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Native American Royalty was on hand at the El Reno Municipal Building last week to help kick off the 31st Annual Oklahoma Indian Nation Pow Wow. The event, held at Concho, featured traditional Native American dance, food, music, a 5K Buffalo Run and entertainment.

The driver of a truck was struck by a Union Pacific train and killed Friday near N.W. 234 and Country Club Road, said Sarah Stewart, Oklahoma Highway Patrol spokeswoman.

Canadian County CASA Inc. (Court Appointed Special Advocates) welcomes new volunteers Erin Harrington and Julie Simeroth. The pair completed advocate training with a court observation and swear-in at the Canadian County Children’s Justice Center.

LAWSUITS Carissa Dawn Shelton vs. Norma June Terry for an amount in excess of $10,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident. OneMain Financial Group LLC vs. Teddy Parker for $10,078.01 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Residents will have a bit further to walk or jog on a paved surface at Lake El Reno after the city won a federal trails grant.

While it was not the massive cloud of smoke from childhood memories, the city of El Reno’s efforts to fog for pesky blood-sucking mosquitoes seem to have worked. “We have not gotten any feedback in our office.

Christmas in July delivered in a big way for El Reno’s Blessing Baskets. The sixth annual event held last week at the Palace Events Center on Banner Road brought in more than $40,000 for the local organization that is dedicated to providing Christmas to area children, as well as school supplies.

The Delta variant of the coronavirus is considered to be the leading cause of a recent spike of new cases across Canadian County and throughout Oklahoma.

After meeting with the leadership from the Oklahoma State Department of Health and Canadian County Health Department Infectious Disease Specialists and consulting with local medical providers, El Reno Public Schools will begin school August 12, 2021 much like we ended school last May.

A longtime El Reno Public Schools employee has been reportedly found dead at a Tennessee rest stop just days after a felony warrant was issued for his arrest. Jeffrey Warner Watt, age 59, of Minco, was wanted out of Caddo County on two counts of lewd molestation, records indicate.