March 2026

A coveted piece of hardware from the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference, better known as NJCAA Region 2, will be staying in El Reno for another season.

Redlands Community College won the OCAC Women’s Golf Championships for a fifth straight season last week, besting Murray State College by a stroke, after posting its two lowest rounds of the spring season.

The Cougars carded rounds of 299 and 310 on the Lakeview Golf Course in Ardmore to record a 609 for the 36-hole event.

Hayden Mayfield picked up two more wins from the pitcher’s plate as Calumet High School’s slow-pitch softball team rolled to victories over Sentinel and Hinton.

The Chieftains downed Sentinel (12-1) and Hinton (9-0) to earn wins in four of their last five games.

Calumet, now 5-3 on the season, holds the No.12 ranking in the latest Class A poll.

Mayfield (5-2) posted an eight-inning line of six hits, three strikeouts, a run and a walk over the two games.

The defense behind her logged 107 put-outs and 19 assists and turned nine double plays.

Aiden Williams ovecame a rocky road start to earn his third win of the season as Union City High School’s baseball team defeated Class A2’s 20th-ranked Minco 5-4.

It was the Tigers third win in a 24-hour period after run-ruling Apache (18-1) and Ninnekah (13-5) to improve to 8-1 on the season.

Union City moved up a spot in the latest Class A2 poll to fourth.

Story Note: In 1965, the federal government and the tribes reached a $15 million settlement for lands ceded in 1891. However, the Indian Claims Commission’s jurisdiction covered claims only through 1946, and Fort Reno was not transferred to the U.S. Department of Agriculture until 1948.

Some federal legal analyses later interpreted that settlement as resolving claims related to Fort Reno.

When El Reno High School was first awarded hosting rights to the Oklahoma Powerlifting Coaches Association’s State Championships, it was a single-day, varsity-level meet.

Over the eight years since, the event has grown through ice and wind storms and a global pandemic to become a three-day event which benefits multiple school organizations as well as the City of El Reno.

Canadian County commissioners not only approved of the Children’s Justice Center holding a Family Fun Day, they added a bounce house and an obstacle course to help kids have fun.

At a recent meeting, commissioners agreed to rent the bounce house and obstacle course for the second annual Family Fun Festival.

The event is set for April 11 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at 7905 E. Highway 66. 

The Family Fun Day is free for the public, with the inflatables and obstacle course being only some of the activities planned for the day.

Statewide election activity officially begins at 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 1 when the candidate filing period opens. 

Candidates for county offices file with the secretary of the county election board. 

Candidates for state offices file with the secretary of the state election board. 

A list of all state and federal offices that will be up for election can be found at the state election board website at oklahoma.gov/elections. 

The Canadian County Association for Oklahoma Home and Community Education (OHCE) is giving two $500 scholarships to students planning to attend a two- or four-year college or university.

Scholarships are available to any 2026 graduating senior or new G.E.D. certificate holder who resides in or goes to school in Canadian County and will be attending an institution of higher education full-time.

Recipients will be selected based on financial need, academic record and character recommendations.

According to the Oklahoma Office of Educational Quality and Accountability, 65.7 percent of all Oklahoma public school students were considered economically disadvantaged in the 2023-2024 school year, the most recent for which full data is available.

But in some suburban districts, that rate is far lower.

STILLWATER – In February, a harvested deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Cimarron County. This became the fourth deer in as many years to test positive for the disease in Oklahoma.