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First day at Sacred Heart

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More than 100 students started class last week at Sacred Heart Catholic School.

The school offers education from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.

Emily O’Hara’s kindergarten class listens as she talks about school procedures

Public Records - 8/14/2024

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LAWSUITS

Discover Bank vs. Shauntrel Thomas for $1,744.57 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Alice Emory for $2,325.94 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Citibank N.A. vs. Wendy Haggard for $7,051.55 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Citibank N.A. vs. Tamara Drake for $2,167.48 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Citibank N.A. vs. Kyle Hatch for $3,929.72 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

El Reno spikers hope to blend youth, upperclassmen into wins

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With only five upperclassmen on its roster, El Reno High School’s volleyball team was set to open the 2024 season with the proverbial “young squad” tag.

Just so happens, that tag may also be one of the team’s assets according to head coach Kristin Koehler.

“All of our girls played on varsity last year and we have only two that didn’t get too much playing time. We’re going to rely a lot on sophomores this season but they do have a lot of experience from last season,” said Koehler.

Mary Gonzalez makes a pass during a recent intrasquad scrimmage

Football fever returns

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El Reno High School joined hundreds of other schools across the state of Oklahoma by opening preseason football workouts Monday morning at Memorial Stadium.

Head coach Russell Cook said 56 players in grades 10 through 12 checked out equipment.

El Reno will have four days of heat acclimation drills before putting on pads for the first time Friday.

Lathen Pruitt hurdles a trash can used as a simulated defender

Garden spotlight

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BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center at Fort Reno recently hosted a video crew from “Oklahoma Gardening.”

A class in the BlueSTEM garden at historic Fort Reno

Youthful expansion

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A groundbreaking event was set for Friday, Aug. 9 for Youth & Family Services facility expansion in Canadian County. The expansion comes as a response to the growing demand for after-school programs, community events and increased summer camps, said information provided by the nonprofit organization.

YFS aims to further its mission of empowering youth and families by providing care and fostering hope to create brighter futures, while working to mend broken cycles within the community, the YFS directors said. 

Youth & Family Services expanded campus

C&A Tribes hosting workshop focused on unsolved MMIP cases

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The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes will host a two-day workshop focusing on unresolved cases related to murdered or missing Indigenous persons. 

LaRenda Morgan, who helped spearhead the creation of Ida’s Law in Oklahoma, said the Aug. 20-22 conference will be hosted at the C&A Tribal Complex in Concho. 

LaRenda Morgan addresses the crowd at a recent missing persons rally