December 2025

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...

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.

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.

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,...

LAWSUITSAlly 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,...

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...

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...

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.

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...