January 2021

The Oklahoma City Branch of the Federal Reserve of Kansas City released its latest issue of the quarterly publication the Oklahoma Economist.

The Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association’s (OCA) Ranch Rodeo has a close relationship with the Children’s Hospital Foundation (CHF) that spans 23 years and entails raising more than $553,500.

El Reno High School’s girls basketball team let a key win slip through its fingers last week as Lawton MacArthur scored a basket off an offensive rebound at the buzzer. The 61-60 non-conference road loss to the Highlanders, ranked fifth in Class 5A, left El Reno with a 5-3 overall record.

Kicking off a rough six-game road swing, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team fell to Class 5A's third-ranked Lawton MacArthur for the second time in less than a week. The 84-62 non-conference setback was the third loss in a row for El Reno, ranked 10th in the same poll.

El Reno High School wrestler Thad Hicks works a pinning move on an opponent from Guthrie during the opening round of the 2021 Malcolm Wade Invitational last week at Carl Albert High School. The event also doubled for the 2021 Suburban Conference Championship. See Saturday’s edition for a wrap-up.

DIVORCES GRANTED Nikki Michelle Gray vs. Collin Gray. McKenzie J. Cooper vs. Stedmon T. Cooper. Crystal Medell vs. Ahmad Ahmad. Erick T. Patraw vs. Valerie M. Patraw. Rhonda Kaye Petty vs. Travis Jon Petty. Victoria Marie McAvoy vs. Rae William McAvoy II.

“When polls said only about half of all Americans would take a vaccine, I was saying herd immunity would take 70 to 75 percent,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and public face of the federal government’s response to the COVID-19...

Donna Feddersen died peacefully with her husband, Bill by her side on Jan. 13, 2021. Donna was born Oct. 1, 1931, to Chester and Lemmie Lyon in Gracemont.

Joseph Gatz died Sunday at his home in El Reno. Services are pending with Huber-Benson Funeral Home.  

Based on the number of phone calls flooding into the Canadian County Health Department, residents are eager to get in line to receive one of the two approved COVID-19 vaccines.