Although the Canadian County Courthouse remains closed to the public because of COVID-19, judges and their staff continue to work from the courthouse.

The judges are working on rotating shifts from the courthouse or from home.

One district judge and one special judge, along with their bailiffs and a court reporter are available and working in the courthouse, District Judge Jack McCurdy and District Judge Paul Hesse said in a prepared statement.

Tyler McKenzie, a student at Redlands Community College, is one of 50 recipients of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The highly competitive national scholarship will provide McKenzie with up to $40,000 a year to complete his bachelor’s degree.

“We are incredibly proud of Tyler and all of his accomplishments. He has worked so hard and taken advantage of every opportunity from concurrent courses in high school to leadership opportunities in college,” said Jack Bryant, president of Redlands.

For the first time in its history, the Oklahoma Coaches Association heads into May not knowing for sure if the annual All-State Games will be played come July due to the coronavirus.

However, until a final decision has been made, coaches across the state have been meeting to choose members of the elite teams.

Basketball released its four lineups last week as well as the All-Star by Class list, the pool in which alternates will be chosen from.

A newborn Thoroughbred mare is fighting to stay alive after its mother took her sibling, but rejected her.

Denise Cope said the twin mare was born early Wednesday. Cope and Tammy Garcia were busy trying to feed the rejected foal from a bottle, while also trying to get the newborn to stand up.

Cope is hoping someone with a mare who has recently given birth will contact her and offer to let their horse nurse the newborn.

“She's fighting to stay alive,” said Cope. “Twins are very rare. I guess the mother thought one was all she could handle.”