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...

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...

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...

Story Note: In 1965, the federal government and the tribes reached a $15 million settlement for lands ceded in 1891.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.