March 2022

While able to put runs on the scoreboard, El Reno High School’s baseball team struggled to convert those into wins in the score book during the Indians three games of the Union City Spring Break Festival.

El Reno’s current losing streak extended to five games after losses to Comanche (5-3), Heavener (7-4) and a 10-2 setback to Class 2A’s eighth-ranked Wister.

The Indians were slated to return to District 5A-1 play on Monday against Guthrie with a 3-5 overall record.

El Reno High School picked up two of the top honors from Suburban Conference coaches during recent voting for All-Conference teams. See stories in Saturday’s edition.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team had a rough spring break slate, losing all six games to extend the Cougars losing streak to seven straight.

Rose State swept two games from the Cougars by scores of 5-4 and 10-4. The University of Arkansas Rich Mountain swept four games from Redlands in NJCAA Region 2 action, winning the games at Don Brown Field by scores of 10-7 and 18-2.

The Bucks won the home games of the series 10-0 and 10-7. The sweep by UARM left Redlands with a 13-17 overall record and a 2-6 mark in the Region 2, Division 2 standings.

CALUMET – Overnight hail storms, high winds and colder than usual temperatures played havoc with all the sites hosting games for the 2022 Union City Spring Break Festival.

Calumet lost one of its three varsity games against Watonga due to rain, but Class A’s 20th-ranked Chieftains were able to split their other two outings including an 8-7 come-from-behind win over Tipton.

The loss was an 8-3 decision to Comanche that left Calumet with a 3-1 spring record.

El Reno Mobile Meals has established an endowment fund at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation to support its mission in perpetuity.

The invested endowment fund is a permanent fund that awards grants back to the organization each year to support Mobile Meals ability to provide hot lunches to those in need.

The fund ensures Mobile Meals will have a permanent source of funding every year.

Canadian County commissioners reinstituted a burn ban after recent storms failed to put a dent in dangerous dry conditions across the area.

“According to the drought monitor, we are in the second most severe level,” District 1 Commissioner Marc Hader said.

“As much as we’ve gotten some precipitation here, the vegetation’s dead and I think we’re in a hazardous situation.”

Emergency responders across southwest Oklahoma came to Canadian County to train so they can better serve their communities.

The Southwest Oklahoma Emergency Management regional workshop was held at the Canadian County Expo and Event Center, 3001 Jensen Road East. The annual training event was postponed from February due to a winter snowstorm.

A man who escaped in February from El Reno Federal Correctional Institution has been recaptured – and now faces additional charges.

Oklahoma City police officers and special agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation apprehended Bryan Scott Miller, 36, in Oklahoma City March 12.

Even before he was found, a federal grand jury charged Miller March 1 with escape from custody, federal prosecutors said.

The El Reno Masons provides funds to supply fire prevention booklets.

The National Fire Safety Council developed the Fire Pup Program, presented to many elementary-age children by local fire departments, to make them aware of fire danger. The booklets provide a fun way to learn fire safety.

Redlands Community College and El Reno Masonic Lodge 50 were among 26 higher education-business partnerships recently honored with the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education’s Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award.

The duo has long worked together to better the community, with El Reno Masonic Lodge contributing hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years.