Adams Park could become home to the world’s largest bison sculpture. And that could attract a massive herd of tourists to El Reno.
So says Nathan Pratt, the son of legendary artist Harvey Pratt and a noted artist in his own right.
Pratt pitched the idea of creating the world’s largest bison sculpture to the El Reno City Council at last week’s regular monthly meeting.
El Reno High School held its graduation ceremony for the Class of 2025 Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
More than 265 seniors walked and received diplomas.
The good news is El Reno residents will now be able to have unwanted “bulk” items picked up at curbside twice a year rather than haul them to Adams Park.
The bad news, it will cost an extra $2 per month.
Last week the city council approved a new five-year contract with the Oklahoma Environmental Management Authority.
The current seven-year deal expires at the end of June.
El Reno will remember Memorial Day with a ceremony May 26.
American Legion Post 34 Commander Larry Heald said the Memorial Day service will begin at 11 a.m. at the El Reno Cemetery. Heald will open the service with prayer and Terry Walker will lead the flag salute.
The National Anthem will be performed by Tiera Gunsolus.
As states rush to address falling literacy scores, a new kind of education debate in state legislatures is taking hold - not whether reading instruction needs fixing, but how to fix it.
More than a dozen states have enacted laws banning public school educators from teaching youngsters to read using an approach that’s been popular for decades. The method, known as “three-cueing,” encourages kids to figure out unfamiliar words using context clues such as meaning, sentence structure and visual hints.
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El Reno, in partnership with the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics, will invest more than $2 million to build a new terminal at El Reno Regional Airport. And according to one state aeronautics official, it’s just the beginning.
Grayson Ardies, executive director of the Aerospace Department, joined with El Reno city officials and others last week to break ground for the new $2.25 million airport terminal. He told the audience gathered under sunny skies to be ready for even more activity at the airport.
El Reno High School 2025 valedictorians are Skylar Ayers and Maddie Moss.
These students earned this distinction by attaining all A’s during their high school career and taking 13 Pre-AP and AP courses with an AP course in each core subject.
Rylan Fleenor is the 2025 salutatorian. She took the same number of Pre-AP and AP classes and has the next highest GPA.
The three are members of the National Honor Society and the 6X Renaissance Program.
El Reno may soon be adding Canadian County to its Fast Connect Internet customer base.
On Monday, commissioners agreed to table indefinitely contracting with Cox Communications for Internet service while a new courthouse is being built.
Commissioner Tom Manske said the county will need buildings hooked to Internet service during the transition into the new courthouse.
During the transition, the county will utilize the former DHS building for administrative purposes.
El Reno police are looking for a man described as a “person of interest” in the death of a 36-year-old man.
Assistant Police Chief Kirk Dickerson reported a 911 emergency call was received at approximately 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.
The caller said there had been an auto/pedestrian incident in the 300 block of South Grand.
Emergency personnel arrived at the scene and found a man identified as Amos Beaver pinned beneath a motor vehicle. Emergency personnel administered lifesaving measures but the efforts were unsuccessful.
