February 2025

Body Using a 21-point third period, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team pulled away from Lawton MacArthur for a 60-37 road win that secured a home regional for the defending Class 5A state champions.

Body A record-setting season which has already produced the program’s longest winning streak in two decades added yet another first for El Reno High School boys basketball and head coach Rodney Haydon.

Body Katie Parham knocked down a trio of 3-pointers as Okarche High School’s girls basketball team won its second straight game with a 49-34 decision over Minco.The Warriors, ranked 20th in Class A, improved to 16-8 on the season.Parham was the top scorer for Okarche with 17 points.

Body Kingston Arnold hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer as Calumet High School’s boys basketball team retained the crown from the 2025 Washita Valley Conference Shootout for a fourth straight year.The Chieftains, ranked No.

Body El Reno High School used the first national signing day to ink four football players to national letters of intent.Seated from left are Noah Nicholson, Eric Parker, Latin Everheart and Elijah Fisher.Nicholson and Parker signed with Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa.

Body Redlands Community College women’s basketball team was held to a season-low offensive effort last week with a 62-38 road setback to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.The loss dropped the Cougars to 11-9 on the season and 4-5 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings - alone in sixth place.

Body Despite having the ball for a final possession, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team could not get off a shot in a 90-89 road setback to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.The loss ended a two-game win streak for Redlands, which slipped to 17-6 on the season.

Body Funeral services for Charles Ray Hewitt of Broken Arrow will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15 at Ninde Funeral Home in Tulsa with Pastor Randy Scott officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Memorial Park.Chuck passed away Feb. 8, 2025. He was born Nov.

Body Bobby Lawless, born Aug. 1, 1939, at the family farmhouse in Lookeba, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, surrounded by his family. 

Body The Oklahoma Supreme Court sided with the City of El Reno last week in finding that a convicted sex offender could not live within 2,000 feet of Lake El Reno. Kelly Patrick Donaldson had sued El Reno after city officials told him he could not live near Lake El Reno.