July 2025

Bachman-Turner Overdrive has been added to the Lucky Star Amphitheater Aug. 1 show along with the Marshall Tucker Band.

Dressed as an astronaut, El Reno resident Cody Shropshire runs around the edge of the infield at the Bricktown Ballpark during a fan-involved race.Shropshire was one of many El Reno residents attending the Oklahoma City Comets game to cheer on EHS graduate Rhett Kouba during a recent Triple A game.

After Oklahoma Watch debunked a claim that hail explained skyrocketing homeowners insurance rates, Oklahoma Insurance Department Commissioner Glen Mulready — who amplified the hail claims — b

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma technology university announced it has formed a partnership with the Caddo Nation to give its members enhanced training in the renewable energy and construction fields.Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology, which is based in Okmulgee, said it will work with...

Funeral services for Enos Alfonso Svitak Jr. of El Reno were held Thursday, July 17 at Wares Chapel in Anadarko, with burial in the Wares Cemetery.Services were under the direction of Ray and Martha’s Funeral Home.Mr. Svitak died July 11, 2025.

Bri Michalicka can’t wait to see her team together on the field at the same time, even though her El Reno High School softball program kicked off preseason drills last week.Michalicka moved the first four days of team practices to one-on-one instruction sessions since she had only six available...

Lamplighters OHCE of Canadian County met recently at Mount Zion Global Methodist Church, with Carol Stine calling the meeting to order.Donna Wehmuller read a devotional titled “Source of Joy.”Maxine Little read minutes from the last meeting and gave the treasurer’s report.Wehmuller offered the...

Leota May (Randall) Harman, a beloved small-town seamstress, cherished wife, devoted mother and loving grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully July 9, 2025, at St. Katharine Drexel Retirement Home.Born May 5, 1938, to Newton and Nellie Randall, she was raised in a close-knit...

El Reno’s Brecken Haglund recently competed in the Sub-Regional qualifier at Lincoln Golf Course in Oklahoma City.He advanced to the Regional Finals in Frisco, Texas, set for Oct. 5.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is asking the public to provide input on the future of transportation across the state.