Voters in Canadian County who want absentee ballots mailed to them for the Oct. 14 El Reno Public Schools, City of Oklahoma City or Hinton Public Schools special elections should apply now, Canadian County Election Board Secretary Allen Arnold said.
Absentee ballots are available to all registered voters, provided they are eligible to vote in the election requested. No excuse is needed to vote by absentee ballot.
El Reno High School August Students of the Month are Quinn Charmasson, Rhett Davis, Ella Findley, Grant First, Garrett March, Malachi Bilbrey, Addison Kennedy and Bridgette McReynolds.
Maple August Students of the Month are Hazel Resendiz, pre-kindergarten; Cooper Higdon, kindergarten; and Bowen Ellison, first grade.
Also, Abby Bass, sixth grade; Rowyn McKee, second grade; Blaiklyn Barton, fifth grade; Zoe Robles, fourth grade; Creelie Hamons, third grade; Lottie Vise, seventh grade, and Katie Ellis, eighth grade.
The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association’s recent decision to prevent four teenage boys from playing basketball for Glencoe High School because they transferred into the district, effectively undermining Oklahoma’s open transfer law, has one lawmaker urging his colleagues to dismantle the association and start anew.
“The OSSAA is structured in a way that is unfair to student athletes and families,” said state Rep. Ty Burns, R-Pawnee.
Weatherford dedicated a new Route 66 Centennial Monument Project recently.
The monument, featuring Space City on the nameplate, is the ninth installation for the national project.
An additional 14 are committed to be installed in the coming months across Route 66 from Illinois to California.
The monument is adjacent to the new giant astronaut the city is installing, creating another selfie location for the global tourists who visit the Mother Road.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Angela Jones, Lookeba, speeding, $165.
Brian Thomas Dickey, El Reno, speeding, $185.
Matthew Levi Norton, El Reno, failure to stop at stop sign, $165.
Charles Clark Jr., Yukon, speeding, $165.
Gabrielle Frost, Oklahoma City, speeding, $165.
Diana Roscom, El Reno, speeding, $165.
Jace Bailey Nickell, Clinton, expired tag, $165.
Felicia Sue Jelonek, El Reno, failure to stop at stop sign, $165.
Cambriana Lakay Rios, Watonga, speeding, $175.
Colton Lane Montgomery, El Reno, improper parking, $25.
Not even being hit in the face with the ball during practice would keep El Reno High School fast-pitch softball coach Bri Michalicka from watching her team climb out of the cellar in the District 5A-2 standings.
El Reno jumped from a sixth-place tie with Santa Fe South into fourth place with a doubleheader road sweep of Guymon by scores of 11-4 and 9-7. The Indians improved to 5-7 on the season and 2-2 in the league standings.
A three-game win over Guthrie kept El Reno High School’s volleyball team tied for first place in the 2025 Suburban Conference.
The 25-14/25-20/25-17 victory moved El Reno, ranked No.12 in this week’s Class 5A poll, to 13-9 on the season.
The Indians are 2-0 in Suburban Conference action.
El Reno served at 96 percent and logged seven aces. Jaida Richardson led the effort with three, followed by Daily Maples and Deyana Cookston with two each.
