El Reno High School baseball player Leighton Wedman gulps down a cup of sports drink on a hot afternoon during a recent home game at the Hub Reed Complex.

Weather forecasts for the week call for temperatures in the 70s and 80s but chances of rain through the weekend and on Tuesday.

East and westbound I-40 will narrow to one lane in both directions near US-281 Spur just west of El Reno for bridge construction through mid-May. Drivers should expect delays and consider alternate routes.  

This project includes enhancing several safety features including replacing the existing two-lane bridge with a wider five-lane bridge, adding dedicated left-turn lanes for on-ramps and reconstructed roadway sections leading to the ramp areas.

The new bridge will also provide more clearance for taller vehicles.

As rent prices continue to climb across Oklahoma, many Cheyenne and Arapaho families are feeling the strain of finding safe, affordable places to live. For tribal leaders and housing advocates, the issue is not just about buildings, it’s about stability, dignity and keeping families close to home.

That belief is driving a long-awaited housing project by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Housing Authority, which aims to ease the burden of high rental costs through the construction of low-income family and elder duplexes on tribal land in Concho.

Call it a Legismander. Or a Referendamander

Either way, Republicans in the Legislature are trying to force state questions onto a likely GOP-heavy August primary runoff ballot. Some of them are pet projects of outgoing Gov. Kevin Stitt, who is in his second and final term.