January 2022

Body Funeral services for Christian Jessen Hansen Jr. were held Friday, Jan. 7 at First Christian Church in Calumet with Rev. Tim Clausing officiating. Burial followed in the Calumet Cemetery. Services were entrusted to Turner Funeral Home, Geary. C.J. passed away Jan.

Body Funeral services for Scotty Dale Bigpond Sr. were held Friday at the Concho Emergency Response Center, with burial following in the Concho Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Scotty died Dec. 23, 2021, in Dulac, La. He was born Jan.

Body Funeral services for Frank Sage Nickel were held Friday at the Matthews Funeral Home Chapel in Edmond. Mr. Nickel, 59, of Edmond, passed away Dec. 27, 2021.

Body Banana bread and sourdough were all the rage in 2020, and 2021 focused on air-fried food and low-waste foods. What’s going to land in your pantry this new year?

Body MUNICIPAL COURT Josiah J. Foley, Oklahoma City, speeding, $245. Amrathal B. Patel, El Reno, improper turn, $175. Shalonda Lane Roberson, Broken Bow, speeding, $195. Donnie Max McGee, El Reno, trespassing on private property, $295. Shane Lee Chauncey, Yukon, speeding, $165.

Body The 2020 census revealed that Illinois experienced its first population decline since the state first participated in a census in 1810. Illinois’s population decline is not a surprise to anyone who has been watching population trends.

Body Sporting new singlets for the start of 2022, El Reno High School’s wrestling team showed little adverse effects from a 16-day layoff for the holidays, winning the first seven weights against Weatherford in a battle of top 15 teams.

Body Calumet High School’s girls basketball team kicked off the new year by extending its current win streak to two games last week with a 68-43 decision over Geary in Washita Valley Conference action. The unranked Chieftains improved to 7-6 on the season and 4-1 in the WVC standings.

Body Knocking down 35 baskets from the field, Okarche High School’s boys basketball team logged its third-highest winning margin of the season last week in a 90-49 victory over Cordell. The 41-point non-conference win sends the Warriors, ranked No.

Body Redlands Community College men’s basketball team started the second half of its season last week with an 80-75 road win over Texas-based Frank Phillips College. The non-conference win was the fourth in the past six games for the Cougars, who improved to 10-7 on the season.