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 Most Valuable Player Award. Also named to the team were senior Skylar Morgan and sophomores Kamryn Cook and Mia Gambel.
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. He was born May 14, 1957, in El Reno. He graduated from Del City High School in 1975. Bob went to Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology College in Okmulgee and graduated with an associate in science in 1977.
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 ticket, El Reno slipped to 13-17 for the year with a 25-16/25-16/25-17 loss to Collinsville.
It snapped El Reno’s three-game win streak going into the postseason.
It was the ninth time in the last 10 seasons for El Reno to make a first-round exit, all by 3-0 scores.
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. Redlands remains in the cellar of the standings but moved a half game back of both the Cowboys and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.
Ashanti Lewis scored all four goals for Redlands off 10 shots. Miya Ingram posted four shots and an assist. Elizabeth Bolden and Nina Vidic added an assist each.
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. She was born Oct. 8, 1965, in Okarche. She was an accountant for Mach Resources Oil Company.
Tina is survived by her son, Ryan Chapman of Hightown, N.M.; daughter, Erica Daggs of El Reno; brother, Jerry Willingham II of El Reno; and five grandchildren.
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. The school is open to selling it entirely or dividing it, said RCC's Dayna Rowe, Executive Director for External Affairs.
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.
City Manager Matt Sandidge made the announcement at the conclusion of the regular meeting of the city council. He said he had just been informed El Reno was one of the grant winners.
Sandidge said the grant is funded through the state and is the first of several the city plans to apply for as downtown revitalization has become a priority for the municipal government.
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 Street.
El Reno Now is hosted by the city of El Reno and El Reno Public Schools.
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 was recognized as Outstanding Professional Staff Member and Ray Underwood as Outstanding Support Staff Member.
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.
The agenda says: Discussion and vote to approve/disapprove sale of 0.89 acres of property located at the far southeast corner of Redlands Community College property at the corner of Settlers Crossing Blvd. and Country Club Road for a total sale price of $275,000.
No other information was provided.
