November 2025

El Reno Masonic Lodge joined with The Lord’s Harvest for a pancake breakfast/silent auction to raise funds for the food bank’s operation.Masons then passed the hat to give a donation to the El Reno Fire Department’s Fire Pup Program and the Police Department’s Youth ID Program.This concluded the...

District 1 County Commissioner Tom Manske will seek re-election in 2026 to serve a second term. Manske is a Republican.“When I ran for this office three years ago, I promised to serve with honesty, fairness and integrity.

LEXINGTON – Incarcerated men in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections are giving back from behind bars.In a remarkable display of compassion and community spirit, inmates at Joseph Harp Correctional Center and Lexington Reception and Assessment Center are launching a Food and Funds Drive this...

UNION CITY – A trio of missed 3-point shots in the final 30 seconds knocked Union City High School’s girls basketball team out of the win column in a 37-34 setback to Asher.The loss dropped Union City to 2-2 on the season.The Tigers tied the game at 34-all with 2:43 left on one of two free throws...

El Reno High School senior infielder Kyla Killingsworth (seated center) signed last week to play softball at Northern Oklahoma College of Enid.

With one of the most prolific scoring offenses over the past decade, very few statistical occurrences have not piled up for Calumet High School’s boys basketball team under head coach Jacob Mayfield.Senior Kingston Arnold changed that by adding a rare triple-double as the Chieftains, the defending...

A pair of back-to-back wins by a combined 15 points lifted Redlands Community College women’s basketball team to 4-0 on a recent road trip.Three of those games were in Kansas, producing victories over Colby (76-31), Barton (52-42) and Cowley (50-45) Community Colleges.The road sweep lifted Redlands...

Redlands Community College men’s basketball team split games last week including an 84-71 road loss to Dallas College of Richmond.The loss dropped the Cougars to 3-4 on the season after RCC defeated Fort Scott Community College 95-85 at home.

Home fires are most common in the winter months, peaking in December and January, according to the National Fire Protection Association.

Hillcrest pre-kindergarten September Integrity Award winners are Crew Ferguson, AnnieJune Western, Bennett Moores, Aiden Velasquez, Alani Guzman, TJ Miller, Garren Porter and Yaneiri Espinoza.The honorees also include Grayson Mann, Mackenzie Rhoades, Yaneisy Arellano, Haisley Haggerty, Ximena De...