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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and what one owner calls “Hollywood greed,” El Reno’s Reno Cinema 8 may have shown its last movie. Closed since March due to the coronavirus, Curtis Blanc said the six-screen theater is going on the market.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The agency overseeing the state’s virtual schools joined the legal battle to pry free some of Epic Charter School's financial records.

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.

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.

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.