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Redlands Community College men’s basketball team was officially eliminated from the field for the NJCAA Region 2 Championships following an 84-74 road loss at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. The Cougars took an 11-18 overall record into its season finale at Seminole State College.

The loss to the Golden Norsemen dropped RCC to 3-12 in the Region 2 regular-season standings which are used for the postseason tourney qualification and seeding.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team closed out February by winning five out of six games including a road sweep of North Central Missouri College.

Playing in Joplin, Redlands defeated the Pirates 6-3, 2-1, 8-6 and 18-7 to close out the sweep, which left the Cougars with an 8-8 season record.

The four-game set saw Redlands log a 34-17 run margin off a .353 batting average. The Cougars went 41-of-116 from the plate with four doubles, two triples and four homers.

El Reno VFW Post 382 and Auxiliary will host a free breakfast for all veterans and their families.

The event will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 4 at the VFW.

VFW State Service Officer James Dockemeyer will be the speaker. The purpose of the breakfast is to get new changes explained to veterans and their families.

Some of these changes veterans may not be aware of yet, said Nancy Salsman.

El Reno police were told to be on the lookout for a white vehicle driven by a white female with a black male passenger after the pair had allegedly robbed a convenince store west of El Reno.

The hold-up, police said, took place at mile marker 108 on I-40 at about 11:35 p.m. Feb. 19.

What police didn’t know until an officer spotted it was that the vehicle was traveling the wrong way along the I-40 loop just west of the Federal Correctional Institution.

A 27-year-old El Reno man remains in the Canadian County Jail while a first-degree murder case filed against him is in limbo, pending a March 20 hearing.

Kyler Wayne Barber is accused in the fatal stabbing of Adam Lee Frogge, 35, of Oklahoma City.

He faces a single count of first-degree murder with deliberate intent and is being held without bail.

El Reno police investigators said officers were called to a home in the 700 block of South Rock Island Avenue in the early morning hours of Sept. 18, 2022.

SAN DIEGO - Petty Officer 2nd Class Cameron Wahweah, a native of El Reno, serves aboard the U.S. Navy warship, USS Boxer, home-ported in San Diego, Calif.

Wahweah, a 2018 El Reno High School graduate, joined the Navy two years ago. “I joined the Navy to travel,” said Wahweah.

“Eventually, I want to go back to school, and the Navy will help pay for my education.” Skills and values learned in the Navy are similar to those found in El Reno.

Canadian County CASA will hold a banquet, awards ceremony and auction on Thursday, March 30 beginning at 6 p.m.

The event will be held at the Dale Robertson Center, 1200 Lakeshore Drive, Yukon.

Tickets are $30 per person or $15 for CASA volunteers.

To purchase tickets, RSVP at 405-264-5508 or at dana@canadiancountycasa.org.

During practices leading up to the Class 5A West Region 3 Championships, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team spent extra time drilling long vertical passes to highlight its transition game.

The work paid off in the title game.

After defeating 14th-ranked Mount St. Mary 78-29 in the semifinals, El Reno used those long passes to pick apart 11th-ranked Guymon 79-37 to win the championship.