October 2024

A second-place finish in league play helped net Union City High School five spots on the 2024 All-Southern Plains Conference fast-pitch softball team – including two superlative awards.Senior Morgan Brothers was named the Pitcher of the Year, while junior Jaidyn Grandstaff earned the conference’s...

Wake services for Robert Joseph Lamebull will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18 in the Huber-Benson Chapel, with funeral services at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 in the chapel. Burial will be at the Lumpmouth Family Cemetery in Geary.Bob passed away Oct. 15, 2024, at his home in El Reno.

A string of bad luck in the postseason haunted El Reno High School’s volleyball team yet again this season as the Indians dropped a 3-0 semifinal match to No.12 Collinsville in the 2024 Class 5A, Region 4 Championships.Played at sixth-ranked Duncan, which went on to win the regional and a state...

While it wasn’t a mark in the win column, Redlands Community College’s soccer team ended a six-match losing streak with a 4-4 tie at home with Connors State College.The tie moved the Cougars to 1-11-2 on the season and 1-9-1 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

Services for Tina Rene Willingham will be at held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18 in the Benson Memorial Chapel with Rev. Darryl Bullock officiating. Burial will follow in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Tina died Oct. 14, 2024, at her home in El Reno.

Redlands Community College sold 0.89 acres to Waffle House Inc. during a special Regents meeting Wednesday morning. RCC sold the parcel that rests at the corner of Country Club and Settler's Crossing for $275,000. The community college still owns another 2.11 acres of Country Club frontage.

Recent repairs to sidewalks in downtown El Reno are apparently just the beginning. Last week the city learned it had landed a more than $1 million grant to make major improvements to the area.

Supporters of the Canadian County Historical Museum were busy last week painting the historic Darlington Jail.The museum will be the focus of discussion for this month’s El Reno Now gathering.The event will be 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Public Safety Center on Mercy Drive, just off SW 27th...

Three Redlands Community College employees were honored by the Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges (OACC) for their contributions to the college, and President Emeritus Jack Bryant was inducted into the OACC Hall of Fame.Peggy Clifton was named Outstanding Faculty Member, while Dana Hunka...

Redlands Regents are scheduled to meet in special session Wednesday at 9 a.m. to consider selling less than an acre of property that fronts Country Club Road.