April 2026

Calumet, UC advance into regional play

Calumet High School’s baseball team regained the top spot in the final Class B poll of the spring following a 7-4 win over Weatherford.The Chieftains will take a seven-game win streak and a 14-6 overall record into the regional round of the postseason.The win over the Eagles followed Calumet’s...
Wyatt Cox connects with a pitch

County teams secure district championships

Calumet High School’s slow-pitch softball team took a three-game win streak into the regional round of the Class A playoffs after beating Oklahoma Bible Academy (No.11/2A) in a tuneup game.The win lifted the Chieftains to 21-8 on the year after sweeping Ringwood 6-0 and 8-2 to claim the District 10...
Jacks Bates jumps over a Varnum base runner while trying to grab a high throw

Cougars head to Arkansas for Region 2 crossover round

Despite a pair of bookend victories in a series with Carl Albert, Redlands Community College’s baseball team will be on the road for the crossover round of the 2026 NJCAA Region 2, Division II Championship.The Cougars defeated the Vikings 21-11 and 7-4, but dropped the middle two games of the...

Help needed for Damien

El Reno’s Elks Lodge will host a fundraiser for the family of a young boy who is in need of a heart transplant.
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Land judging returns

The 75th Annual National Land and Range Judging Contest is set to converge on El Reno as more than 1,000 of the nation’s brightest 4-H and FFA students arrive from more than 37 states. The event will run from May 5-7.
Contestants from across the nation will be in El Reno next week

Burger Day Saturday

O.F. Burger, the mascot for El Reno’s Burger Day Festival, took a break from a promotion photo shoot to read a story in the El Reno Tribune about the event.See our pullout special section here. 
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Eight is enough

El Reno High School senior Preston Ashford, who wears No.8, adjusts his batting gloves before heading to the plate in the Indians senior night win over Putnam City.Cheering him on with signs and yells were his sister, Addysen Ashford (right) and grandmother, Ruby Hibberts (center).El Reno defeated...
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OHP reports Calumet man killed in single-car accident

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported a 19-year-old Calumet man was killed in a single-vehicle accident on SH 66 in Caddo County. Trooper Brent Tucker reported Langston Alan Pratt was killed in the accident that happened about 2:30 a.m. April 25.

CASA volunteer completes training, takes oath to aid

Canadian County CASA - Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc. - has welcomed its newest volunteer, Jennie Shain.Shain made the commitment to give her time to help abused and neglected children in the county.\Judge Bob Hughey swore her in earlier this month.
Judge Bob Hughey swears in new CASA volunteer Jennie Shain