March 2024

Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team split a road doubleheader with Alex last week as the Tigers are struggling to find consistency in the win column. Chase Johnson’s team defeated Alex 16-12 but dropped a 3-2 decision.

Redlands Community College’s basketball teams suffered first-round losses in the 2024 NJCAA Region 2 Championships held in Muskogee. The Redlands men lost to top-seeded Connors State College 107-67 to end the season with an 11-20 overall record. The Cougars dropped 11 of their final 13 games.

There were many firsts logged into the record books during the El Reno High School girls basketball team’s historic run to the Class 5A state championship. First-ever undefeated record for EHS girls basketball at 28-0. First-ever state championship in girls basketball.

In its first tournament of the spring, Redlands Community College’s golf team placed 11th in the 2024 Diffee Ford Invitational held recently at Kickingbird Golf Course in Edmond.

The granddaughter of John Wayne visited the Center of Family Love in Okarche last week to help raise awareness of the home. The CFL is a home for individuals who live with intellectual disabilities. It was founded in 1981. Anita LaCava Swift was greeted by the CFL residents with hugs and smiles.

The Redlands Community College Livestock Judging Team was named the Junior College Intercollegiate Team of the Year. And RCC Coach Spencer Scotten received the honor of Coach of the Year. Four team members were recognized as All-Americans.

Former El Reno Mayor Matt White portrayed St. Patrick on Saturday in the annual Stockyards City St. Patrick’s Day Parade. El Reno resident Debbie Harrison serves as director for the Stockyards City Main Street program, the sponsor of the event.

Motorists traveling Highway 66 between Yukon and El Reno have noticed recent safety improvements in the area. An Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) contractor has made significant progress since early January on a permanent upgrade to the four-way stop at SH-66 and Banner Road.

A Yukon woman has been found guilty on all counts for driving drunk and causing the death of an Elk City teenager while injuring three others.

A jury has found a former Yukon schoolteacher guilty in a sexual assault case. Yukon’s Robert Brian Davis, 45, will be formally sentenced next month by Canadian County Associate District Judge Bob Hughey after a four-day trial last week in Canadian County District Court.