Sandra Lynn Tatum of Union City took her heavenly flight on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, her parents, brother, and the many who have gone before her.
A celebration of life will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 14 at Ingram, Smith & Turner Mortuary, Yukon. Pastor Eric Stock and her nephew, Kory Bollinger will be officiating the service. Interment will be in the Union City Cemetery.
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Applied Industrial Technologies vs. Hive Service Group LLC for $54,584.59 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Accelerated Inventory Management LLC vs. Ngoc Nguyen for $18,556.56 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
First National Bank of Omaha vs. Nicholas Gulley for $32,266.02 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
From the sidelines they supported El Reno High School through the heat, rain and cold of the 2025 football season, but now it’s their turn to switch spots and take the field.
El Reno’s cheerleading squad will compete in the 2025 Oklahoma Secondary School Activity Association's Class 5A Game Day State Championships Saturday at Tulsa Union after placing 15th in the regional round.
It’s the second time in three years for El Reno to make state.
“That’s not bad at all and I’m very proud of the girls,” said EHS cheerleading coach Jacqueline Smith.
Both El Reno High School basketball teams were home last week for preseason scrimmages, with the boys hosting Putnam City.
The girls welcomed in both Edmond and Enid to the Jenks Simmons Field House Annex.
One second and two free throws kept Redlands Community College men’s basketball team out of the win column for a second straight outing.
Neosho County College, based out of Kansas, drew a foul with a second left on the clock and made both free throws to cap off a rally over the Cougars 80-78.
Redlands slipped to 2-3 on the season with the loss and 1-2 at home after squandering a 41-30 halftime lead. The Cougars trailed early but used a pair of 10-0 runs over the last 10 minutes of the first half to build that 11-point margin.
Redlands Community College women’s basketball team kicked off a tough four-game road swing with an 89-35 blowout of Southwestern Christian University’s junior varsity squad.
The Cougars have won three straight games to improve to 3-1 on the season.
Redlands made 33-of-74 shots for 45 percent including seven 3-pointers off 24 percent shooting. The Cougars were 16-of-22 from the free-throw line for 73 percent.
ATLANTA, Ga. —Global nonprofit Point 27, recently honored fallen El Reno Police Sgt. Thomas Duran, who died from injuries suffered on-duty in a hit-and-run incident Oct. 24.
Editor’s Note: Last week candidates for El Reno mayor and Ward 2 city council discussed the issues facing the community in a forum at Redlands Community College. This is the second look at the answers they gave to questions posed from the audience. Attending were Mayor Steve Jensen and challenger Phillip Church, as well as Ward 2 incumbent Pete Stapperfend and challengers Gary Baker and Heather Brothers. Hershel Gorham filed for the Ward 2 race, but did not attend the forum. The election is Nov. 18.
The annual Distinguished Alumni Banquet will honor three EHS alums Nov. 18. The event will be at 6 p.m. at the Canadian Valley Career Tech. Tickets are $30 and are available at BancFirst, Great Plains Bank and at the door.
The alumni to be honored are Marty Hall, Dr. Rhys Cole and the late David Eaton.
Hall and Eaton started working early at El Reno fried onion burger establishments, while Cole was involved in agriculture at an early age.
The 14th Annual Canadian County Veterans Day Parade was held in El Reno Sunday.
The parade had floats, the El Reno High School Band and salutes to veterans.
See story in Saturday’s edition.
