Christmas in the Park named outstanding tourism event
The City of Yukon was recently named the recipient of a RedBud Award for its annual Christmas in the Park festivities. Yukon received the “outstanding event” nod at the Oklahoma Travel Industry Association’s annual RedBud Awards in Edmond Tuesday. Open to all Oklahoma tourism entities, the RedBud Awards represent the highest honor given in the…
Read MoreGetting to know this year’s winners
Editor’s note: As there are 17 Teachers of the Year throughout Mus-tang Public Schools, the Mustang News will print the remaining five in the Feb. 18 edition. The Teachers of the Year were not printed in any particular order. Mustang’s Teacher of the Year will be announced in April. Mandy Weinrich Mustang Education Center Mandy…
Read MoreBucher is Redstone Teacher of the Year
Melodie Bucher was awarded the honor of being Redstone Intermediate’s Inaugural Teacher of the Year in 2020-21. “Many of us got into teaching because we wanted to make a difference, and hopefully we are, but if you really stop to reflect on your time in the classroom and with kids, you realize that it is…
Read MoreMillers fighting through a tough season
By ANTHONY MELLENDORF For The Yukon Review The 2021 Miller basketball season has been a year plagued by multiple quarantines, postponed games and two tough overtime losses early on. The Millers are 3-and-4 on the season with losses to two of the top 15 teams in class 6A. With six teams in class 6A currently…
Read MoreYukon resident riding in Presidential Inaugural Parade
Senior Ralea Fatzer of Yukon will be leading the Culver Academies’ Black Horse Troop and Equestriennes in the Presidential Inaugural Parade today (Wednesday, Jan. 20) for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The parade will mark the 18th time the Black Horse Troop has participated – albeit, virtually this year – since its…
Read MoreGrapplers earn decisive district victory
By ANTHONY MELLENDORF For The Yukon Review The Yukon wrestling team picked up a pivotal victory Thursday night over division rival Deer Creek, 49-22, improving to 7 and 1 on the season. The victory has given the Millers a commanding lead in their division having already picked up a close victory over Edmond Mem-orial a…
Read MoreYukon resident is named an ‘Outstanding Mentor’
Twenty-two outstanding Oklahoma mentors are being recognized by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence and their community mentoring organizations during National Mentor Month in January. Among those is Kathy Hill, a sign language interpreter from Yukon. She is the outstanding mentor for House of Healing. The honored mentors were submitted by their respective mentoring organizations across…
Read MoreSunday alcohol sales petition fails to gather enough signatures
By SHANE SMITH For The Mustang News It’s been a long journey for Trey Bishop and his associates. A member of Canadian County’s Libertarian party, Bishop has spent the last few months seeking signatures for a petition regarding Sunday alcohol sales. The aim of the petition was for bars and restaurants in Canadian County to…
Read MoreHealth care workers are first in county to receive the COVID-19 vaccine
The first doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine were administered in Canadian County on Thursday at health care sites in Yukon, El Reno and Mustang. “We are excited and hope this will be getting back to some normalcy. This is the first step in dealing with this virus. I see this as a privilege to…
Read MoreObituaries – Roger Dennis Patterson; Doris (Dee) Diane Stickley
Roger Dennis Patterson, 76, died Monday Dec. 7, 2020, at VA Regional Hospital in Oklahoma City after a short illness. He was born Sept. 13, 1944, in Sayre to Jack Dale and Virginia Mae (Walker) Patterson. He grew up in western Oklahoma, western Texas, and Wyoming, and was a 1962 graduate of Olustee High School.…
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