May 2024

Maple A Honor Roll

Body Maple A Honor Roll front row from left, Riley McKee, Blaiklyn Barton, Kynlee Shamblin, Kennedy Prince, Bryson Brandley, Dean Davis, Cale Wedman, Abby Bass, Fritz Hoffman, Douglas Bland, Ella Ratliff, Ryker Penwright, Elizabeth Eisenhour, Sophie Tredway, Able Overholser and...
Maple A Honor roll_April 2024

Maple A-B Honor Roll

Body Maple A-B Honor Roll, front row from left, Matthew White, Elizabeth Wilkerson, Journey Swigart, Laken Meschberger, Carder Holden, Teegan Siler, Kinlsey Racca, Declan Brothers and Brinlee Bland; second row, Ryder Striegel, Timber Westervelt, Braelyn Hutchings, Marlowe Menz, Jacob...
Maple A/B Honor roll_April 2024

Judy Farley

Body On Monday, May 6, 2024, Judy Lea Farley passed away peacefully in her home alongside her loving husband of 44 years, Joe. Judy was born Aug. 30, 1942, in El Reno to Robert Lee and Ruth O. (Ellison) Austin. Judy grew up in Geary, where she graduated from Geary High School.
Judy Farley_obituary

April honorees

Body Maple School April Students of the Month, front row from left, Andie Fudge, pre-kindergarten; Legend Gatz, second grade; Brinlee Bland, third grade; Aniyah Chaffin, first grade; and Penelope Badillo, kindergarten; second row, Cale Wedman, fourth grade; McCray Whitman, seventh...
Maple School SOM_April 2024

Earl Kortemeier

Body Earl George Leon Kortemeier, 86, of Norman, died May 5, 2024. Visitation will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 12 at Havenbrook Funeral Home, Norman, with family present from 2 to 4 p.m. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m.

Public Records - 5/11/2024

Body LAWSUITS Discover Bank vs. Randall Franklin for $17,947.05 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Nationstar Mortgage LLC vs. Michael George for $87,062.

Putting it all on the line

Body BLANCHARD – Cooper Park had just one desire over the final 18 holes of the 2024 Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association’s Class 5A Boys Golf Championships – post a sub-80 score.
Cooper Park peers through a curtain of sand

Cooking in the rain

Body Wet weather for the 36th Annual El Reno Burger Day Festival did not keep the world’s largest onion-fried burger from hitting the grill to the delight of thousands of hungry visitors. See Saturday’s edition for more coverage.
Matt Sandidge (far right) helps spread out onions on top of the hamburger meat