April 2023

Graveside services for Bonnie Lou Jordan of Fort Cobb were held Friday at the Oak Grove Cemetery at Fort Cobb, under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home in Minco. Bonnie passed away April 8, 2023, at the Norman Regional Healthplex. She was born March 28, 1940, in Ripley, Miss.

You have to work with what you have. You have to play the hand you have been dealt. You have to make the best of your circumstances. Complaining about your situation is unproductive and a complete waste of time.

Banner students enjoyed a night of skating.

On Thursday, Feb. 23, the two-week-long, non-stop religious revival at tiny Asbury University in rural Wilmore, Ky., saw its official end.

Maple March Students of the Month, front row from left, Madison Basler, third grade; Maddox Tartsah, first grade; Tinsley Kennedy, kindergarten; and Lane Clark, pre-kindergarten; back row, Dean Davis, second grade; John Prince, fourth grade; Pierson Brandley, eighth grade; Ethan Brooks, seventh...

LAWSUITS MidFirst Bank vs. Robert Boyd for $1,746.83 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. MidFirst Bank vs. Finny Joseph for $5,796.08 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

It took two days and an array of elements from Mother Nature, but El Reno High School’s baseball team earned its first district sweep of the 2023 season over the Southeast Spartans. Originally set for a one-day doubleheader, El Reno took the first game by a 15-0 score.

El Reno High School’s track team made the long trip north to Ponca City for the 2023 Jerry Runyan Wildcat Relays, turning in two top eight finishes in the team standings. The El Reno girls placed fourth in the Large School Division with a season-high 48 points.

Returning to the Oklahoma City Tennis Center for its third tourney of the season, El Reno High School’s girls squad ran into some tough brackets at the 2023 Guthrie Invitational. El Reno logged a 13th-place finish, led by Jayna Graham at No.1 singles.

Playing shorthanded for the second of three matches due to red-card suspensions, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team stayed in contention for a playoff berth with a 3-2 road win at Guthrie. El Reno improved to 5-5 on the season and 2-3 in the District 5A-2 standings for sixth place.