A bridge project serving the Banner community in Canadian County District 1 is due to be finished next spring.
The new bridge and approaches will be constructed along Banner Road over Purcell Creek just north of Highway 66.
County commissioners, at their weekly meeting Dec. 15, approved claim forms authorizing the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) to pay for services associated with this project.
The Oklahoma Aerospace and Aeronautics Commission voted Wednesday to allocate $490,900 to designs for a spacecraft hangar.
The commission’s decision comes after the state’s $17 million agreement with international space company Dawn Aerospace was approved earlier this year. The uncrewed plane is suborbital and can be used for life science research and defense.
Kindergarten Thankful Award winners are Brexlynn Richmond, Alivia Stephens, Audrey Feistel, Braxton Bollinger, Zayana Zarate, Romina Reyes, Ramon Castillo, Richard Stingle, River McLearen, Brinlee Siebold, Layla Schones, Sawyer Jellison and Olivia Abbe.
Also, Braxton Schuldt, Z’Rye Strider, Caroline Metcalf, Anthony Stoneroad, Ashton Emberson, Lilith English, Wyatt Selvidge and Laynee Culver.
Pre-kindergarten Thankful Award winners include Kayson Fisher, Kailynn Sterling, Teagan Miller, Legacy Oseni, Beau Filiaggi, AJ Looney, Jensen Jones, Kyle Boyd, Jayden O’Hara, Eleanor Woods and Mackenzie Rhoades.
Also, Kaden Day, Bennett Moores, AnnieJune Western, Roarke Watson, Laken Armstrong, Ahmellie Becerra, Sawyer Ramsey and Calum Menchaca.
LAWSUITS
Ally Bank vs. Linda Cook for $1,599.20 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Crown Asset Management LLC vs. JenDoll for $4,960.08 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Jefferson Capital Systems LLC vs. Brian Arevalos for $8,842.55 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Jefferson Capital Systems LLC vs. Victor Ortega for $5,820.25 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
While their coaches wore matching sweatshirts with the logo “Merry Swishmas,” it was El Reno High School’s girls basketball team lighting up the bottom of the nets.
The Indians turned eight first-period turnovers by Guthrie into a 17-0 run to kick-start a 64-30 victory over the Bluejays in the final home game before the Christmas break.
The win snapped a two-game losing streak for El Reno, which improved to 4-3 on the year. The season-high point total lifted the Indians to 3-1 in District 5A-2 play and into third place.
Gabe Osborn made two free throws with eight-tenths of a second left as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team pulled off its biggest comeback since large schools in Oklahoma shifted to district play.
El Reno rallied from 15 points down after one period to defeat Guthrie 62-58 and earned its first District 5A-2 victory of the season.
The four-point win pulled the Indians out of the cellar in the league standings to 1-3 and tied for fifth.
El Reno High School senior Mason Fulton recently signed a national letter of intent to play baseball for Redlands Community College.
The Mid America Nationals in Enid is annually one of the toughest events on the schedule for El Reno High School’s wrestling team and the final scores proved it.
El Reno was 26th as a team with 81.5 points despite placing eight of its 13 wrestlers in the top 24 of respective brackets. There were 38 teams overall from Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas, and five of those squads did not score a point.
Riding consistent numbers from its top scorers, Okarche High School’s girls basketball team knocked off two ranked teams en route to the title from the 2025 South Canadian Classic.
Okarche, now 6-2 on the year and ranked No.5 in Class A, defeated Turpin (63-41) before downing Class B-2’s third-ranked Leedey (47-39). The Warriors toppled Cheyenne/Reydon (49-47) in the finals.
Katie Parham was named the Most Valuable Player after putting up a three-game line of 49 points, 15 rebounds and six steals.
