harry Truman, but the famous slogan plate started in El Reno.
Charley Vogt, who served as city manager in El Reno in the mid-1980s, contacted the Tribune last week after uncovering the information that connects the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution with Truman’s iconic statement.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 4 for El Reno Public Schools Office #3, City of Geary Mayor, City of Geary City Clerk-Treasurer, City of Piedmont Mayor, Geary Public Schools Office #3, Okarche Public Schools Office #3, Riverside Public School Office #3, Town of Okarche Board of Trustees Office #1, Town of Okarche Town Clerk and Town of Union City Proposition.
The El Reno School Board race pits Eric Palmer, 33, against Ron Funck, 74.
Three units from the El Reno Fire Department and two from El Reno FCI battled a house fire last week in the 400 block of South Hadden.
Incident reports state the home sustained $10,000 in damage and $8,000 more in contents.
The El Reno Police Department secured a two-block barrier around the blaze.
A three-time world champion barrel racer will be teaching the tricks of the trade during a clinic intended to help provide support for a local horse rescue operation.
Connie Combs, a seven-time qualifier for the National Finals Rodeo and a Women's Professional Rodeo Association champion, will instruct the camp on behalf of NEXUS Equine.
NEXUS Equine, 6808 S. Manning Road, was founded in 2016 and today cares for some 40 horses that were in danger of being put down because their owners could not afford to care for them.
OKLAHOMA CITY – After considering more than 40 candidates from across the nation, the Oklahoma Broadband Governing Board has voted unanimously to hire former Oklahoma State Rep. Mike Sanders as executive director of the Oklahoma Broadband Office.
“I’m honored to be asked to serve in such an important role to benefit the state of Oklahoma,” Sanders said.
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Legislature reached its second major deadline, and several thousand bills have been either rejected in their houses of origin or were simply not heard.
Up to now, House bills have been considered only by representatives, while senators worked on Senate bills.
Now, House bills still alive are in Senate committees while Senate bills still viable are in House committees.
LAWSUITS
Beltran Bertha Cruz Ramirez vs. Darren Lee Livermore for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.
Arvest Bank vs. Kirklind Global Inc. for $9,052.77 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
U.S. Bank N.A. vs. Darrell Lancaster for $136,580.70 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage.
Crews have been installing fiber optic cable for about a month, but not until last week did El Reno actually celebrate the fact it’s getting into the Internet business.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday morning at the Public Safety Center on SW 27th Street for El Reno Fast Connect. That's the name given to what will become El Reno’s new utility service.
It’s a more than $3 million investment in bringing what city officials say will be a “more reliable, consistent coverage for streaming throughout the city.”
The first wagon train, with over 500 people to leave Fort Smith, Ark., during the California Gold Rush in 1849 was led by Capt. Randolph B. Marcy and the 5th Infantry.
This party followed the southern route, known today as the California Wagon Road, which passed through the central parts of Oklahoma, through north Caddo County (Hinton and Hydro areas), then through the Texas Panhandle and on to Santa Fe, N.M., before continuing to California.
This first wagon train passed through the Hinton and Hydro area on May 23, 1849, some 52 years before either town was established.
First Assembly of God Church in El Reno is conducting a shoe drive through May 18, to raise funds for its Women’s Missions Pledge.
First Assembly will earn funds based on the total weight of the pairs of gently worn, used and new shoes collected. Funds2Orgs will issue a check for the collected shoes.
Those dollars will benefit Backyard Orphans, a ministry to support foster families and assist in adoptions in Oklahoma.
