September 2026

Union City High School’s baseball team closed out the 2026 fall regular season with an 8-3 victory over Class 2A’s Oklahoma Christian Academy as head coach Ludy Griggs moved closer to 800 career wins.Griggs needs three victories to reach the career milestone as the Tigers take a 14-6 overall record...

Calumet High School’s fast-pitch softball team enters the postseason with a No.15 ranking in Class B and a 15-6 overall record after splitting the last four games of the regular season.The Chieftains defeated Okeene (11-3) and Watonga (12-2) but fell to Verden (5-4) and Class B’s top-ranked...

El Reno High School’s September Students of the Month are Madyson Yeary, Isaac Beavers, Ayannah Grayson, Travis Kauley, Abigale Shrum, Reuben Roque, Abril Acosta, and William Ryder Watts.

Redlands dropped a 2-1 road outing with the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain to fall to 1-7 on the season and 0-5 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

Our much loved Donald Kelly died on August 4, 2026, at the age of 96, concluding what he often described as “a terrific life.”He was born in 1930 in Orange, New Jersey, to John L. Kelly Jr. and Marian Slater Kelly. He spent his youth in Maplewood, New Jersey, and graduated from Columbia High School.

Celebrate the centennial of a truly legendary highway with a special screening of ROUTE 66: THE MAIN STREET OF AMERICA — a powerfully moving new feature-length documentary that follows the road, sharing unforgettable stories of the people and towns along the way.The film will be shown at the Centre...

I wish you could have seen the smile come across Sarah Ward’s face when I asked her about the 10-year anniversary of Vices Bar and Venue.She was absolutely beaming with pride and she should be because she is the owner of the bar and has been hard at work for the last 10 years.

CONCHO - Two lives dedicated to service, family and the Cheyenne and Arapaho people were remembered this month as the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes dedicated memorial benches honoring the late Lt. Gov. Gib Miles and the late Clara Bushyhead.The two granite benches, each etched with a photograph and...

El Reno High School held its annual football homecoming parade through downtown last week.The theme for this year’s parade and activities was Hocochella, with each class having a float and other groups having entries in support of their queen candidate.

A Canadian County jury of seven women and five men found former Oklahoma City Police Officer Shamar Kitchens guilty of six felonies and one misdemeanor following a three-day trial.Kitchens was convicted of rape in the first degree, rape by instrumentation, forcible sodomy, assault with a dangerous...