April 2023

Body El Reno High School’s golf teams continue to look for consistency in overall scoring after three events last week produced mixed results. The El Reno girls were sixth in the 2023 Suburban Conference Golf Championships, held in conjunction with the Carl Albert Invitational.

Body El Reno High School’s track team split meets recently, with the field events taking part in the 2023 Yukon Classic, while the runners headed north for the Langston Invitational. Eryn Roman Nose cleared the bar at 4 feet, 8 inches in the high jump but did not make the finals.

Body Union City and Calumet High School’s slow-pitch softball teams were trending in opposite directions despite both entering the playoffs with losses to close out the regular season.

Body State-ranked Calumet and Union City High School’s baseball teams earned hosting rights for the district round of the playoffs and charged into the postseason on winning notes.

Body Redlands Community College’s baseball team stayed in the thick of the chase for a spot in the postseason tournament by splitting a recent four-game set with Carl Albert. Each team won a home game, with Redlands logging wins by scores of 14-3 and 7-1.

Body While the business name may have humans doing a double-take, the city’s newest pet care facility has its four-legged clients purring and wagging their tails with approval.

Body An Oklahoma City architectural firm has been selected to design Canadian County’s future courthouse complex.

Body Canadian County commissioners have been dismissed from a lawsuit filed by a man claiming county sheriff’s deputies illegally raided his home. District Judge Khristan K. Strubhar dismissed all claims against the Board of County Commissioners of Canadian County.

Body When gardeners plant their vegetable and flower gardens, the edibles and ornamentals typically are located in different places. But planting them in the same bed is beneficial to pollinators.

Body Funeral services for Norma Jo Riggles were held Monday at the Watonga Emergency Response Center with Rev. Waylan Upchego officiating. Burial followed at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Norma died April 12, 2023, at Post Acute Rehabilitation in El Reno. She was born Sept.