January 2025

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body Don Schnider, 75, of El Reno, passed away Jan. 26, 2025, at home, surrounded by his loved ones. Born Sept. 3, 1949, in Little Rock, Ark., Don was the son of the late Henry and Lula Schnider.

Body 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. Sheriff Chris West said at approximately 6 p.m.

Body Pro basketball is coming to El Reno. Without the games. Two teams competing in The Basketball League (TBL) will be calling El Reno home, but neither will be playing games locally.

Body 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.