Brothers Steve and Peter Jensen of Jensen Farms in El Reno were recently recognized for their farming and cattle operation as a finalist for Producer of the Year 2021.
Sponsored by Livingston Machinery Company and supported by Manitou Group, the winner of the contest will receive a new Manitou telehandler for free for one year.
Matriarch is a nonprofit organization for indigenous women and children.
Co-founder Sarah Adams-Cornell said the support group has been addressing “the moving parts” -- domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault and more -- that cause murder and missing-persons cases to manifest in indigenous communities at-large.
Cornell and her friend, Kendra Wilson Clements co-founded Matriarch together about five years ago, and have since opened two chapters in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03), U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), and U.S. Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) sent a letter last week to President Biden urging him to suspend the executive order to close down prisons, including the Great Plains Correctional Institution located in Hinton.
Dear President Biden,
We write urging you to suspend your January 26, 2021, executive order to close down prisons, including those housing criminal aliens.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Despite temperatures nearly 20 degrees below normal and wet playing conditions, El Reno High School’s girls golf team surpassed its season-low total for a second straight tournament.
Playing in the Putnam City North Invitational on the east layout at Lincoln Park Golf Course, El Reno carded a 426 effort, which was 17 strokes better than its previous best at the 2021 Suburban Conference Championship.
A week’s layoff did little to hurt the momentum of El Reno High School’s girls soccer team as the Indians remain unbeaten in league play with an 8-0 road victory over Del City.
El Reno went into Monday’s match with fellow unbeaten Bishop McGuinness with a 4-0 mark in District 5A-1 play. The Indians are tied with the Irish for the league lead and are 8-3 on the season.
Once thought to be out of postseason contention, El Reno High School’s boys soccer team has played itself back into the talk for the 2021 Class 5A playoffs.
El Reno defeated Del City last week 2-1 for its first back-to back-victories of the season. The Indians improved to 4-8 overall but more importantly, 3-2 in the District 5A-1 standings.
The top four teams make the playoffs and El Reno is now tied with Guymon for fourth place. The Tigers play at El Reno Friday night.
Much like the girls a few days earlier, El Reno High School’s two boys tennis players ran into stout competition at the 2021 Guthrie Invitational.
Xiven Wallin, playing No.1 singles, dropped straight set losses to Classen’s Mason Fair and Piedmont’s Bradley Carr. After a third-round bye, he fell 6-1/6-0 to Tulsa Edison’s Jackson Colliam in the 13th-place match.
El Reno High School’s baseball team went on the road over the weekend to play Chickasha in the U.S. 81 rivalry series.
The Chicks came away with an 8-0 win over EHS as the Indians suffered their second shutout loss in the past three games to slip to 12-13 on the season.
The Indians were slated to play a doubleheader on Monday at the Hub Reed Complex against District 5A-1 leader Carl Albert. El Reno is tied for third in the district with Guthrie at 8-2.
