January 2024

Canadian County District Judge Khristan Strubhar administered the oath of office Tuesday afternoon to Tommy Humphries, newly-appointed district attorney for District 4, which includes Canadian, Kingfisher, Grant, Garfield and Blaine counties.

The Gary E. Miller Canadian County Children’s Justice Center recently completed its annual food drive. Employees donated easily prepared meals and kid-friendly snacks to assist families in need over the winter break.

LAWSUITS Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC vs. Samuel Brence and Jana Brence for $117,697.73 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 6, Block 69, Mustang Heights Phase II Addition Section 10.

Wake service for Adrienne Harjo will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, with funeral services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday. Both services will be held in the Benson Memorial Chapel, with burial in the Concho Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Last season, Kaylee Davis and Hannah Koen made history by becoming El Reno High School’s first two qualifiers for the Oklahoma Girls State High School Wrestling Championships. Last week the two seniors added yet another first to their EHS resumes.

Still shuffling spots in its lineup, El Reno High School’s boys wrestling team opened up 2024 with a lopsided 58-12 win over Weatherford last week in the first home dual of the season.

Juanita Charlene (Ashley) Doolittle, a resident of Claremore, passed away with grace and dignity on Dec. 23, 2023, at the age of 75.  A celebration of life service was held in the chapel at DeLozier Funeral Service in Chelsea on Thursday, Jan. 4, with burial following at Dawes Cemetery in Chelsea.

El Reno High School’s boys basketball program held two workouts over the holiday break against former players.

Seeking its first win of the 2023-24 season, Calumet High School’s girls basketball team came close in last week’s road game at Geary but settled for a 40-39 loss to the Bison. Calumet slipped to 0-11 on the season and 0-5 in the Washita Valley Conference standings.

Calumet High School’s boys basketball team showed little rust last week from an 18-day holiday break, rolling into the 2024 portion of its schedule with an 87-19 win over Geary.