May 2025

Services for Douglas Ray Oaks of Minco were held Friday, May 2 at Hazel Dell Baptist Church, with burial following at the Hazel Dell Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.Doug died April 27, 2025, in Oklahoma City.

A nine-run first inning catapulted Calumet High School’s baseball team back into the Class B Spring State Baseball Championship for a third straight year.The Chieftains, ranked second in the state, defeated No.15 Vici 16-0 in a five-inning run-rule to secure the state pass by winning the Region 2...

El Reno High’s girls soccer team was slated to start the Class 5A playoffs Tuesday night in Duncan.During last week’s off week, El Reno had three players named to the Oklahoma Soccer Coaches Association’s Class 5A All-State West Squads.Senior Ja’Niya Loreto (23) and senior Conley Knapp (8) were...

Running against stiff competition from smaller classifications, El Reno High School’s track teams closed out the 2025 regular season with only a handful of medals from the 2025 Weatherford Eagles Invitational.The El Reno boys took 12th place with 18 points, primarily from Ethan Brooks.The freshman...

While as a team, El Reno High School missed a ticket to the Class 5A Boys State Golf Championships by 31 shots, Jacen Bear missed an individual pass by a few clicks on a cellphone screen.Tournaments have been using a cellphone app, approved by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association,...

Vigil for Carolyn Novosad Highfill of The Village will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, May 5, with Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 6 at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Warr Acres with Rev. Cory Stanley officiating.

The 37th Annual Burger Day Festival, coordinated by the El Reno Main Street Program and the City of El Reno, will happen Saturday no matter what Mother Nature has in store.“It will happen rain or shine,” said Main Street Director Heather Brothers.Not to worry though, said Brothers, careful...

Workers with Lingo Construction were busy putting final touches on The Filling Station before the ribbon-cutting and soft opening set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday.The City of El Reno captured a grant for $1.2 million from the Oklahoma Route 66 Commission, using the funds to transform the former gas...

State Sen. Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, joked with the audience at last week’s El Reno Legislative Breakfast that when Gov. Kevin Stitt and Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell are both out of state, he’s the next in line. Paxton, the Senate Pro Tem, becomes the acting Oklahoma governor in their absence.

These two adult Canada geese keep a watch for any passing golfers or carts at Lake Hefner Golf Course as their babies head toward a pond for a swim last week during the NJCAA Central District tourney.