August 2025

Yukon outscored El Reno High School’s softball team 8-2 over the final two and a half innings as the Millers broke a 5-all tie and pulled out a 13-7 victory over the Indians.

The loss dropped El Reno to 0-2 on the season following a 9-1 road setback a day earlier to Enid.

El Reno tied the game with the Millers with a five-run effort in the fifth inning. Key hits in the comeback were a two-run double by Kyla Killingsworth and a follow-up two-bagger by Taylor Acosta, which plated a run.

Though the scores improved each game, El Reno High School’s volleyball team found itself on the short end of a 3-1 score against Southwest Covenant School in the 2025 season opener.

El Reno won game three 25-18 and led in game two by a pair of points before falling 25-20. The Patriots took games one and four by scores of 25-10 and 25-16, respectively.

El Reno High School’s football program was slated to jump into full pads on Friday after the mandatory heat acclamation period of four days in shorts and helmets mandated by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association.

El Reno will have its lone preseason scrimmage on Friday (Aug. 22) at home with Elk City.

Lawson Geheb and Callie Cramer logged a home run each as Okarche High School’s fast-pitch softball team posted season-opening wins over Amber-Pocasset (6-1) and Chattanooga (7-1).

Geheb (.571) logged four base hits total for the two games, including two doubles, as the Warriors went 16-of-49 as a team for a .327 average. Chesney Black and Katie Parham added a double each.

Parham (.429) closed with three base hits, while Black (.400) and Sara Jacobs had two singles each.

Bonnie Jean Wiewel was born July 14, 1956, in Oklahoma City to Frank and Berniece (Holland) Welch.

She passed away Aug. 9, 2025, after a brief battle with a rare illness.

Bonnie married Billy Wiewel in 1975. Soon after they married they moved to California where they raised their four children. During her time in California she worked at her family geothermal drilling business serving as an office manager. She also spent time as a consultant in the geothermal drilling community. 

CALUMET – Without an extra base hit, Calumet High School’s baseball team kicked off the 2025 fall season with a 7-2 wire-to-wire victory over Drummond.

Calumet, the Class B state runner-up, outhit the Bulldogs 9-3 with Konnor Thiessen and Talon Arnold logging three singles each on seven combined trips to the plate. Kaleb Thiessen added a one-bagger as did Jackson Burns and Wade Reed.

The Chieftains outscored Drummond 4-0 over the final two and a half innings after the Bulldogs closed the gap to 3-2.

November 13, 1951 - August 5, 2025

Keith Goodwin passed away Aug. 5, 2025. He was a decent man and was raised by his father as a Southern gentleman. He was a strident socialist Democrat. He truly believed that the government should do everything to take care of the people financially, medically and security.

He tried to live with good karma and felt he was successful. Good karma came back upon him numerous times in his life. 

Proposed non-structural design changes are being reviewed for the third and fourth floors of the new Canadian County Courthouse project. 

Construction will start this fall on a four-story county courthouse at 201 N. Choctaw. The new courthouse is due to open during the third quarter of 2027.

The building’s third and fourth floors will house Canadian County District Court offices and courtrooms. Canadian County government departments will occupy the first and second floors.

NEXUS Animals is partnering with animal shelters and others to host a “Clear the Shelter” pet adoption event. 

El Reno Animal Shelter is one of the partnering agencies, according to information provided by NEXUS.

The adoption event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 16 at the NEXUS Equine Center, 6608 S. Manning Road. 

Dogs, cats and horses will be available for adoption. Those wishing to adopt a horse need to bring their own trailer. 

I would like to encourage you to do whatever you can to celebrate our city, our school system, our community, our veterans and our rich heritage as the quickly approaching year of 2026 will mark two huge anniversaries significant to our community, our state, our nation, and arguably the entire world.