The Oklahoma Department of Commerce is taking steps to enhance the state’s workforce pipeline by awarding the first-ever Public-Private Partnership (P3) incentive for Education and Workforce Development.
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Discover Bank vs. Mason Albright for $6,557.47 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Navy Federal Credit Union vs. William Thames for $9,176.29 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Discover Bank vs. Brian Bruce for $9,341.98 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Discover Bank vs. Mario Calderon for $3,508.63 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Discover Bank vs. Autumn Morris for $6,332.59 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
In what is considered a first-ever for both programs, El Reno and Okarche high schools have had players tabbed by the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association as the best in their respective classes.
Senior Carter Roman Nose was named the OBCA’s Player of the Year for Class 5A, while Okarche junior Jett Mueggenborg earned the same honor for Class A.
There were six POY honors handed out by the association.
“Callen (Haydon) was the Region 1 Player of the Year but I don’t think we have ever had an OBCA Player of the Year,” said El Reno head coach Rodney Haydon.
While organizers are keeping a close eye on Sunday’s weather forecast, the plan for the 13th Annual Mustache Bash at the Denny-Crump Arena is to ride come rain or shine.
“It would have to be some pretty severe stuff for us to postpone it. The parking lot is concrete and the arena is covered so it’s a rain or shine event. As long as there is not a tornado in El Reno, the show will go on,” said organizer Nathan Tull.
The event, which starts at 2 p.m., comes to El Reno for a fourth year and Tull feels the Mustache Bash has found its permanent home.
Redlands Community College is in position to make a run at the top 10 over the final 18 holes at the 2025 NJCAA Division 1 Women’s Golf Championships.
Playing the Buffalo Dunes Golf Course in Kansas, Redlands was sitting in 11th place after 54 holes. The Cougars posted rounds of 322/314/317 for a 953 tally.
That mark puts the eighth-ranked Cougars five shots out of 10th place, which is held by Texas-based Tyler Junior College.
McLennan Junior College out of Texas is ninth - 12 shots ahead of Redlands.
By the time the 21st witness for state prosecutors concluded two days of often-damning and sometimes emotional testimony in the Stacy Lee Drake capital murder preliminary hearing at Sequoyah County District Court, Special Judge Matt Orendorff was convinced there was enough evidence to proceed to trial.
El Reno High School seniors walked the halls at all the district grade sites last week including here at Etta Dale Learning Center.
Graduation is Saturday at 9 a.m. at Memorial Stadium.
The Tribune’s graduation section will be in Saturday’s edition.
Canadian County Sheriff Chris West traveled to the nation’s capital recently to meet President Donald Trump.
“I thanked the president for everything he’s doing to protect America,” said West.
“It was very humbling to not only represent law enforcement in Oklahoma, but to be there on behalf of sheriffs across the country.”
West is the first vice president of the National Sheriffs Association (NSA) and will become its 85th president this summer. The organization represents the country’s 3,083 sheriffs.
