In Oklahoma, you can catch catfish all year long.
In the winter months you can catch blue catfish like they are going out of style. Summer months, you can catch flathead catfish with live bait if you set up at the right spot.
But springtime is when the catfish are getting ready to spawn their new hatches and they must bulk up to prepare for sitting on eggs and not eating all that often.
Developed for Indigenous communities, Family Spirit is an evidence-based home visiting program now being utilized by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.
The newly formed Family Spirit Program is an evidence-based curriculum for pregnant mothers and caregivers with children up to 3 years of age.
The curriculum covers lessons over prenatal care, infant care, child development, toddler care, life skill-building, school readiness, maternal health and positive parenting practices.
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Navy Federal Credit Union vs. Brad Shumate for $138,274.52 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lots 20 and 21, Block 2, Gadberry 2nd Addition, El Reno.
Citibank N.A. vs. Brian Spall for $16,914.72 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
First National Bank of Omaha vs. Clayton Miller for $17,170.28 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Story Note: In 1965, the federal government and the tribes reached a $15 million settlement for lands ceded in 1891. However, the Indian Claims Commission’s jurisdiction covered claims only through 1946, and Fort Reno was not transferred to the U.S. Department of Agriculture until 1948.
Some federal legal analyses later interpreted that settlement as resolving claims related to Fort Reno.
When El Reno High School was first awarded hosting rights to the Oklahoma Powerlifting Coaches Association’s State Championships, it was a single-day, varsity-level meet.
Over the eight years since, the event has grown through ice and wind storms and a global pandemic to become a three-day event which benefits multiple school organizations as well as the City of El Reno.
Canadian County commissioners not only approved of the Children’s Justice Center holding a Family Fun Day, they added a bounce house and an obstacle course to help kids have fun.
At a recent meeting, commissioners agreed to rent the bounce house and obstacle course for the second annual Family Fun Festival.
The event is set for April 11 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at 7905 E. Highway 66.
The Family Fun Day is free for the public, with the inflatables and obstacle course being only some of the activities planned for the day.
Statewide election activity officially begins at 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 1 when the candidate filing period opens.
Candidates for county offices file with the secretary of the county election board.
Candidates for state offices file with the secretary of the state election board.
A list of all state and federal offices that will be up for election can be found at the state election board website at oklahoma.gov/elections.
The Canadian County Association for Oklahoma Home and Community Education (OHCE) is giving two $500 scholarships to students planning to attend a two- or four-year college or university.
Scholarships are available to any 2026 graduating senior or new G.E.D. certificate holder who resides in or goes to school in Canadian County and will be attending an institution of higher education full-time.
Recipients will be selected based on financial need, academic record and character recommendations.
According to the Oklahoma Office of Educational Quality and Accountability, 65.7 percent of all Oklahoma public school students were considered economically disadvantaged in the 2023-2024 school year, the most recent for which full data is available.
But in some suburban districts, that rate is far lower.
STILLWATER – In February, a harvested deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Cimarron County. This became the fourth deer in as many years to test positive for the disease in Oklahoma.
