October 2025

Body Kaleb Thiessen has posted many highlight reel-worthy plays over the course of his high school career.

Body Okarche won the Class A state title with an 8-2 decision over Canute.

Body The fifth annual El Reno Air Show and Community Day turned out to be exactly that, a celebration of community and aviation, enthusiastically topped off by the grand opening of the Caldwell Collection at Mustang Field.

Body El Reno voters will decide a more than $69 million school bond issue on Tuesday, Oct. 14The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.Voters living within the district will decide on the proposed $69.5 million request, which is broken up into two proposals.

Body In a solemn and historic undertaking more than two years in the making, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, in partnership with the U.S. Army, have begun the sacred process of returning 16 children with Cheyenne and Arapaho bloodlines to their homelands.The disinterment began Sept.

Body Canadian County’s domestic violence agency since 1986, Intervention & Crisis Advocacy Network (ICAN) is observing Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October.ICAN, which will have its 40th anniversary in 2026, now has staff members at two locations in Canadian County.

Body Geneva Louise (Klohn) Schweitzer was born Aug. 3, 1947, and went to heaven on Sept. 15, 2025, at the age of 78. Geneva was a faithful Christian and devoted member of First Christian Church in Calumet for 49 years.

Body Four Redlands Community College employees were honored by the Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges (OACC) for their contributions to the college.

Body F&M Bank, a family-owned community bank in central Oklahoma, and Community National Bank of Okarche announced they have entered into a merger agreement.“We are elated to partner with Community National Bank of Okarche,” said John Tom Anderson, CEO of F&M.

Body October is Clergy Appreciation Month, and the second Sunday in October (Oct. 12) is Pastor Appreciation Day.