February 2024

Some 2,800 farmers and ranchers across Canadian County will be celebrated for their work putting food on people’s tables. County commissioners proclaimed Feb. 19-23 as Farm Bureau Week in Canadian County.

El Reno cleaned up at the recent American Quarter Horse Association Awards with two longtime residents winning top honors for their dedication to the industry.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, highlighted the January report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released last week showing food prices rose nearly 4 percent over the last year.

Maple January Students of the Month, front row from left, Maverick Lorenzen, first grade; Zoe Robles, second grade; Taylor Dill, third grade; Rowyn McKee, kindergarten; and Emery Reuter, pre-kindergarten; back row, Emily Thompson, fourth grade; Garett Moss, seventh grade; Ethan Brooks, eighth...

LAWSUITS Nationstar Mortgage LLC vs. Hunter Ross for $99,152.82 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 13, Block 2, Belisle Addition, Yukon.

I once wrote that “scientists are right about climate change.” I long opposed logging clear-cuts and excessive drilling. I even voted for the Green Party candidate (gasp!) for president. But this longtime supporter of environmentalism has completely abandoned its modern instantiation.

Services for Kenneth Edwin Royster were held Thursday at First Baptist Church in Okarche with Rev. James Inman officiating. Burial was Friday at the Pine Creek Cemetery in Lynchburg, Mo., under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Kenneth died Feb. 10, 2024, in El Reno.

Seventy-five days after starting its journey at home, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team made history twice last week with a 43-28 victory over Shawnee on the same Jenks Simmons Field House court.

El Reno High School’s boys basketball team experienced firsthand the old adage that it’s hard to beat the same team three times in one season – let alone four.

Seniors on El Reno High School’s girls basketball team were honored last week prior to the start of the final regular season game.