August 2021

The Enid Outlaws recently won the 2021 The Basketball League (TBL) Championship in their first year of existence. The Outlaws defeated the Syracuse Stallions 129-108 and 120-107 to sweep the title series of the 29-team league.

Ten more teams are set to join the TBL in 2022.

The Outlaws are owned and operated by El Reno’s Jonathan Reed. The team is housed and practices out of OnPoint Hoops Academy in El Reno and plays home games
at the Stride Bank Center in Enid.

Private services for Loretta “Ret” May Forkey will be held Friday, Aug. 6. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. at Holy Trinity Church with Rev. Cory Stanley officiating. Burial will follow at Holy Trinity Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Funeral services for Billy Mae Chadwick were held Monday in the Wilson Funeral Home Chapel, with burial following in the El Reno Cemetery. 

Billy passed away July 28, 2021, in Oklahoma City. She was born May 19, 1945, in Poteau to William and Alvessie Nelson. Billy graduated from Hinton High School Class of 1964. She worked various jobs throughout her life. She made many friends while working at Daylight Donuts and at her nursing home jobs. Above all, she loved caring for her family and was a devoted wife and mother to her children.