March 2024

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Sherrie Conley, R-Newcastle, last week passed a bill in the House that would require school personnel engaging in electronic or digital communication with a student to include the student’s parent or guardians.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville, passed a significant judicial reform proposal in the Senate last week.

MARRIAGE LICENSES Jacob Thomason, 33; Kayla Renae McClendon, 31. Travis Wayne Fletcher, 25; Kaitlin Jacy Louk, 30. Alexis Nicole Rowan, 23; Sayler Bryn McClain, 25. Auston Connor Shown, 22; Candace Hope Rogers, 24. Jordan Elliott Henricks, 39; Tayler Michelle Senn, 38.

Services for Lillie Lenora Avery of Minco were held Saturday, March 16 at the United Methodist Church in Minco, under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home. Lillie passed away March 12, 2024, at her home.

The Hub Reed Complex is usually a main hub for the annual Union City Spring Break Festival, but with El Reno High School on a different break schedule than the host, games at the HRC were trimmed down.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 12-6 win over Carl Albert State College to avoid being swept by the Vikings.

Nazhoni Sleeper is a young woman of God. The senior is also the starting point guard for El Reno High School’s state championship girls basketball team and will have the privilege of playing the sport at the next level at Seminole State College.

El Reno High School held a downtown parade last week to honor its girls basketball team which brought home the program’s first-ever state championship. It was the first basketball title won by either the boys or girls programs in 71 years.

El Reno’s city council continued its crusade against dilapidated properties last week, voting to demolish three structures. The action came at the regular monthly meeting.

A seven-member committee has recommended construction of a four-story, 112,407-square-foot building to house Canadian County government and judicial offices. The projected cost is $71 million for the new courthouse on North Choctaw.