Editor’s Note: Due to early holiday deadlines, the final two games of the tourney will appear in the Jan. 7 edition.

The assault on the state record for the most consecutive victories has ended as Okarche High School’s boys basketball team had its 51-game win streak snapped in the first round of the 60th Tournament of Champions.

The defending two-time Class A champions were outscored 15-5 in the final five minutes by Tulsa East Central en route to an 82-69 loss to the Class 5A powerhouse.

Editor’s Note: As we move from 2025 to 2026, we'll take a look back at some of the stories that made headlines locally. This is the first of three installments looking back at the past year. Happy New Year!

January

The new year opened with some political fireworks when the City of El Reno annexed more than 20 square miles, mostly south and east of the existing municipal boundaries.

Several hundred people enjoyed the annual Kennedy Family El Reno Community Christmas Eve Dinner last week.

Dwight Kennedy along with family, friends and volunteers put on the event at Wesley United Methodist Church.

Children were treated to toys and gifts as part of the community Christmas gathering.

Kennedy first started the dinner in the early 1980s and has continued it each year with the exception of a few years when he lived in Stillwater.

(Courtesy photo/Victoria Lee)

A Yukon man has been caught after allegedly trying to meet an underage girl for sex.

Nickolus Trevon Johnson, age 30, was charged in Canadian County District Court with lewd or indecent proposals to a child under 16 and possession of child sexual abuse material.

This case stemmed from an undercover online investigation by the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office.