Redlands Community College’s baseball team kicked off the 2021 season with a 5-4 win over Clarendon College, but has since fallen on hard times with a five-game losing streak.

The Cougars dropped three games to the Bulldogs by duplicate 11-1 scores and a 16-4 defeat after winning the opener. Redlands then dropped two non-conference games to Eastern Oklahoma State College by scores of 11-10 and 6-4.

The Cougars are hitting .242 as a team with 36 hits, 25 runs and 20 runs batted in over the six-game stretch.

Celebration of Life services for LaDonna S. Weir of El Reno will be held in May at Lake El Reno with her daughters to officiate. Cremation was under direction of Alpha and Omega Cremation Services. Call Angela at 580-701-3451 for service information.

LaDonna died Feb. 15, 2021, at her home. She was born Oct. 12, 1966, in Fort Smith, Ark. She was a jack of all trades and was known to help anyone in need.

A collaborative road project that was about a decade in the making was celebrated last week as Cheyenne and Arapaho leaders joined with a Canadian County commissioner in a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Billed as the Concho North Road Improvement, the $5 million project targeted close to five miles of North Reformatory Road, running north of Concho to 192nd Street and east to U.S. 81. The two-lane blacktop was widened to allow for shoulders.

Too many people with water let their faucets run wide open for several days, hoping their pipes would not freeze.

That’s the story in a nutshell as to why much of El Reno was without water for a week, said Mayor Matt White and members of the city staff.

City Manager Matt Sandidge, Fire Chief Jason Duff and Water Superintendent Chris Smith joined White in the weekly El Reno Live program.