March 2023

In the early dawn hours of Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, 1952, RDell McMahan was born to Ramona Alice (Nail) McMahan and Joseph Samuel “Sam” McMahan Jr. at the Okarche Memorial Hospital in Okarche, Okla.

El Reno High School will be sending four lifters to Monday’s Oklahoma Girls Powerlifting Coaches Association 2023 State Championships being held in Durant.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A second period scoring drought proved too large of a hurdle to overcome as the Okarche boys suffered a 75-60 loss to No.2 Rattan in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Class A Oklahoma State High School Basketball Championships.

Despite losing seven of its last eight outings, Redlands Community College women’s basketball team qualified for the NJCAA Region 2 Championships as the No.8 seed. The Cougars took an 11-18 overall record and a 4-11 Region 2 mark into their regular-season finale at Seminole State.

Redlands Community College men’s basketball team was officially eliminated from the field for the NJCAA Region 2 Championships following an 84-74 road loss at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. The Cougars took an 11-18 overall record into its season finale at Seminole State College.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team closed out February by winning five out of six games including a road sweep of North Central Missouri College. Playing in Joplin, Redlands defeated the Pirates 6-3, 2-1, 8-6 and 18-7 to close out the sweep, which left the Cougars with an 8-8 season record.

Paul Joseph Biller passed from this life on his 95th birthday, Feb. 26, 2023. The time has come to mourn his passing and celebrate his long and beautiful life.