February 2025

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.The 23-point victory moved El Reno to 18-2 on the season and keeps the Indians in position for a...

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.The Indians used a 7-2 run in the final two minutes to secure a 58-53 road win over Lawton MacArthur to...

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.

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.1 in Class B, eclipsed the 20-win mark with the 54-52 win over Binger-Oney.

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.

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.Redlands was held to single...

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.

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. 5, 1933, in Webb City, Mo.

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

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.