September 2024

El Reno recently went 1-3 in the Noble tourney with a win over Elgin.

The losses were to Lawton MacArthur, Westmoore and Noble.

Calumet and Union City high schools fast-pitch softball teams were on the opposite ends of win streaks last week as the pair charge into the latter part of the 2024 season.

The surging Chieftains had a four-game win streak snapped by Verden by a 13-3 score. The Chieftains were coming off blowout wins over Geary (18-0), Crooked Oak (13-1) and Ninnekah (21-3).

The loss left Calumet with a 9-13 overall record.

Calumet went 26-of-68 (.382) from the plate over the four games, getting a home run from Lila Winegeart and triples by Emma Krapcha, Winegeart and Peyton Watson.

Funeral services for Nancy Lynn Keys of El Reno will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14 in the Huber-Benson Chapel with Rev. Mark Fryer officiating. 

Mrs. Keys passed away Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at River Oaks Skilled Nursing and Therapy Center in El Reno. She was born July 25, 1948, in El Reno to her parents, Alvin and Cora (Dresser) Koert. She was a 1967 graduate of El Reno High School and member of the Ellison Avenue Methodist Church. 

UNION CITY – Bragging rights on the baseball diamond in the rivalry between Union City and Calumet high schools will rest with the top-ranked Chieftains for another fall campaign.

Calumet, ranked No.1 in Class B for a third straight week, rebounded from a loss to Class 2A’s second-ranked Dale (9-1) to defeat the Tigers 11-1 for a second straight fall season.

The Chieftains added a 9-1 victory over Sentinel, ranked fourth in Class B, to improve to 15-2 on the fall. Calumet earned 43 of the 51 first-place votes in the latest poll.

Redlands Community College women’s soccer team, battling a rash of early-season injuries, is still seeking its first win after dropping two one-goal decisions to open NJCAA Region 2 action.

The Cougars slipped to 0-4-1 with back-to-back home setbacks to Eastern Oklahoma State College (3-2) and Northern Oklahoma College of Enid (1-0).

In the loss to Eastern, Redlands got an unassisted goal each from Ashanti Lewis and Gaby Figueroa. Lewis paced the team in shots with five, while Figueroa had two shots.

Miya Ingram and Elizabeth Bolton added a shot each.

El Reno High School English teacher and district historian Brian Rukes stands in front of the four new monuments that are being added to the Gold Star Plaza at Memorial Stadium.

The monuments will be unveiled Sept. 27 as part of the stadium’s 75th anniversary.

This week’s U.S. Cavalry Association’s annual Bivouac and National Cavalry Competition will mark the 10th anniversary of its arrival at Fort Reno. The colorful event unfolds free to the public from Thursday through Saturday. 

The U.S. Cavalry Association made Fort Reno its home after spending decades at Fort Riley, Kan.

Being an active military base made Fort Riley difficult for visitors to tour the Association’s museum and view the historical collection the organization offers.

The El Reno, Yukon and Mustang chambers of commerce hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week for the new Canadian County Health Department site at 6100 E. Highway 66 in El Reno.

They were welcomed by CCHD Director Maggie Jackson, who wielded the largest pair of oversized scissors.

A $3.6 million remodeling project led by construction manager Stan Lingo was recently completed on the 32,000-square-foot building. In June 2022, county commissioners spent $6 million in federal stimulus funds to purchase the seven-acre tract that formerly housed the El Reno Halliburton plant.

An undercover sting operation resulted in nine men being arrested on sex-related complaints. 

The Canadian County Sheriff’s Office operated the sting in partnership with the organization known as SOSA, Safe From Online Sex Abuse. The operation took place from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2. 

Child safety advocates at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City are urging parents to be cautious of purchasing car seats online, warning they’ve seen a rise in the number of parents unknowingly buying counterfeit car seats.

Many counterfeit car seats — though they may appear legitimate at first glance — don’t meet U.S. safety standards and often lack crucial safety features that protect children in car crashes. Advocates worry that using these car seats could be putting children’s lives at risk.