Carl Edward “Sonny” Weaver, 88, peacefully passed away at his home on October 25, 2025, after a day of watching football with friends and enjoying a glass or two of wine. Something that he did weekly with his brother Ronnie until his death in February of this year.

Sonny was born November 20, 1936, in Okarche, Oklahoma. Sonny was the oldest of three children born to Carlos and Edith Weaver. Sonny cherished his parents and his siblings, sister Barbara Jo Weaver (Merveldt) and brother Ronnie Weaver. 

On May 18, 53-year-old Carl Kachel stepped into line for a routine blood sugar check in the Cleveland County Detention Center. They turned out to be his last steps.

Jailed on a 16-year-old Jackson County warrant with a $1,000 bond, Kachel’s end came after a string of evictions that also began in 2009. The last one on record was filed on Dec. 2, 2020, by Brigid Kennedy, one of thousands she filed in central Oklahoma that year.  

Jerry Dale Allen, 84, of El Reno, passed away peacefully on Nov. 2, 2025. Born Dec. 22, 1940, in Sarasota, Florida, Jerry was a devoted husband, father and grandfather with a heart for church ministry and a passion for personal projects. 

After moving from Alabama to Texas, Jerry worked at Johnson Space Center in Houston where he made significant contributions to the NASA Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle programs from 1965-1971. He later moved to Oklahoma where he worked for the Justice Department from 1971-1997 as a metallurgical engineer. 

EDMOND – Set to run alone and having some butterflies in her stomach, El Reno High School junior Lilly Owen admits she was feeling anxious before her biggest race of the season.

“I was really nervous at first,” said Owen.

Then the gun sounded to start the 2025 Class 5A Girls Oklahoma State Cross Country Championships and those nerves simply vanished.