The City of El Reno and the Airpark Authority are producing a video to help promote the upcoming Fly El Reno event. The community event will highlight improvements made at El Reno Regional Airport and plans for a new $1.3 million terminal.
The video will be promoted on social media before the Aug. 22 El Reno Fly-In. The day will feature a Warbird Flyover, food trucks, classic cars and tours of the A-26 Lady Liberty.
Redlands Community College classes will start Aug. 17, and beginning this week all individuals on campus will be required to wear a face covering.
“We have established guidelines for the use of face coverings for the health and safety of everyone on campus,” said Redlands President Jack Bryant.
“These are very challenging times, and we are implementing these procedures so we can provide services and on-site classes as safely as possible in this situation.”
Acceptable coverings include reusable cloth masks, disposable paper masks and face shields.
El Reno’s Children of Hope Community Outreach held a STEM camp recently as part of its Young Gardeners Summer Camp. Youth learned about building self-esteem
and confidence through a series of speakers and groups.
Officials with the Canadian County Health Department say they are gearing up to test hundreds of people each week for the coronavirus.
Heather Ward, an educator with the health department, said the agency is expanding its curbside testing for the COVID-19 virus.
Currently, testing is available by appointment at the two health centers in Yukon and El Reno. However, Ward said beginning this week, they will provide “point of distancing” services that allow people to drive up to the facility and be tested without an appointment.
The Oklahoma State Board of Education voted last week 4-3 to recommend school districts follow a new COVID-19 alert system, but stopped short of making it mandatory.
It was a move which left El Reno Public Schools Superintendent Craig McVay puzzled about the state's leadership considering the constant rise in Oklahoma’s coronavirus cases over the past two months.
“I have always been a proponent for local control but I felt like there are school districts that are put in incredibly bad situations that needed the guidance from the State Board of Education.
The agency overseeing the state’s virtual schools joined the legal battle to pry free some of Epic Charter School's financial records.
With a 4-0 vote, the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board recently approved filing an amicus brief to side with the State Auditor and Inspector in its case against Epic’s management company, Epic Youth Services.
An amicus brief is a legal document from a third party that provides information relevant to the case.
LAWSUITS
Carla Dickensen, individually and as mother of Jimmie D. Dickenson III, a minor vs. Cecil R. Hodge and Bobbi J. Taylor for $71,848.88 as compromise settlement.
Tinker Federal Credit Union vs. Shane D. Adams and Tamara R. Adams for $16,569.64 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Cornerstone Bankvs. Ronnie G. Mills II for $15,664.26 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Tinker Federal Credit Union vs. Jason David Garrett for $13,294.75 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
The El Reno Regional Airport is about to get a major makeover and throw a party to celebrate what’s coming up.
Members of the city council signed off last week on a plan to build a new $1.3 million control tower at the airport.
The unanimous 4-0 vote sets in motion a plan that has been in the making for a number of years.
New airport manager Adam Fox showed engineered drawings of what the terminal will look like and explained the research that has gone into the project.
This feathered water fowl took to the air to get a better view of the Smoke on the Water Drag Boat Races held recently at Lake El Reno.
Through all the craziness of the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of El Reno has something positive to cheer about when it comes to professional sports.
Cameron Hill, a native and graduate of both El Reno High and Redlands Community College, was named to the final 30-man roster for the Cleveland Indians.
“I’m on cloud nine. I’m extremely proud of Cameron knowing everything that he has been through and to stick with it and fight back and prove himself again.
