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Despite a pair of bookend victories in a series with Carl Albert, Redlands Community College’s baseball team will be on the road for the crossover round of the 2026 NJCAA Region 2, Division II Championship.

The Cougars defeated the Vikings 21-11 and 7-4, but dropped the middle two games of the series by duplicate 12-10 scores.

The split left Redlands with a 20-34 season record.

The two teams were tied with Northern Oklahoma College of Enid for third in the West side of the Division II standings with 11-13 records.

El Reno’s Elks Lodge will host a fundraiser for the family of a young boy who is in need of a heart transplant. 

Nancy Salsman said the spaghetti dinner fundraiser will be held May 16 at the Elks, 415 S. Rock Island.

The event will run from 5 to 8 p.m., and all proceeds will go to the family of Damien Weaver.

The 12-year-old Roblyer sixth-grade student is currently in the ICU at Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City. 

El Reno letter carriers will be hauling a bit more weight May 9 when they again take part in the National Letter Carriers Food Drive. 

Janice Cox, El Reno postal employee, has helped spearhead the local efforts for years. She is hopeful El Reno postal customers will respond with generosity as the letter carriers work to help fill the shelves of The Lord’s Harvest, an El Reno food ministry. 

The National Letter Carriers Food Drive has been in existence since 1993.

The 75th Annual National Land and Range Judging Contest is set to converge on El Reno as more than 1,000 of the nation’s brightest 4-H and FFA students arrive from more than 37 states. The event will run from May 5-7. 

High school students will not only compete for top honors but also connect with sponsors and leaders in conservation, soil science and sustainability. The event offers a front-row seat to the next generation of leaders.

O.F. Burger, the mascot for El Reno’s Burger Day Festival, took a break from a promotion photo shoot to read a story in the El Reno Tribune about the event.

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El Reno High School senior Preston Ashford, who wears No.8, adjusts his batting gloves before heading to the plate in the Indians senior night win over Putnam City.

Cheering him on with signs and yells were his sister, Addysen Ashford (right) and grandmother, Ruby Hibberts (center).

El Reno defeated the Pirates by eight runs.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported a 19-year-old Calumet man was killed in a single-vehicle accident on SH 66 in Caddo County. 

Trooper Brent Tucker reported Langston Alan Pratt was killed in the accident that happened about 2:30 a.m. April 25. 

The OHP report said the vehicle being driven by Pratt was eastbound on SH 66 in Caddo County at a high rate of speed when the driver apparently lost control.

Canadian County CASA - Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc. - has welcomed its newest volunteer, Jennie Shain.

Shain made the commitment to give her time to help abused and neglected children in the county.\

Judge Bob Hughey swore her in earlier this month. She said she is excited to begin her journey in becoming an advocate for children in need. 

Canadian County CASA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children that have been adjudicated by the court as abused or neglected.