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LONDON (AP) — A 26-year-old man who tried to sell what he claimed was a walking stick used by the late Queen Elizabeth II has been sentenced for defrauding eBay buyers. Dru Marshall, from Hampshire in southern England, claimed he was a senior f...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer and his recent secretive hospitalization was for surgery and later to treat an urinary tract infection related to that operation, doctors said Tuesday. The 70-year-old Austin was a...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge set bail Tuesday at $750,000 for a former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with orchestrating the killing of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur in 1996 and said he can serve house arrest with electronic monitoring ahead of h...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts will have to wait until next year before flying to the moon and another few years before landing on it, under the latest round of delays announced by NASA on Tuesday. The space agency had planned to send four a...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A sprawling storm hit the South with tornado warnings and high winds that blew roofs off homes, flipped over campers and tossed about furniture in Florida on Tuesday. Another storm brought cities across the Midwest to a s...

NEW YORK (AP) — A group of Hasidic Jewish worshippers were arrested amid a dispute over a tunnel secretly dug into the side of a historic Brooklyn synagogue, setting off a brawl between police and those who tried to defend the makeshift p...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Firefighters scoured the wreckage of a historic Fort Worth hotel on Tuesday as they investigated the cause of a massive explosion that shattered windows, littered the streets with debris and injured 21 people, including o...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With Donald Trump listening intently in the courtroom, federal appeals court judges in Washington expressed deep skepticism Tuesday that the former president was immune from prosecution on charges that he plotted to overturn the r...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A crippling fuel leak forced a U.S. company on Tuesday to give up on landing a spacecraft on the moon. Astrobotic Technology's lander began losing fuel soon after Monday's launch. The spacecraft also encountered p...

Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world's agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency said Tuesday. The European climate agency Copernicus said the year...

According to the affidavits and petitions on file, the following individuals have been charged. An individual is innocent of any charges listed below until proven guilty in a court of law. All information is a matter of public record and may be...

Real Estate Transfers Book 895 page 328: Jerry J. Barrett and Delores Barrett convey unto Kelly Dn Barrett. Lot 2, Block 2, Gibson Addition to Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 895 page 336: Melva J. Wedge conveys unto Melva...

Monday, January 1, 2024 6:12 p.m. – Reporting party advised that a toothless meth head was standing on her property and threatening her. They would like a deputy to come and park so she can pack up and leave. Dispatch couldn’t get the name of the...

Garret Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross of the Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners inspected the county jail during their meeting this week and approved its inspection. Before that, the three men took care of the rest of the agenda, approving the...

Woods County has 4,381 active voters according to a report from the County Election Board dated Dec. 31, 2023. The county has 581 inactive voters for a total of 4,962 registered voters. During the year the county had 28 new voters registered.... Full story

The Woods County Commissioners elected new officers for the year during their meeting on Monday. Randy McMurphy will serve as chairman, and David Hamil will be vice chairman. Also present for the meeting were Commissioner John Smiley and County...

The Alva Board of Education met Monday with all members present. Among items on the agenda was the resignation of a custodian and hiring of a replacement. The board also set the school calendar for the next school year beginning in August 2024.... Full story

The Cherokee school board met Monday evening for its regular meeting, and the first agenda item was recognizing the board for School Board Appreciation Month. “We don’t have anything fancy planned for you,” Superintendent Bryce Shanbacher told the b...

The South Barber Chieftains and the Lady Chieftains basketball seasons are heating up. Their games for Tuesday night were canceled due to the blizzard-like weather moving in to the area. School was canceled for Tuesday as well. Chieftain Coach Shawn...

In a quick regular meeting, the Waynoka school board voted to extend Principal Cline’s contract by three years, with the addition of the stipend given to the teachers and a 1.5 percent raise. They also heard reports from the principals about students...