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Redlands Community College’s baseball team swept the home portion of its series with Northern Oklahoma College of Enid to remain at eighth place in the NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 standings.

The Cougars are 8-16 in the division after beating the Jets 2-1 and 5-4 at Don Brown Field. Redlands, 19-29 overall, dropped both road games by scores of 5-2 and 5-4.

Redlands was 30-of-115 (.261) from the plate over the four-game set, getting a double each from Nico Kuplik, Noah Edmond, Parker Ward and Reece Burke. Burke added a home run to the mix of extra base hits.

With the help of El Reno VFW Post 382, the Easter bunny held a series of egg hunts throughout El Reno Public Schools sites for students with special needs.

More than 4,000 eggs were hidden at the schools.

VFW Post 382 is the only post in the nation that provides an Easter egg hunt for special needs students.

Construction on the last leg of a major drainage project has been under way for several weeks just north of Legion Park.

The city of El Reno tapped into Community Development Block Grants, FEMA funds and local monies to help fund a series of drainage projects that city officials said have been long past due.

The project in the Legion Park area is the final phase of work that started more than a year ago.

Drainage work was completed on the channel that runs north of Watts and extends past Sunset.

Wesley United Methodist Church will hold a “Historical Site Designation” dedication event Sunday, April 24, following its second morning service, said Pastor Allen Carson.

“There are only about a dozen or so churches in Oklahoma that have this designation. With the mergers of several churches over the years, we have a rich history and our current building is close to 100 years old,” said Carson.

The dedication event will start around noon and lunch will be catered by Primo’s.

The state fire marshal is apparently investigating a fire at a cabin at the Rod and Gun Club, just off Britton Road and east of U.S. 81 after local fire officials said they were unable to determine the cause.

El Reno firefighters were called to the scene after a cottage at the private lake caught fire. Firemen reported finding the small cabin as well as a storage shed on fire.

The state fire marshal was contacted by the out-of-town owner of the cabin with concerns and it was decided that agency should be asked to investigate to try and determine the cause of the fire.

There will be races for two Canadian County commission seats, but a new county treasurer is expected to be seated and the current assessor will keep his position after they were the only ones to file as candidates.

All candidates filing last week are members of the Republican party.

Incumbent Marc Hader, 58, of Yukon will face Tom Manske, 54, also of Yukon, for the District 1 commissioner job.

The District 3 commissioner race will feature Tracey Rider, 60, of El Reno against Robert Merrick, 38, of Yukon.

Property values in Canadian County over a decade saw a sharp uptick – in fact, a bigger increase between 2011 and 2021 than in the previous more than 100 years since Oklahoma became a state, Assessor Matt Wehmuller said.

Rainwater catchment in the landscape is a great way to help conserve natural resources. There are various ways to capture rainwater, including the traditional rain barrel or installing a rain garden.