April 2024

With all five bags breaking 90, El Reno High School’s boys golf team logged its lowest round of the season en route to a ninth-place finish at the 2024 Class 5A West Regional Preview. The event was played at the John Conrad Municipal Golf Course in Midwest City, which will host the regional May 1.

Skylar Ayers fired a career-low round last week as El Reno High School’s girls golf team placed fifth in the Tecumseh Invitational, despite having one player down with sickness and another finishing her round feeling ill.

El Reno High School’s tennis teams took part in the Henryetta Invitational over two separate days, with both squads competing tough on the consolation side of the brackets.

UNION CITY – Mother Nature was the hardest batter to strike out as Calumet and Union City’s slow-pitch softball teams closed out the regular season with the second installment of Canadian County bedlam rivalry.

Calumet High School’s baseball team, the top ranked team in Class B, will take an eight-game win streak into the postseason after winning the Roff Invitational.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team wrapped a pair of wins around a 15-2 loss to Northern Oklahoma College of Enid to sweep the series from the Jets. The Cougars wins were by scores of 13-3 and 8-6 to improve to 5-15 in the NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 standings for 11th place.

El Reno police are asking the public for help in finding a man who allegedly fired a gun several times Monday night. Assistant Police Chief Kirk Dickerson said officers were sent to 1106 Industrial Blvd. at about 9:49 p.m., in reference to a man reportedly firing a gun in the area.

Connie Chambless wears her faith on her T-shirt. It says so right on the front: “Faith makes all things possible.” - Luke 1:37 But from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday, her faith is on display inside the Love for the Children Center at 400 W. London.

For April’s observance of Child Abuse Awareness Month, Canadian County’s child advocacy center is looking to the community for support as more youth victims come for help.

An El Reno man was killed Friday night in a three-vehicle traffic collision on Interstate 40 in Yukon. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol investigated the fatal crash, which occurred about 7:03 p.m. April 12 on eastbound I-40 at Czech Hall Road in eastern Canadian County.