June 2025

Body Aiden Williams loves to play baseball, so much so, that he pitched in last week’s Oklahoma State Games despite recovering from a serious thumb injury.“I feel like if I took the whole summer off, then that’s just wasted opportunity to get better and get stronger.

Body The City of Oklahoma City hosted the Champions Parade to celebrate the Thunder’s first NBA Championship in franchise history.Hundreds of thousands of fans lined the parade route and Thunder players regularly walked the parade route to high-five and celebrate with fans.

Body Janice Kay Plumley was born Dec. 8, 1947.She passed away peacefully June 19, 2025, in El Reno, surrounded by the people she loved. Janice was the daughter of Raymond Ruskin Stovall and June Evelyn (Banta) Stovall. She was a graduate of Minco High School.

Body Fireworks could be heard in the skies over El Reno just moments after the Oklahoma City Thunder won the state’s first-ever major league sports championship with a 103-91 victory over the Indiana Pacers.

Body Surfing the wave of excitement with the Oklahoma City Thunder being in the NBA Finals, the city of El Reno’s Fast Connect fiber optic network passed a major field test last week.Literally.

Body The centennial of the Mother Road is coming in 2026. Although it was not completely paved until the late 1930s, the stretch of what was originally designated as U.S. Highway No.

Body The historic Route 66 highway crosses Canadian County. In a beeline, the first highway from Chicago to Los Angeles would change the early development of Yukon and El Reno.Established Nov.

Body Children involved in Project Transformation took a field trip last week to the El Reno Regional Airport. Airport Manager Scott Law took the group on a tour of buildings and offices at the airport.

Body Canadian County sheriff’s investigator Preston Hodge earned the U.S. Attorney Award for Community Impact, signed by Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Childress. Hodge was recently honored by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

Body OKLAHOMA CITY – A federal jury has convicted Ronnie Allen Barton, 48, of Canadian County, of two counts of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, one count of commission of a sex offense by a registered sex offender and one count of attempted receipt of child pornography,...