Riverside February Citizens of the Month, front row, Lathen Childers, Abel Kerr, Rausten Alexander, Brylonlee WhiteHorse and Sawyer Baker; back row, Brielle Sehon-Orr, Max Spence, Shane Funk, Kevin Factor, Brett Mangold, Yitzel Casanova, Aaliyah Maggard, Jett Marquez, Wyatt Buchanan and Whitney Sneed. Not pictured: Piper Sneed and Montgomery McMahan.
OKLAHOMA CITY – State Sen. Julia Kirt won committee passage for her legislation to create a more balanced eviction timeline in Oklahoma. Senate Bill 1575 was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee last week.
Kaitlin Davis recently drove four hours round-trip from Lawton to Guthrie to check on a 6-year-old girl who was recovering from the flu and visit with her foster parents about how to ease her into upcoming visits with her dad.
A week earlier, Davis drove more than three hours round-trip to visit a 12-year-old boy who is receiving treatment at Integris Mental Health in Spencer.
Oklahoma Aerospace Commerce Economic Services (ACES), a division of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, will host a free career fair for job seekers. Some of Oklahoma’s leading aerospace companies will host recruitment booths at the career fair to discuss open positions in the industry and provide job search tips for attendees as well as on-the-spot interview opportunities.
The event will be held Wednesday, March 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rose State College in the Jeanie Webb Student Union, 1910 Hudiburg Drive, Midwest City.
El Reno High School’s baseball team was one of four teams to sweep District 5A-1 openers this week, taking two games from Shawnee to remain unbeaten on the season.
The Indians won their home opener over the Wolves by a 13-0 score, then completed the sweep a day later in Shawnee by a 12-4 margin. The series came on the heels of a 15-1 road win over Capitol Hill in the 2024 season opener.
El Reno went 24-of-82 (.293) from the plate for the three games, logging 40 runs and 24 runs batted in.
The Indians took advantage of 21 walks against 19 strikeouts.
Luke Lembke scored his first hat trick of the season as El Reno High School’s boys soccer team defeated Tuttle last week 7-2 at Memorial Stadium.
The win over the Tigers squad, a mix of male and female players, lifted El Reno to 1-1 on the season.
Tuttle, which has not had a soccer program in over five years, had only the one mixed squad.
Lembke got El Reno on the scoreboard first in the 31st minute of the first half when he took a rebound off a missed Alan Gonsalez shot and shot into the lower left corner of the net.
El Reno High School senior Raley Hartley earned a silver medal in the heavyweight division at the 2024 Oklahoma Girls Powerlifting Coaches Association’s state meet held in Durant.
Hartley posted a total weight of 940 pounds to finish 10 pounds behind Fairview’s Seleste Pilado for the gold.
It was an order reversal from the North Regional as Hartley beat Pilado by 5 pounds to take first.
