Here we go again. It’s time for another performance of American politicians’ favorite off-Broadway play, “Shutdown Panic.”
“Congress only has a few weeks to avoid a government shutdown,” Mitchell Hill reports at WTOP, “but leaders of both parties are still a long way from agreeing on a stopgap spending bill to keep federal workers on the job.”
Weatherford dedicated a new Route 66 Centennial Monument Project recently.
The monument, featuring Space City on the nameplate, is the ninth installation for the national project.
An additional 14 are committed to be installed in the coming months across Route 66 from Illinois to California.
The monument is adjacent to the new giant astronaut the city is installing, creating another selfie location for the global tourists who visit the Mother Road.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Angela Jones, Lookeba, speeding, $165.
Brian Thomas Dickey, El Reno, speeding, $185.
Matthew Levi Norton, El Reno, failure to stop at stop sign, $165.
Charles Clark Jr., Yukon, speeding, $165.
Gabrielle Frost, Oklahoma City, speeding, $165.
Diana Roscom, El Reno, speeding, $165.
Jace Bailey Nickell, Clinton, expired tag, $165.
Felicia Sue Jelonek, El Reno, failure to stop at stop sign, $165.
Cambriana Lakay Rios, Watonga, speeding, $175.
Colton Lane Montgomery, El Reno, improper parking, $25.
Not even being hit in the face with the ball during practice would keep El Reno High School fast-pitch softball coach Bri Michalicka from watching her team climb out of the cellar in the District 5A-2 standings.
El Reno jumped from a sixth-place tie with Santa Fe South into fourth place with a doubleheader road sweep of Guymon by scores of 11-4 and 9-7. The Indians improved to 5-7 on the season and 2-2 in the league standings.
A three-game win over Guthrie kept El Reno High School’s volleyball team tied for first place in the 2025 Suburban Conference.
The 25-14/25-20/25-17 victory moved El Reno, ranked No.12 in this week’s Class 5A poll, to 13-9 on the season.
The Indians are 2-0 in Suburban Conference action.
El Reno served at 96 percent and logged seven aces. Jaida Richardson led the effort with three, followed by Daily Maples and Deyana Cookston with two each.
BETHANY - Freshman Raquel Seymour opened up her prep career recently with a 36th-place effort for El Reno High School’s cross country team in the 2025 Bethany Bronchos Invitational.
El Reno was a runner short in the girls 5,000-meter race (3.10 miles) to compete as a team.
Seymour led the girls with a time of 24 minutes and .03 seconds. Lilly Owen (24:48) was close behind in 44th and Amerie Sam (37:44) took 91st.
The boys were 10th as a team with 316 points, paced by Abraham Scarritt (19:16) at 39th.
Redlands Community College women’s soccer team slipped to 1-1 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings following a 4-0 shutout loss to Rose State College.
The setback came on the heels of a 4-0 win over Connors State College as the Cougars are now 3-1-1 on the season.
Ashanti Lewis scored two goals in the win over Connors State, while Danielle Cameron and Paige Treat had one goal each.
Jordan Willeford and Elizabeth Bolton had an assist each.
OKARCHE - Callie Cramer and Lawson Geheb hit home runs in back-to-back innings as Okarche High School’s fast-pitch softball team run-ruled Class A’s 15th-ranked Union City 8-0.
The win was the third shutout in a row for unranked Okarche after beating Calumet (13-0) and Dover (8-0) to move to 12-8 on the season.
In the win over CHS, Geheb hit a homer, tossed a perfect game and struck out nine batters to reach 300 for her career.
Union City High School’s baseball team won the Mulhall-Orlando Invitational with a 9-1 decision over Class 2A’s eighth-ranked Oklahoma Christian Academy.
The Tigers, ranked ninth in Class A, moved to 13-8 on the fall after beating Dover (No.5/B) 4-3 and Santa Fe South (No.14/2A) 9-2. In the win over Dover, Dawson Davidson hit a walk-off double to score two runs.
The team hit .275 for the tourney, going 19-of-94 with two doubles each from Davidson and Mason Williams. Carson Biffle had a team-leading four base hits, followed by Williams and Davidson with three each.
Freshman Andres Mandujano set a new school record as Redlands Community College men’s cross country team took seventh place at the Aggie Duels, hosted by Cameron University.
Mandujano ran the 8,000-meter (4.97-mile) course in 27 minutes and .08 seconds to place 24th overall. He ran on a 5:27-mile pace.
Mitchel Foster (31:31) was second to cross the finish line for the Cougars in 48th.
Iker Espinoza (32:59) was 54th, followed by Gilberto Rodriguez (33:46) in 55th place and Bryan Doshier (35:19) a spot back. Nicholas Sanders (35:20) took 57th.
