January 2025

Emmary Elizondo’s game-tying 3-point attempt hit off the front of the rim with 3.5 seconds left as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team dropped its first home contest of the season to longtime nemesis Carl Albert 52-48.The setback was the second in the last three games for El Reno, which...

Competing with what head coach Anthony McDonald called “the most heart than anytime all year,” El Reno High School’s wrestling team defeated Carl Albert to win the Class 5A District 3 Championship.The 38-33 decision over the eighth-ranked Titans moved the 13th-ranked Indians to 6-3 on the season.

Union City High School’s boys basketball team rode a pair of fourth-period comebacks to secure third place in the 2025 Paden Pirates Classic.The Tigers have won three of their last four games to improve to 6-12 on the season.

Fueled by three games of double-digit scoring from Katie Parham, Okarche High School’s girls basketball team, ranked 20th in Class A, has quietly strung together a four-game win streak.The Warriors defeated Cushing JV (57-16), Crescent (43-41) and Southwest Covenant (49-27) to win the title at the...

Connors State, the defending NJCAA Region 2 champion, outscored Redlands Community College women’s basketball team 21-12 in the fourth period to rally for a 69-64 victory.The Cougars trailed 33-32 at the half but went on a 20-15 run in the third period to secure a 52-48 lead going into the final 10...

Missed shots and turnovers in the final 10 minutes cost Redlands Community College men’s basketball team a shot at beating reigning NJCAA Region 2 champion Connors State.The Cowboys erased a deficit behind five RCC turnovers leading to 12 points and a 56-all tie with four minutes to play.

Don Schnider, 75, of El Reno, passed away Jan. 26, 2025, at home, surrounded by his loved ones.

A routine traffic stop on I-40 conducted by Canadian County sheriff's deputies led to the seizure of 36 kilograms of fentanyl. The incident occurred on Jan. 26.

Pro basketball is coming to El Reno. Without the games.

Cardinal Point, Canadian County’s family resource center, is moving operations into a new home in Yukon after four years in El Reno.Redhawk Construction has managed a renovation project at the former Canadian County Health Department office, 1023 E. Vandament.Providing hope will continue as the...