Services for Rita Zoe Anthony of Cogar were held Wednesday, June 25 in the Minco High School Auditorium, with burial following at the Evergreen Cemetery in Minco. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home. 

Rita died June 20, 2025, at her home. She was born Nov. 17, 1929, in Cogar. She was a homemaker and served as a PTA president and was involved with Brownie and Girl Scout troops.

Rita was a lifelong member of Cogar United Methodist Church and Lambuth United Methodist Church. 

OKLAHOMA CITY – El Reno High School closed out its summer baseball season last week with back-to-back losses in the Putnam City/Southeast Summer League.

El Reno, playing a mixed squad of varsity and junior varsity players, lost a 12-6 game to the Pirates before falling 4-3 to Ninnekah.

The losses dropped the Indians to 4-4 for the month-long league.

In the loss to Putnam City, El Reno allowed five runs in the first inning off two hits and three errors.

The Indians rallied in the third when Gage Lesperance hit a bases-loaded triple with two outs.

Aiden Williams loves to play baseball, so much so, that he pitched in last week’s Oklahoma State Games despite recovering from a serious thumb injury.

“I feel like if I took the whole summer off, then that’s just wasted opportunity to get better and get stronger. I’m using this time right now to get bigger and stronger to get back to where I was before I got injured,” said Williams.

The Union City High School senior was one of three local players on the Northwest roster, which lost to the Southeast team 5-4 on a walk-off in the seventh inning.

The City of Oklahoma City hosted the Champions Parade to celebrate the Thunder’s first NBA Championship in franchise history.

Hundreds of thousands of fans lined the parade route and Thunder players regularly walked the parade route to high-five and celebrate with fans.