April 2021

Kaleb Melvin saved one of his best pitching efforts of the season for his final home game as Calumet High School’s baseball team won the Class A, District 16 Championship. Melvin tossed a seven-inning no-hitter as the 16th-ranked Chieftains defeated Binger-Oney in the championship game 7-0.

Redlands Community College’s soccer team went into weekend action looking to snap a seven-match losing streak after dropping a 4-2 decision to Murray State College. Redlands, which defeated the Aggies earlier this season, slipped to 1-8 on the season and in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

Braydon Armstrong struck out the final batter with the tying run at second base as Union City High School’s baseball team defeated Thomas/Fay-Custer 5-4 to win the Class A, District 14 Championship.

Memorial service for David Alton Langley was held Monday, April 26, 2021, in the Clyde Gene Miller Gymnasium at Maple School. Services were under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home. David passed away peacefully April 21, 2021, surrounded by his family in Calumet.

Debbie Maguire sat in the crowd gathered for the 2021 Crime Victims Vigil holding her daughter’s hand and listening to grandmothers Anita Gibbins and Terri Heinley talk about how violent crime changed their lives forever. It was a feeling Maguire knows all too well.

The conference center at Redlands Community College was all about science as students from county high schools showcased their research and discussed their findings as part of the BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center’s 2021 Agriscience Symposium.

Oklahoma Environmental Management Authority is asking the assistance of all curbside recycling participants to adhere to the current recycle standards. David Griesel, general manager of OEMA, said crews are finding all sorts of items in the recycling containers that do not belong.

Northbound and southbound U.S. 81 will be intermittently narrowed to one lane in each direction between Okarche and County Road 840 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday for survey work. Work mostly will occur along the shoulders.

Canadian County commissioners signed off on nearly $1 million in newly financed county landfill equipment. Commissioners approved proposals for the Oklahoma Environmental Management Authority (OEMA) to purchase financing for a landfill compactor and front-loader truck.

The Oklahoma Media Center recently selected the name “Promised Land: A Supreme Court Decision Places Oklahoma at a Crossroads” for a shared topic in 2021. The collaborative will cover the affirmation of tribal sovereignty after the Supreme Court ruling last year.