August 2025

Redlands Community College has partnered with TimelyCare to expand access to mental health, medical care and essential resources for students.Through this partnership, Redlands students can now connect with TimelyCare’s services around the clock at no cost and without the need for traditional...

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OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics (ODAA) is investing in the state’s future aviation and aerospace professionals. The August commission meeting focused on the approval of more than $820,000 in grants for 103 aerospace-focused education programs around the state.

Sixty-four snaps and it’s go time.That’s the number of live action plays El Reno High School’s football team took last week in its lone preseason scrimmage against Elk City at Memorial Stadium.“I was pleased with the kids and felt like they played hard.

Ashanti Lewis logged her first hat trick of the season as Redlands Community College women’s soccer team kicked off the 2025 season with a 5-0 shutout of Pratt Community College.The Cougars scored the first goal at the 27:11 mark of the first half when Lewis made a sliding kick after getting caught...

One bad inning kept El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team out of the win column in its District 5A-2 opener last week against Guthrie.The Bluejays scored seven runs in the fifth inning en route to an 11-6 victory over El Reno.The loss dropped the Indians to 2-7 on the season.El Reno was...

LAWSUITSMidland Credit Management Inc. vs. Stephanie Lykowski for $3,062.06 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Kevin Jones for $5,947.27 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Haylee McDonald for...

Ronnie Lynn Statton passed away peacefully Aug. 21, 2025, in his home at Calumet, surrounded by his loving family.Ronnie was born Feb. 11, 1956, in El Reno to Carol (Stephens) Statton and Irvin Joseph Statton Jr.

The bulk of the 2025 Canadian County Fair events kicked off this week at the Expo Center with the annual 4-H/Future Farmers of America Farmhand Olympics and the opening of the midway.

Put me down as being a fan of the roundabout.Hats off to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and the City of El Reno for making the new traffic circle at U.S. 81 and Route 66 a reality. The $10 million price tag looks well worth it.