December 2024

Lincoln Learning Center fourth grade Readers of the Month, back row, Teagan Calderon, Mary Looney, Grayson Williams, Bry’on Merchberger, William Dowling, Noele James, Genesis Favors and Luke Holsted; middle row, Mariana Diosdado, Remington Sandoval, Anivah Dillard, Link Ritchie, Elijah McCrackin, Makiela Pruitt and Raimey Ingram; front row, Aiden Reyes, Timothy Fletcher, Mateo Reyes, Jayden Mendoza, Symphony Neal, Isabella Melancon, Helen Canales, Madison Izaguirie, Landree Woods and Harper Lambert.

Pictured are Maple November Students of the Month, front row, Jensen Gatz, kindergarten; second row from left, Estella Saenz, pre-kindergarten, Lillian Bollinger, third grade, Luca Dill, first grade, and Fredrick Tredway, second grade; back row, Elizabeth Eisenhour, fourth grade, Jaden Smith, eighth grade, Lane Hudson, seventh grade, Addison Brandley, sixth grade, and Tripp Davis, fifth grade.

LAWSUITS

Citibank N.A. vs. Deidre Santiago for $4,560.18 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Citibank N.A. vs. Vicki Schneider for $2,864.09 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Citibank N.A. vs. Jose Valencia for $3,436.98 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

First National Bank of Omaha vs. Robert Ortiz for $6,000.39 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

First National Bank of Omaha vs. Christopher Howeth for $5,051.01 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Regina Catherine Radtke Haynes, age 67, passed away Dec. 19, 2024, in Oklahoma City. Born on Feb. 4, 1957, in Oklahoma City, Regina was the third of four children born to Harold Joseph and Patricia Ann Radtke. She grew up in Warr Acres and attended the original Putnam City High School. A lifelong parishioner of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Warr Acres — a church her family helped establish — Regina’s faith was a cornerstone of her life.

Designing plays to feature a specific player is nothing new for El Reno High School’s boys basketball coach Rodney Haydon.

Yet when the outcome of the play is believed to be a career milestone, Haydon is going to go the extra mile.

Though it was a different season, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team started out the 2024 calendar year with a 58-point tournament win.

Last week the Indians ended the 2024 calendar of games with a 68-21 victory over Noble in district play. Between the two games were 27 straight victories.

El Reno improved to 6-0 on the 2024-25 season with the 47-point win over the Bears. More importantly, the Indians moved to 3-0 in the District 5A-1 standings and in pace with Carl Albert for the lead.

Three multi-point runs kept El Reno High School’s boys basketball team in the win column and undefeated heading into the holiday break following an 87-27 victory over Noble.

El Reno moved to 6-0 on the season with the 60-point win, its second largest winning margin of the season. The Indians are now 3-0 in the District A-1 standings, a game back of Carl Albert (4-0) in the win column and one in front of Lawton MacArthur (2-0).

El Reno High School honored two of its players to surpass the 1,000-point career scoring mark in the month of December.

Sacred Heart Catholic School fourth grade students perform at Thursday night’s school Christmas program. 

A week after the city of El Reno started an annexation process, the Yukon City Council unanimously approved taking steps toward expanding the city limits west toward El Reno.

Council members, at their Tuesday night meeting, voted 5-0 to direct that a notice of the proposed annexation and a public hearing “be published in a legally qualified newspaper of general circulation in the territory and to direct that a copy of said notice of proposed annexation be mailed to all owners of property to be annexed.”