September 2024

State-ranked Chieftains, Tigers log late-season wins

After having a win streak snapped with a tourney loss to cross-county rival Okarche, Calumet High School’s baseball team has strung together three straight victories.The Chieftains improve to 19-3 on the fall with home wins over Lookeba-Sickles (8-0) and Arapaho-Butler (9-3).
Kyler Thiessen drops down a bunt attempt

Union City, Calumet lose consecutive bids

Union City and Calumet High School’s fast-pitch softball teams have fallen on hard luck in recent games, each posting back-to-back losses.The Tigers slipped to 15-10 on the season with a cross-county rivalry loss to Okarche (9-4), followed by another home loss to Class A’s 19th-ranked Shattuck by a...
Breck Bowers looks up after tagging out a Vici runner

Two second-half goals lead to RCC’s first win

The proverbial monkey is off the back of Redlands Community College women’s soccer team as the Cougars picked up their first win of the season and in NJCAA Region 2 play last week.Redlands scored two goals in the second half to defeat Northeastern Oklahoma A&M 2-1 at Memorial Stadium.The Cougars...
Ashanti Lewis dribbles the ball past a NEO defender

Football Poll (Sept 10, 2024)

Here is The Associated Press Oklahoma high school football poll with first-place votes in parentheses, records, points through Sept. 10.Class 6A-I1. Owasso (10) (3-0) 50.2. Bixby (3-0) 37.3. Tulsa Union (2-1) 23.4. Deer Creek-Edmond (3-0) 22.5. Jenks (1-2) 9.Others receiving votes:6. Mustang 6.7.

Public Records - 9/21/2024

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Everett Lees

Most people only dream of leaving the kind of legacy that Everett Cooper Lees left and having the kind of impact that he had on everyone he met, from his parishioners to the Diocese of Oklahoma to the owner of his favorite sandwich shop.He made everyone he met feel like a friend - because they were...
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City staff honored with OML awards

The city of El Reno picked up some major awards at last week’s Oklahoma Municipal League Conference. The gathering of local officials from across the state was held in Tulsa.
Matt Sandidge and Lindsey Grigg-Moak

C.A.R.T. to get funding from juvenile center

After losing critical grant funding, Canadian County’s child advocacy center has gotten support from a new source.The Child Abuse Response Team (C.A.R.T.) will receive $44,000 from the Canadian County Gary E. Miller Children’s Justice Center to provide services to victims of child abuse and...