December 2025

Redlands Community College faculty and staff along with President Jena Marr attended the annual conference for the Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges.

The Oklahoma Teen Film Festival is now accepting early bird submissions for the 2026 festival, set for March 28, 2026, on the University of Central Oklahoma campus.

Open exclusively to Oklahoma high school students, the festival provides a level playing field for emerging filmmakers to share their stories and compete with peers from across the state.

In a recent interview, Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt dismissed Oklahoma’s statewide elected officials as “bitterly unpopular” while claiming he and other Oklahoma City leaders have achieved historic levels of support.

Yet election records show the statewide officials Holt dismisses as astoundingly unpopular received far more votes in Oklahoma City precincts than Holt did in his most recent re-election campaign.

In a video posted to his Facebook page, Jordan Lee gives a tour of a Utah house he moved into in 2023, pointing out his riding mower, auto lift and 86-inch television. 

Years ago, Reese Hundley learned firsthand what it felt like to be homeless.

The Department of the Interior is set to take a bigger role in tribal education, and some lawmakers say the dismantling of the Department of Education could spell problems for tribal programs caught in the reshuffling.

The Interior Department will soon oversee 14 projects and funding related to tribal education previously housed in the Department of Education. The delegation to a new agency is part of the Trump administration’s first major steps toward dismantling the Department of Education and meeting its stated goal of returning power to the states.

LAWSUITS

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Kathy Loula for $2,081.22 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Zakira Burton for $1,317.06 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Lucia Baeza for $1,553.71 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Karl Kitchel for $1,553.65 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

After losing five straight games to start the 2025 portion of its schedule, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team has flipped the script heading into the new year.

El Reno made the journey to the Oklahoma panhandle last week to defeat Guymon 72-40 in league play for its third straight victory.

The Indians are now 3-5 on the year.

More importantly, the 32-point win moves El Reno to 2-3 in the District 5A-2 standings. The Indians are now tied for fourth in the win column with Lawton (2-1).

Two days removed from a season-high point total, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team made the 4.5 hour (one-way) bus ride to Guymon and came away with a 47-36 victory over the Tigers.

The 11-point decision extended El Reno’s current win streak to two games as the Indians move to 5-3 on the season going into the holiday break.

More importantly, it was EHS’ third straight league win, moving the team to 4-1 in the District 5A-2 standings for third place.

El Reno made 15 baskets in the game, four of those 3-pointers, while hitting 13-of-18 (72 percent) free throws.

The Oklahoma Runners third- and fourth-grade girls basketball team took the title in the recent 24th Annual Warriors Showcase in Henryetta.