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Mariner Finance LLC vs. Brittany Hignite for $2,225.28 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Amanda Oburn for $4,885.50 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Capital One N.A. vs. Gina Wood for $3,025.51 to pay a debt plus interest and costs.

Discover Bank vs. Denise Alexander for $8,389.68 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Erika Munoz for $6,051.56 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Though it ended with an overtime shootout loss, El Reno High School graduate Conley Knapp is happy with the way she and classmate Ja’Niya Loreto closed out their high school careers.

The pair started for the West in the 2025 Oklahoma Soccer Coaches Association’s Class 5A All-State Game, with Knapp serving as one of the team’s captains.

“I think I played pretty well. It was hot outside so I felt like the game was pretty slow, but I still think I did pretty well,” said Knapp.

Four El Reno High School graduates made key impacts for their teams in the 2025 Oklahoma Native All-State Association’s Basketball Games played in Okmulgee.

Lilly Thomas and Emmary Elizondo played the second of three elite games, helping the girls Blue team to an 81-66 win over the Red.

For only the second time her senior year, Thomas was held scoreless but did pull down nine rebounds, with two steals and a blocked shot.

Calumet High School’s Cody Thiessen was looking forward to coaching his son, Kyler one last time in the 2025 Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association’s All-State Game.

Thiessen was selected to coach the Small West team along with Cashion’s Blake Mounce. His oldest son was picked as one of four infielders.

“Yes, it was emotional,” said Thiessen.

As it turns out, the father-son duo would get only three more innings together. A rainstorm in Enid halted the game after three innings.

El Reno will begin operating a municipal ambulance service July 1. 

In a unanimous vote, the city council officially signed off on the plan that will see the creation of the El Reno Emergency Services Department.

Ed Fowler, formerly with Pafford EMS, will oversee the operation, expected to have close to 20 employees.

The action took place at the regular meeting of the council on Tuesday evening. 

Rain forced some changes to A Small Town Weekend, but participants and spectators appeared to be having too much fun to notice. 

The 27th Annual A Small Town Weekend drew throngs of people to Sunset Drive, also known as Route 66, as well as Adams Park.

The El Reno Firefighters Local Union 2367 had to move the Hot Wheels races to the nearby Trinity Lutheran Church basement and the El Reno Cruisers moved the car show to the paved parking lot just east of Memorial Stadium, avoiding the soggy, rain-soaked turf of Adams Park. 

Happy Father’s Day! 

This past weekend I went to the Oklahoma Press Association’s annual convention. It was held in Shawnee at the Grand Casino.

It was nice to see my fellow newspaper friends from across the state. We learned a lot, laughed a lot, ate some good food, maybe gambled a little and had an overall good time. 

Project Transformation (PT) is an eight-week summer reading camp hosted by Wesley United Methodist Church. 

About a month before the camp was scheduled to open, leaders learned that the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut funding to all Oklahoma AmeriCorps Programs.