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Placing all seven grapplers taken to the 2022 Chickasha High School Classic, El Reno High School’s wrestling team placed fourth out of 18 teams in its final tournament before the Class 5A regional tournament.

El Reno, ranked second in Class 5A, logged 167 points to finish behind Carl Albert (205), Lawton MacArthur (191) and Duncan (180).

Rounding out the top 10 were Chickasha (152), Yukon (141.5), Piedmont (137), Norman (121), Putnam City (118.5) and Watonga with 101.5.

UNION CITY – Squandering a 15-point lead in the fourth period, Union City High School’s girls basketball team put the ball in the hands of point guard Taytim Woods down the stretch and the senior delivered.

Woods sparked a 10-2 run by the Tigers with six straight free throws as Union City went on to defeat Alex 54-49 in non-conference play.

The win lifted Daniel Anderson’s team to 11-9 on the season.

UNION CITY - Two days after picking up a huge road win over Corn Bible Academy in Washita Valley Conference play, Union City High School’s boys basketball team struggled on offense in the bookend periods against Alex.

The Tigers scored the first four points of the game but allowed a 17-0 run by the Longhorns. Union City trailed 17-6 after one period and 30-20 at the half.

Union City went on a 21-6 break in the third period to lead 41-36 going into the final period, but was outscored 20-3 en route to a 56-44 loss to Alex in the non-conference game.

When Kyle Dillingham and his band Horseshoe Road take the stage Saturday night at the Centre Theatre, there will be several broken violins on stage with them.

The broken violins aren’t props. They are part of the award-winning Dillingham’s show. More importantly, the broken instruments are there to help share a message. That message is “We’re all broken, but through the Grace of God we can still make beautiful music with our lives.”

Dillingham and Horseshoe Road will perform at the theatre in downtown El Reno at 7:30 p.m.

Okarche Fire Chief Steve Liebl confirmed two people were injured Monday by an explosion at an oil site owned by Devon Energy.

The site is located west of Okarche at the corner of NW 248th Street and Brandley Road. Liebl said the first call on the explosion came into his department around 2 p.m.

“Once we got on-scene we were dealing with a grass fire, medical, as well as the vehicles that were on fire,” said Liebl.

Liebl said the vehicles involved were a pickup with attached trailer, a vacuum truck and the component vessel workers were doing maintenance on.

Nine entities have made formal requests totaling more than $23.7 million for Canadian County federal stimulus funds.

Canadian County has been awarded $28.8 million through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021. The county has received half ($14.4 million) of the funds.

ARPA is a $1.9 trillion federal stimulus package designed to speed up the country’s recovery from the economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A fire that may have started in a backyard electrical box scorched the yards of two homes on Golf Course Drive Monday night.

Residents called 911 and said police and fire crews were on the scene very quickly.

A crew from OG&E arrived as well.

One of the homeowners, George Knott, used a garden hose to keep the flames from his house before firefighters arrived. Neighbors said flames were several feet high.

More than two dozen wreckers from across Oklahoma arrived in El Reno Wednesday afternoon in a tribute to the late Wayne Albrecht and his family, longtime owners of Cavin Wrecker Service. Albrecht died Jan. 21 at the age of 84.

His life was celebrated during a service at Bible Baptist Church on South Country Club Road.

Albrecht’s son, Bryan, currently serves as president of the Oklahoma Wreckers Owners Association.