March 2026

OKLAHOMA CITY – While both teams fell short of reaching the title game of their respective classes, Calumet and Okarche High School’s girls basketball teams served notice of things to come.Calumet closed the season with a 22-8 record and a No.6 ranking following a 69-50 loss to fourth-ranked Turner...

El Reno High School’s soccer teams lost out on home matches against Cache last week due to weather.Athletic Director Rodney Haydon said coaches were working to set a makeup date.

Thirteen extra base hits capitulated Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team to a 2-0 start including a home shutout of Bray-Doyle.The Tigers scored a 10-0 win over the Donkeys before going on the road to defeat Burns Flat-Dill City (8-5).The extra base hits were paced by Mia Gambel with...

Senior Aiden Williams has thrown just five innings but is 2-0 on the spring after Union City High School’s baseball team kicked off the year with a pair of lopsided wins.The Tigers defeated Geronimo (15-1) and Binger-Oney (14-3) as Williams allowed no earned runs nor a hit in the two games.He...

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team kicked off the 2026 NJCAA Region 2 Championships, being played in Muskogee, with a 63-39 decision over sixth-seeded Connors State.Redlands, now 29-5 on the year, was slated to face second-seeded Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in the semifinals.

Paced by a medalist victory from sophomore Sophia Blake, Redlands Community College women’s golf team kicked off its spring schedule with a sixth-place effort in the 2026 Diffee Invitational.Playing at Kickingbird in Edmond, Redlands was the lone two-year program in the 17-team field.

LAWSUITSPrestige Financial Services Inc. vs. Scott Gleave for $9,941.90 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.OneMain Financial Group LLC vs. Michael Price for $3,603.73 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.Kino Financial Company LLC vs. Jason Kortemeier for...

Cecilia Renae Hobson was born Aug. 7, 1961, in El Reno to Charles Lloyd Holbrook Sr. and Ruby Jo (Jones) Holbrook.She passed away Friday, March 6, 2026, at her home in El Reno at the age of 64.  Cecilia graduated from El Reno High School and spent most of her life in the El Reno area.

Leon Arthur Bomhoff passed away March 4, 2026, at the age of 83. He was born to parents, Betty and Alvin Bomhoff in El Reno, where he grew up alongside his sisters, Beverly and Judy.

Generally speaking, I’ve always considered myself a “techno-optimist,” sometimes perhaps to the point of Panglossianism.As a teen, I embraced those new-fangled “microcomputers,” and as a 20-something the World Wide Web, with enthusiasm.