Family members from left, Sherwin Harmon (dad), Billie Black (mom), Latreece Black-Harmon (sister), Kathrine Black (grandmother) and Mary Kenney (aunt) hold up banners honoring El Reno High School senior Pauline Black-Harmon, who surpassed the 1,000-point career scoring mark last week in a road game at Western Heights.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt caught some lawmakers off guard when he called for consolidating public colleges and universities in his State of the State speech.
Stitt offered few specific details in his speech except to say he wants to see legislation that incentivizes higher education models that fulfill state workforce needs. Colleges that aren’t meeting those demands should be consolidated, he said.
Legislation to give local school boards more leniency in deciding how best to protect their districts will be up for consideration before the Senate Education Committee this month.
Senate Bill 1767 by Sen. Jessica Garvin, R-Duncan, would authorize district boards of education to establish qualifications for additional individuals to carry firearms on public and private school property, along with the currently allowed school personnel and others outlined in law.
WASHINGTON – Oklahoma’s entire congressional delegation, in a move led by Sen. James Lankford, joined together on a letter sent to the Federal Aviation Administration in support of the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City. The letter came a day after the FAA installed a new air traffic control tower training system at an airport in Austin, Texas.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Janice Frantz, Yukon, expired tag, $165.
Austin Randall Woods, El Reno, failure to stop at stop sign, $165.
Ignacio Trujillo, Calumet, expired tag, $165.
Daniel Maurice Thompson, El Reno, failure to stop at red signal and expired tag, $295.
Tarren Amber Sherman, El Reno, speeding, $165.
Adam Kirkland, El Reno, speeding, $165.
Henry Gonzalez, Oklahoma City, disobeying traffic light and driving without license issued, $417.
Lafonda Lynn Cataline, Yukon, speeding, $165.
El Reno High School’s girls basketball team, the only undefeated team in Class 5A, is now one game away from logging a perfect regular season following a 52-40 road win over Guthrie.
The Indians improved to 22-0 on the season and swept the series over the Bluejays with the 12-point win – the 21st double-digit decision of the year for El Reno.
The win moved El Reno to 13-0 in the District 5A-1 standings. The Indians lead both Shawnee and Carl Albert (13-0) by three games in the standings with one game left – a home date with Shawnee.
El Reno High School’s boys basketball team had a season-long five-game win streak snapped last week as the Guthrie Bluejays handed the Indians a 67-61 setback in their final road game of the regular season.
The loss dropped El Reno to 16-6 on the season as the Bluejays swept the regular-season series with EHS by a combined nine points. However, the setback did not hurt the Indians in District 5A-1 play as far as seeding.
UNION CITY – Morgan Brothers banked in a layup at the buzzer to set Union City High School’s girls basketball team on the path to the Class A, Area 2, District 7 Championships.
The basket sealed a 67-65 semifinal win over Cordell and pushed Union City into the double-elimination portion of the Class A playoff bracket. The Tigers followed it up with a 61-47 win over Rock Creek in the title game.
