September 2025

Finishing as the highest-placing two-year program in the field, Redlands Community College women’s golf team kicked off the 2025 portion of its schedule with a top five effort.Playing in the Oklahoma Women’s Intercollegiate at Lawton Country Club, Redlands was fourth with a 36-hole total of 616...

Running against a mix of two- and four-year programs, Redlands Community College men’s cross country team placed 23rd in the recent 2025 Southern Stampede.Running the 8-kilometer course at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Redlands posted a total time of two hours and 33.21 minutes and...

Funeral services for Della Lorene Kirkegard-Smith of Minco will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26 at First Baptist Church of Minco.Services are under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.Della passed away Sept. 19, 2025.

Last week, the City of El Reno dedicated and renamed the education pavilion at Lake El Reno for Rev. O.P. Light. Born April 7, 1828, Oliver Perry (“O.P.”) Light came to Oklahoma to stake a claim in the April 1889 land run.He was the first Christian minister of any denomination to preach in El Reno.

Local community group looking for book lovers!The Friends of the Library is a support group for the El Reno Carnegie Library and has been in operation for more than 40 years.The group exists to advance and encourage appreciation, understanding, enjoyment and public use of the educational and...

The El Reno Arts Council will host four nights of spooky fun at the fourth annual Haunted Trolley, happening Oct. 16, 17, 23 and 24.This community favorite combines Halloween thrills with a unique celebration of the arts - all made possible through the energy and creativity of local volunteers,...

First Christian Church’s annual Marketplace is set for Saturday, Sept. 27 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will feature chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans/corn, roll, dessert and drink.Cost is $12 for adults and $6 for children 12 and...

We donvt pretend to know the workings of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal government. And since we don’t have a vote in the upcoming C&A tribal elections, all we can speak to is what we’ve seen over the past several years and from this vantage point what we’ve seen is progress. Plenty of it.

Pat Reuter, left, and her daughter, Vicki Proctor pose for a photo last week at the Canadian County Historical Museum.Reuter was celebrated by friends and museum supporters on her 90th birthday.She and her late husband, Jack, were instrumental in the founding of the museum in 1970.

A former state corrections officer could face prison time for allegedly providing a cellphone to an inmate.Maria Isabel Claybal Chavez, 37, was charged Sept. 5 in Canadian County District Court with bringing contraband into a penal institution and communicating unlawfully with a convict.Assistant...