January 2023

Body With both the interior and transition offense working smoothly, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team remain in the Suburban Conference title talk with a 57-45 win over No.15 Guthrie.

Body Alex Elizondo’s 3-pointer at the buzzer sailed long as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team dropped its second straight Suburban Conference game 67-64 to No.14 Guthrie. El Reno, now 9-3 on the season, slipped three spots to No.

Body Funeral services for Bobby Glen Hart of El Reno will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, at First Baptist Church in Walters, with burial in the Walters Cemetery. Services are under the direction Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home, Walters. Bobby departed this life on Jan.

Body Funeral services for John Edward Townsend Jr. will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Concho Emergency Response Center with Rev. Gerald Panana officiating. Burial will follow at the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. John died Jan. 17, 2023, at St.

Body A celebration of life for Marcella Dalton, 78, of El Reno will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 23 in the Wilson Funeral Home Chapel. Urn burial will follow at the El Reno Cemetery.

Body Funeral services for Jimmy Lynn Bass were held Jan. 17 at First Baptist Church in Minco, with burial in the Evergreen Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home. Jimmy passed away Jan. 6, 2023, in Omaha, Neb.

Body Hunter Mueggenborg hit three of four late free-throw attempts and Easton Roby added one free throw as Okarche High School’s boys basketball team avenged one of its earlier losses with a 63-60 home win over Hennessey.

Body It took four overtimes before Union City High School’s girls basketball team defeated Geary 71-69 in Washita Valley Conference action to improve to 9-7 on the season. The Tigers, now 2-4 in the WVC standings, were coming off a 58-39 non-conference loss to Burns Flatt-Dill City.

Body Four Canadian County officers have been appointed to decide which architects to interview to prepare plans and cost estimates for a new county courthouse complex.

Body The Canadian County Sheriff’s Office may now take inmates from here to the Tillman County Jail in Frederick. The two jails are about 138 miles apart. A new agreement allows Canadian County to use bed space at the Tillman County Jail at a cost of $45 per day, per inmate.