October 2024

A memorial graveside service for Alan Scott Provost will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 at Holy Trinity Cemetery in Okarche with Deacon Charles Krumsiek officiating. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Alan died Oct. 8, 2024, at his home in Choctaw. He was born Feb. 14, 1961, in Lebanon, Pa., and graduated from Putnam City West High School. Alan worked in construction as a painter and was a member of the Lakeview Baptist Church in Norman.

The state’s wholesale pecan industry generates $23 million a year, and with the 2024 harvest on the horizon, Oklahoma pecan producers are preparing for a busy season.

As a free speech fundamentalist, I’m not seeing much of value on offers from either Democrats or Republicans in this year’s presidential election.

Over a 24-hour period, Calumet High School players felt the highs and lows of the Class B Fall State Baseball Championships.

The Chieftains defeated Hammon in a 15-0 shutout in the semifinals. 

A day later, top-ranked Calumet suffered a 6-1 loss to second-ranked Fort Cobb-Broxton in the finals. It was the second year for Calumet to lose the Fall Classic title to its archrival.

See Saturday’s paper for a tourney recap.

No matter if he was playing quarterback, running back or punter, El Reno High School’s football team had no answer to the question - how to stop Colton Carlock?

The Guthrie senior rushed for 121 yards and accounted for 142 of the team’s 352 yards and three touchdowns as the Bluejays rolled to a 49-0 win over El Reno.

In a mirror-image of day one results, El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team dominated Lawton MacArthur before having its season end with a shutout loss to rival Guthrie in the Class 5A, Region 1 Championships.

El Reno ousted the Highlanders from the playoffs for a second straight season with a 16-4 victory in an elimination game.

That moved the Indians into the championship round against Guthrie needing to beat the Bluejays twice to make state for the first time since 2021.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Caleb Allen Gatz, 22; Raelynn Mishell Seward, 20.

James Lee Cotton, 24; Alyvia Julianna Boniface, 23.

Dakota Erik Akromis, 25; Emeri Berit Franks, 24.

Steven Michael Patterson, 33; Amber Nichole Maxwell, 33.

Oran Cyrus Laub, 30; Abigail Crystine Thomas, 24.

Roper Alan Hargues, 30; Jessica Anne Foster, 28.

Brandon Charles Ray, 37; Baylee Cassidy Cederquist, 28.

Geoffrey Adam Cormier, 34; Jamie Lynne Chilton, 32.

Mohamed Bouatia, 29; Angela Christina Taroub, 38.

Playing its first event of the fall against a field of two-year programs, Redlands Community College women’s golf team showed its dominance with an 18-stroke win at the 2024 Lady Aggie Invitational.

Hosted by Murray State College on the Lake Murray Resort Course, Redlands carded a 36-hole total of 644 (320/324) to beat Texas-based Weatherford College (662). North Central Texas College (690) was 46 strokes back of the Cougars to take third.

Seminole State College (706) and Murray State (716) rounded out the top five.

When folks around here think of agriculture research, Fort Reno probably comes to mind.

The USDA has been operating there for decades and recently has been making headlines because the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes continue to argue the land rightfully belongs to them.

Congressman Frank Lucas apparently doesn’t agree and had language inserted in this year’s proposed Farm Bill that would allow that to happen, never.

The city of El Reno is stepping up efforts to deal with juveniles who go astray of the law in an attempt to create some “early intervention.”

The city council voted unanimously Tuesday to enter into an agreement with the District Court of Canadian County that will allow the Municipal Court to assume more control of most juvenile matters.

Juveniles who are charged with committing more serious law violations will continue to find themselves involved with the District Court.