September 2026

Redlands Community College’s golf team opened up the fall season with a powerful statement, pushing six golfers into the top 10 of the medalist chase at the 2026 Southwestern Christian Invitational.Playing at Lincoln Park in Oklahoma City, Redlands carded three rounds of 311 or less to win the team...

Sarah Pedro stood on the side of South Country Club Road, her face dripping with sweat from the 103-degree heat, but her hands gripped tightly to a sign reading “No to Data Centers.”“This is my conviction so I can stand a little heat,” said Pedro.The El Reno woman is part of two Native American...

Matthew Snyder lives here in El Reno with his wife, Charity and their 1-year- old son, Barry.He works for FedEx driving a truck and helps run the sound system at his church in Yukon.Seems like a sweet little family, and they are, but what’s different about Matthew is he has become a popular...

The Cheyenne and Arapaho Department of Education (CADOE) has been awarded a $10 million Education Innovation and Research (EIR) grant to lead a five-year initiative aimed at improving early literacy for students in rural Oklahoma.The project, “Oklahoma Reads: High-Dosage Tutoring to Improve Early...

Whatever happened to the hole in the ozone layer?If you’re old enough to remember the 1980s, you probably remember hearing about it.

Oklahoma State Auditor Cyndi Byrd’s report for fiscal year 2024, released last week, questioned costs totaling nearly $25 million in federal funds.

El Reno High School Leadership Class seniors present a donation in the amount of $9,500 to Youth and Family Services from last May’s SMASH Week.

Maple August Students of the Month are Logan Niles, second grade, Sue Cole, kindergarten, Rosalina Calletano, pre-kindergarten, Cashlyn Hamons, pre-kindergarten, Piper Brothers, first grade, Liberty Sanders, sixth grade, Adah Brown, eighth grade, Blayke Steinbruck, seventh grade, Tova Young, fifth...

Nathan Malcolm Blair, age 75, of El Reno, passed away peacefully at his home on Aug. 30, 2026, surrounded by the place and people he loved.Malcolm was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle and friend.

Maple 2026 Farmhand Olympics winners, from left, Hollis Wedman, Lilly Bollinger, Madalynne Whitman, Hudson Cooper, John Prince and Cale Wedman.