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Three Redlands Community College employees were honored by the Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges (OACC) for their contributions to the college.

MUNICIPAL COURT Bailey Christopher Denny, El Reno, speeding, $185. Agustin Beltran Ibuado, Las Vegas, speeding, $175. Shannon Lei Ward, El Reno, expired tag, $165. Donald Carl Grantham Jr., Oklahoma City, speeding in a construction zone, $495.

As if city of El Reno and OEMA employees didn’t have enough to deal with following the massive ice storm, some prankster thought it would be funny to place this trash cart on top of a shelter at Lake El Reno. Authorities said they were not impressed.

Alternating weeks of warm and cold weather are typical this time of year in the Southern Plains, but the recent cold snap across much of Oklahoma still seemed significant.

A surge in the number of students placed into quarantine from a small pool of positive tests for the coronovirus has forced El Reno Public Schools to close both its high school and junior high campuses to in-person learning.

El Reno High School continued its tradition of remembering Veterans Day with a virtual ceremony last week due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 Gifts to the Yanks drive is now under way.

Craig McVay has a long-range plan for El Reno Public Schools, but the events over the first 10 months of 2020 have pushed the superintendent toward revamping those ideas.

El Reno Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts canvassed neighborhoods last Saturday at part of the annual Scouting for Food Drive.

Steve Jensen was sworn in to serve as El Reno’s Ward 1 City Council representative Tuesday evening by Municipal Judge Richard Lewis.  

Canadian County veterans were honored at Sunday’s Veterans Parade. The Ninth Annual Canadian County Veterans Day Parade featured parade entries from throughout the county. El Reno School Superintendent Craig McVay served as master of ceremonies for the program following the parade.