February 2022

In a rather stunning outcome, Union City High School’s girls basketball team dropped a 35-29 decision to Gracemont in the fifth-place game of the 2022 Washita Valley Conference Shootout, hosted by Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Charles Brandley, 79, passed away Feb. 4, 2022, going to his heavenly reward, surrounded by loved ones in his home on the farm where he was raised. Charles dedicated his life to God and his church, his family and friends, his community and the family farm.

Scott Allen Bollinger went to be with his heavenly Father on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. He was born Aug. 23, 1952, in El Reno to TJ and Alice Bollinger. He is the younger of two children, brother to Sandra. Scott resided in Union City and was 69 years of age.

LAWSUITS Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Tyler H. Due for $1,855.92 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Amelia J. Snyder for $3,882.97 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

With the Omicron variant fueling January’s surge in COVID-19 cases both in Canadian County and across Oklahoma, residents received a break in finding those elusive at-home test kits.

El Reno was hit by its second winter mix of 2022. The city was covered with several inches of snow as temperatures stayed in the single digits to low teens through Thursday.

Randy Hurst has been awarded the Oklahoma Music Educators Association (OkMEA) President’s Award. The presentation came at a Jan. 20 ceremony that was a part of the OkMEA Winter Conference held at the DoubleTree in downtown Tulsa.

El Reno police arrested a man after he was found to allegedly be in possession of numerous illegal drugs, several stolen driver’s licenses and credit cards as well as a U.S. passport reported stolen in Ardmore and Marietta as well as in Gainsville and Muenster, Texas.

The Canadian County Children’s Justice Center has created a support group intended to help those grandparents who find themselves raising grandchildren.

Legislative redistricting has created a new State Senate district that will cover much of Yukon. Oklahoma Senate District 18 will officially move from eastern Oklahoma.