January 2026

The Underwood Club of Oklahoma Home and Community Education met recently in the home of Renee’ Schweitzer for a luncheon meeting. 

Other members attending were Ann Ricketts, Vicki Duncan, Michele Winters, Janan Fletcher, Delpha Miklautsch and Bernita Davis. 

Duncan reported on the upcoming West District/South Region meeting scheduled for March 12-13 at the Quartz Mountain State Lodge. 

Members were reminded to keep track of their volunteer hours each month and turn into the OHCE office. 

Okarche November Students of the Month are Cody Stoner, Lane Rother, Lizzy Schwarz, Will Kroener, Hadley Rankin and Avery Treece.

OHS November Lion and Lioness honorees are seniors Easton Roby and Ally Baustert.

MUNICIPAL COURT

Aedyn Graham, Yukon, failure to stop at stop sign, $165.

Amy Marsh, Norman, speeding, $165.

Angie Little Calf, Weatherford, speeding, $165.

Maximo Alvarado, Tuttle, improper equipment and driving under suspension, $500.

Alisha Sealey, El Reno, speeding, $165.

Cheryl Schulte, El Reno, improper equipment, $105.

Dacien Ramos, El Reno, failure to wear seat restraint, $20.

Gage Porter, Elk City, speeding, $165.

Anthony Morgan, Edmond, expired tag and failure to maintain single lane, $305.

Services for Angel Diane Myers will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20 at Huber-Benson Funeral Home with Pastor Adam Pearson officiating.

Angel died at her home in El Reno on Jan. 10, 2026. She was born in Oklahoma City on July 10, 1972. She was a senior sales representative with AT&T and a member of Bible Baptist Church.

Angel loved anything to do with animals and fostering them and enjoyed her flower garden.

On Sept. 18, 2012, Angel married Wendell Myers. Wendell survives her. 

Scoring on seven of 10 Southeast turnovers in the first period, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team jumped back into the win column with a 61-10 victory over the Spartans.

The 61 points is the second highest of the season for El Reno, which improved to 7-6 on the year. The Indians retain the third spot in the District 5A-2 standings at 5-2 with the 51-point win, its largest winning margin of the season.

The smallest player on the court delivered some of the biggest baskets down the stretch for El Reno High School’s boys basketball team in a 72-64 win over Southeast.

Senior guard Bradley Island scored 12 of the team’s 17 points over the final four minutes as the Indians move to 5-8 on the season and snapped a two-game losing streak.

More importantly, the eight-point win lifted El Reno into fifth place in the District 5A-2 standings.

Completing a stretch of three road dates against ranked opponents, El Reno High School’s boys wrestling team went 0-2 against powerhouses Tuttle and Guthrie in a triangular dual.

El Reno slipped to 1-4 on the season after falling to Tuttle, ranked No.1 in Class 4A, 54-17. The Indians dropped a 49-24 match to the Bluejays, ranked sixth in Class 5A, for their fourth setback in a row.

Against Tuttle the Indians logged three wins as Turner Richardson (215) earned a forfeit and heavyweight Nick Mitchum scored a first-period fall (1:39) over Jesse Abston.

12-9-1930 – 1-9-2026

Thelma was a longtime resident of El Reno. She married Bill Rollins on Feb. 29, 1948, at Trinity Lutheran Church in El Reno. She passed away in Tulsa on Jan. 9, 2026.  

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Rollins and her son, Mike Rollins.  

Calumet High School's boys basketball team, bumped from the top spot in the Class B-1 poll, responded by welcoming Class 2A’s Cordell to the Washita Valley Conference with a 100-24 road victory.

It’s the third game this season for the Chieftains to top the 100-point margin and the eighth time to score 90 or more. Calumet, now the No.2 team in the state, improves to 13-2 on the year and 6-1 in the WVC standings.

Mariah Ailey led a trio of players in double digits as Union City High School’s girls basketball team defeated Dover 48-41 to extend its current win streak to four games.

The unranked Tigers move to 11-6 on the season.

Ailey netted a pair of 3-pointers in the win over the Longhorns and closed with 14 points. Lilly Russell followed with 13 points and Keely Riley added 11 points.