January 2025

Louise Hope (Galloway) McNew was born Feb. 20, 1931, in Shawnee, Okla., to Baxter and Louise Galloway. She went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Jan. 5, 2025, in Oklahoma City.

Hope’s family moved to El Reno in 1941, where she became a lifelong member of First Baptist Church of El Reno, joining at the age of 17.

On March 20, 1948, Hope married the love of her life, Olin McNew, at First Baptist Church. Together they built a life centered on faith, family and service.

Listed on the Maple A Honor Roll for the second nine weeks are Kane Smith, Abel Overholser, Claire Lorenzen, Luken Meschberger, Journey Swigart, Madison Basler, Lillian Bollinger and Legend Gatz, Elizabeth Eisenhour, Ella Ratliff, Carder Holden, Elizabeth Von Tungeln, Maddox Tartsah, Cale Wedman, Abby Bass, Kash Brothers, Kennedy Prince, Fritz Hoffman, Blaiklyn Barton, Riley McKee and Jimi Davis, Taylor Dill, Drake Rosholt, Halle Hunt, Rhett Davis, Charlee Charmasson, Zoe Pawnee, Audrey Eisenhour, Kaelyn Racca, John Prince, Jack Hunt, Andrew Eisenhour, Blayke Steinbruck, Dean Davis, Hayden

Listed on the Maple A-B Honor Roll for the second nine weeks are Brinlee Bland, Blakely McLemore, Wager Ferguson, Elizabeth Wikerson, Otis Sears, Laken Meschberger, Kinsley Racca, Teegan Siler, Ryker Penwright, Daxton Gatz, Madalynne Whitman, Zoe Robles, Hollis Wedman, Parker Tinsley and Caleb Blanco, Declan Brothers, Tripp Davis, Ellie Scott, Adrianna Trujillo, Sadie Evans, Paylynn Smith, Ayvah Fudge, Case Elliott, Kinsley Bonilla, Liam Langley, Bryson Brandley, Kynlee Shamblin, Douglas Bland and Sophie Tredway, Serenity White, Michael Cullen, Kutter Bow, Brennan Ayers, Emily Thompson, Add

Okarche High School December Students of the Month are Wager Winters, Easton Roby, Cody Stoner, Court Sumrall, Blakeley Stephens and Avery Treece.

OHS December Lion and Lioness honorees are seniors Parker Schieber and Kylie Harper.

LAWSUITS

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Damon Decarrillo for $3,057.30 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Bank of America N.A. vs. Kristeseen Bonilla for $6,004.51 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Bank of America N.A. vs. David Angell for $2,563.06 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Bank of America N.A. vs. Luz Rosas for $2,980.08 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Both its offense and defense look to be running at full strength as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team picked up its first District 5A-1 sweep of the season with a 68-27 road win over Elgin.

El Reno was coming off a 76-3 win over Santa Fe South, which set season-best marks for both scoring and points allowed. The 73-point blowout was the largest winning margin of the year and featured 24 steals.

Over a tough five-day stretch, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team came two points shy of fulfilling a team defensive goal of holding each opponent to under 50 points.

The Indians moved to 13-0 on the year with an 80-52 road decision over Elgin to earn a season-sweep of the Owls in District 5A-1 play. The 28-point victory came two days after El Reno posted wins over Tulsa Memorial (45-43) and Santa Fe South (87-46) in less than 24 hours.

Okarche High School guard Jett Mueggenborg celebrated with teammates after hitting 1,500 career points.

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team suffered back-to-back losses for just the second time this season after dropping games to Seminole State College (62-47) and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (64-53).

The two-game slide moved the Cougars to 9-6 on the season and 2-2 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings. Redlands is tied for fourth with Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa.

Thirteen missed layups and a 2-of-22 effort from the 3-point line signaled an end to a 10-game win streak as Redlands Community College men’s basketball team lost a road game at Seminole State College 85-61.

The loss to the Trojans dropped Redlands to 15-3 on the season and came on the heels of a 103-90 victory over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, ranked third in the nation, three days earlier.

Redlands is now 3-1 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings and tied with NEO and Murray State for the lead.