January 2021

UNION CITY – Playing the first home game since the death of head coach Robert Duvall, Union City High School’s boys basketball team posted a wire-to-wire win over Gracemont. The victory lifted the Tigers to 2-5 on the season and 1-2 in the Washita Valley Conference standings.

Pictured are Maple School’s November Citizenship Award winners, front row from left, Legend Gatz, pre-kindergarten, Taylor Dill, kindergarten, and Bryson Brandley, first grade; back row, Audrey Eisenhour, third grade, Pierson Brandley, sixth grade, Davin Shamblin, eighth grade, Quinn Charmasson,...

UNION CITY – In a much-anticipated return to the court, Union City High School’s girls basketball team overwhelmed Gracemont last week to earn its first Washita Valley Conference victory. The Tigers improved to 3-4 on the season and 1-2 in the WVC standings with a 49-22 win over the Lions.

Redlands Community College recently announced students named to the college’s honor rolls for the fall 2020 semester.

Matt Grooms and Grace Nesseth admit to being a spontaneous couple, so neither were shocked when Matt came up with the idea of leaving their home in California and never looking back.

El Reno city officials took a tour of the new SSM St. Anthony’s Health Center being built here. City Manager Matt Sandidge said the project is coming along and is expected to be open by the summer.

While the economic outlook for El Reno over the next couple of years would appear sluggish, the firm charged with auditing the municipal government said city leaders have, in the past, “made good decisions, with good information” which could help lessen the impact.

The Canadian County Children’s Justice Center's $9.3 million annual budget is only slightly up over last year, and the center still has about $6.2 million in reserves as county sales tax revenue declines.

The Lincoln fourth-grade Bucket Band performed last week at the El Reno School Board meeting. The performance was held as part of the Public School Board Appreciation Month.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma’s Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) announces that communities and schools now can apply for grants from the TSET Healthy Incentive Program. The application period closes at 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5.