May 2023

In education debates, Texas is often portrayed as the land of milk and honey for supposedly downtrodden Oklahoma educators.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation allowing restaurants and school cafeterias to donate leftover food without threat of civil liability, except in certain circumstances, has been signed into law.

OKLAHOMA CITY— The full Senate last week approved House Bill 2746. The bill, by Sen. Julia Kirt, D-Oklahoma City, creates a strict set of criteria by which the guardian of a person with a grave disability would be able to access secure transport to get their family member to the care they need.

LAWSUITS Capital One N.A. vs. Patrick Todd for $3,243.18 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Capital One N.A. vs. Jonathan Jennings for $3,899.72 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

MIDWEST CITY – While El Reno High School’s track team was posting better times and measurements, it was Mother Nature that proved to be the fastest mover at the 2023 Suburban Conference Track and Field Championships.

El Reno High School’s boys golf team tuned up for Monday’s Class 5A West Regional Championships by shooting a 379 team score at last week’s 2023 Guthrie Bluejays Bash. The Indians finished in the lower half of the stout team standings despite getting a squad-leading round of 88 from Baylor Pearson.

CALUMET – In a game that was over for all practical purposes after the first inning, Calumet High School’s baseball team defeated 13th-ranked Mulhall-Orlando 14-0 Sunday to win the Class B, Region 4 Championship.

Cody Schmidt’s last tournament as Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball coach will be the biggest of his career as well as the school’s, after the Tigers defeated Frontier 12-7 to clinch the runner-up spot at the 2023 Class 2A, Region 1 Championships.