When summer begins to fade, don’t hang up that gardening trowel just yet. A renewed season of fall vegetables awaits in your own backyard.
Oklahoma’s mild climate is ideal for fall gardening, and Oklahoma State University Extension provides educational opportunities for both experienced and novice gardeners to extend the growing season.
Opening the football season in what has been deemed zero week by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association has become old hat for El Reno High School’s football team.
The Indians hit the road Friday night to fulfill the away portion of their two-year deal with Cache. It’s the fourth straight year for Chuck Atchison's program to get the early-jump on the season and the Indians have been preparing for the Bulldogs since beginning fall drills.
Having its six-match win streak snapped, El Reno High School’s volleyball team dropped a 25-16/25-17 outing to Lawton MacArthur in the title round of the 2021 EHS Invitational.
El Reno, the defending champion, reached the finals with a 25-16/25-12 win over Duncan in the semifinals.
The Indians were undefeated in pool play with victories over Chickasha (25-12/25-19), Seminole (25-12/25-14) and Guymon (25-16/25-19).
The loss to the Highlanders left the Indians with a 6-1 record after EHS defeated Hennessey (25-12/25-8/25-15) in a tuneup match.
Despite logging nine hits, El Reno High School’s softball team left five base runners stranded in a 12-6 loss to Piedmont in District 5A-2 play.
The loss dropped El Reno to 1-3 on the season and 1-1 in the 5A-2 standings and into third place behind the Wildcats (5-0) and Guthrie (2-0).
El Reno never led in the game, despite tying the score at 1-all in the first on a double by Iliana Ashford, which scored Kira Taber (error).
Piedmont scored two runs in the second, fourth and fifth innings each in addition to a three-run third.
LAWSUITS
Sandra Zoski vs. Joe Lamb for an amount in excess of $50,000 for alleged injuries and damages.
Thomas Dudek and Linda Dudek vs. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Rod Eskridge and Ann M. Smith Insurance Agency Inc. for an amount in excess of $75,000 for alleged compensatory and punitive damages.
Dorothy Rose, individually and as next of kin of Charles R. Rose, Deceased, vs. Braums Ice Cream and Dairy Stores for an amount in excess of $75,000 for alleged actual and punitive damages.
The Pride of El Reno Marching Band has been working early mornings to learn new music and formations for its 2021 show. Left, Nickalous Fox plays the sousaphone as fellow band members can be seen passing in his instrument's reflection. Jesse Peavler, right, holds sheet music while performing on his trumpet.
As the debate over masks and vaccines to combat the Delta variant of the COVID-19 pandemic grows, so have the numbers of new cases reported to the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
Canadian County remains the fourth highest in the state for total number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began more than 18 months ago. The latest OSDH numbers show an increase of 566 cases in the past seven days to 19,148.
