March 2023

Despite an improved hitting effort, El Reno High School’s baseball team is still searching for its first District 5A-1 win of the season after dropping a two-game set to powerhouse Piedmont.

For a second straight year, El Reno High School’s trapshooting team will take one of the top four scores into the Oklahoma Scholastic Shooting Sports State Championships after defending its Northwest Regional team title.

Blazing bats continue to be the calling card for Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team as the Tigers posted a .500 record over the past six games.

Following a rough spring break, Calumet High School’s baseball team has regained its footing with a three-game win streak and victories in four of its last five games. The Chieftains, ranked fourth in Class B, improved to 7-4 with a 5-2 win over Class 2A’s eighth-ranked Cashion.

Last summer when Shelby Skaggs was hired to coach the newly formed Redlands Community College Shooting Sports Team, she was already at a recruiting disadvantage since many students had already signed with other colleges.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team slipped into a tie for fifth place in the NJCAA Region 2 Division 2 standings after losing three of four games to Northern Oklahoma College of Enid.

CENTRAL Hefner: March 26. Elevation is 7 ft. below normal, water temperature 53°F and stained. Blue and channel catfish fair on shad and sunfish around channels and points. Crappie good on jigs, minnows and PowerBait around dam and docks.

Crews have been installing fiber optic cable for about a month, but not until last week did El Reno actually celebrate the fact it’s getting into the Internet business. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday morning at the Public Safety Center on SW 27th Street for El Reno Fast Connect.

The first wagon train, with over 500 people to leave Fort Smith, Ark., during the California Gold Rush in 1849 was led by Capt. Randolph B. Marcy and the 5th Infantry.

Abigail “Abby” was born June 5, 1957, to Wesley and Clara Louise Pelsue in Joplin, Mo. She spent most of her youth in Joplin where she had a passion and strong love for animals. It all started with her horse Velvet and her collection of toy horses that she would later pass down to her own children.