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It was a roller-coaster 24-hour period for El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team, with the highlight being a one-run win over Guthrie, the current leader in District 5A-1.

El Reno rallied from four runs down and then held off a late rally by the Bluejays for the 8-7 win. It was just the fifth loss of the season for Guthrie.

A day later, though, El Reno dropped an 8-0 game to Blanchard in the University of Oklahoma Festival, followed by a 6-5 loss to Norman out of Class 6A.

El Reno High School’s volleyball team suffered its fourth straight loss last week, falling in three games on the road to Weatherford.

The 25-18/25-11/25-22 setback to the Eagles, ranked 12th in Class 4A, dropped El Reno to 10-13 for the season.

El Reno had a strong serving night at 92 percent, but trailed the Eagles 9-1 in ace serves. Brantlie Charmasson logged the team’s lone ace serve.

Redlands Community College women’s soccer team is still searching for its first win of the season after dropping two road matches in league play.

The Cougars lost an 11-0 match to NJCAA Region 2 front-runner Seminole State College, before falling 2-0 to Connors State College.

The setbacks left Redlands with an 0-6-1 overall record and an 0-4 mark in the Region 2 standings, which is eighth.

The rehabilitation of Canadian County’s historic jail has gotten under way.

After receiving permit approval from the city of El Reno, members of Preservation El Reno have started work to replace the partially collapsed roof on the 117-year-old building.

El Reno attorney Amy Neathery, who heads Preservation El Reno, received the blessing of the county commissioners to proceed with installation of what she called “our beautiful new roof.”

The United States Cavalry Association kicked off its 2024 National Competition with an Honor Ride from the parade grounds at historic Fort Reno to the cemetery in honor of those serving past and present in the armed forces and those buried at the cemetery.

Gemini Industries is expanding. 

The El Reno business received the green light from the city council last week to build a new warehouse on its SW 27th Street campus. The structure will be erected along Holloway Avenue.

Jason Melton, chief operations officer for the employee-owned company, said Gemini considers El Reno home. 

“We have our corporate offices here and plan to stay,” Melton said at the September council meeting.

He said the expansion will lead to the creation of more jobs in the future. 

I recently attended a Community Health Needs Assessment Listening Session sponsored by Canadian County Coalition for Children & Families. It was hosted by the Canadian County Health Department and Integris Health. 

While the data shared is interesting, it shows some real concerns related to health in the the zip code for El Reno, 73036. While the majority of Canadian County is said to be among the healthiest in the nation, the El Reno zip code is among the least healthy areas of the nation. That’s not good. 

The El Reno Arts Council has made “the tough decision” to cancel its art and music festival, Art Mix on 66. 

Arts Council president Sue Bear said the decision came down to lack of funding. Bear said although the Arts Council has received some funding from the community and has been approved for a grant from the Mary K. Ashbrook Foundation, as well as an event grant from the city of El Reno, funding for the planned October Route 66 event was $10,000 short of the needed $20,000.