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Alfalfa County court filings

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...

 

Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office logs

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 During this day was one traffic stop. 7:52 a.m. – Caller advised she wanted to speak to a deputy. The deputy called the reporting party but got no answer; advised he left a message. Deputy advised the reporting party could c...

 

Barber County real estate transactions

Real Estate Transfers Book 149, page 527: David L. Gilbert and Mary E. Eldridge conveys unto David L. Gilbert and Mary E. Eldridge. The surface interest only in the leasehold interest in and to: Lot 35 in Block 3 in Medicine Lodge Estates, being a...

 

CAROL LEE PARR

Carol Lee Parr (Sherman) was born to parents Grant and Pearl Sherman on May 16, 1932, in Amorita. She passed peacefully, surrounded by loved ones on March 27, 2024, at the Kiowa District Manor in...

 

House to consider Senate bills on opioid overview

The committee process has started anew as the House considers Senate bills before they advance to the House Floor. We had a bit of a slow week last week as we waited for the bills to be first- and...

 

Pederson receives OKCare Legislator of the Year

This past week was relatively quiet here at the Capitol. Committee work has begun to hear nearly 400 bills that the House sent over for consideration. I presented one bill in the Agriculture...

 
 By Marione Martin    Local    April 3, 2024

Woods County Commissioners accept donation, declare wrecked pickup as surplus

The Woods County Commissioners made short work of their agenda Monday, accepting a donation, signing off on a grant project and junking a wrecked vehicle. Chairman Randy McMurphy opened the meeting with Commissioners John Smiley and David Hamil...

 

Waynoka Historical Society awarded Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) is proud to announce that the Waynoka Historical Society has been awarded a grant through the Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant Program. “I am thrilled the Waynoka Historical Society is rec...

 
 By Stacy Sanborn    Local    April 3, 2024

Alfalfa County officials approve monthly appropriations

Alfalfa County commissioners Garret Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross had a relatively short agenda this week but, due to the month's beginning, they had to sign large amounts of paperwork. This paperwork included the usual maintenance and operation...

 
 By Marione Martin    Local    April 3, 2024

Harper Houston tells her duties as OASC state vice president

The Alva Board of Education enjoyed hearing from two speakers during their regular meeting Monday. Board President Jane McDermott opened the meeting with board members Karen Koehn, Paul Barton, Shane... Full story

 
 By CLIFF BRUNT    Sports    April 3, 2024

Steve Lutz hired as basketball coach at Oklahoma State after one season at Western Kentucky

Steve Lutz was hired Monday as the basketball coach at Oklahoma State after one season at Western Kentucky. The 51-year-old Lutz has a 69-35 career record and has led his teams to the NCAA Tournament in each of his three seasons as a head coach — t...

 
 By JOHN HANNA    Regional    April 3, 2024

Kansas GOP lawmakers revive a plan to stop giving voters 3 extra days to return mail ballots

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas have revived a proposal to stop giving voters three extra days after polls close to return mail ballots after making key concessions in a bid to get enough votes from rural GOP lawmakers to o...

 
 By JOHN HANNA    Regional    April 3, 2024

A Kansas paper and its publisher are suing over police raids. They say damages exceed $10M

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A weekly central Kansas newspaper and its publisher filed a federal lawsuit Monday over police raids last summer of its offices and the publisher's home, accusing local officials of trying to silence the paper and causing the deat...

 

Deadly severe weather roars through several states, spawning potential tornadoes

Thousands of homes and businesses were without power Tuesday as severe weather roared through several states, causing at least one death and spawning possible tornadoes. Meanwhile, a spring snowstorm was expected to drop more than a foot of snow in...

 

Biden and Xi discuss Taiwan, AI and fentanyl in a push to return to regular leader talks

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed Taiwan, artificial intelligence and security issues Tuesday in a call meant to demonstrate a return to regular leader-to-leader dialogue between the two powers. The c...

 

With famine looming, aid group halts food delivery in Gaza after Israeli strike kills 7 workers

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An international charity suspended delivery of food to starving Palestinians on Tuesday, a day after an Israeli airstrike killed seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen who were trying to ease the humanitarian c...

 

Lawsuit seeks to force ban on menthol cigarettes after months of delays by Biden administration

WASHINGTON (AP) — Anti-smoking groups sued the U.S. government Tuesday over a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes, which has been idling at the White House for months. The lawsuit is the latest effort to force the government to ban menthols, w...

 
 By EDDIE PELLS    Sports    April 3, 2024

Black coaches were 'low-hanging fruit' in FBI college hoops case that wrecked careers, then fizzled

NEW YORK (AP) — Book Richardson doesn't sleep much past 5:30 a.m. anymore. That was around the time seven years ago that FBI agents pounded on his door, barged in, handcuffed him and dragged him away while his 16-year-old son, E.J., looked on h...

 

US job openings rise modestly to 8.8 million in February in strong labor market

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings barely changed in February, staying at historically high levels in a sign that the American job market remains strong. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that employers posted 8.76 million job vacancies in Febru...

 
 By TIM REYNOLDS    Sports    April 3, 2024

The women's NCAA Tournament had center stage. The stars, and the games, delivered in a big way

There were plenty of people at a movie theater in central Iowa on Monday night, though very few of them were watching an actual movie. They were there to see Caitlin Clark. And they weren't alone. Not even close. Millions of people — the preliminary...

 

What is World Central Kitchen and how has it helped people in Gaza?

JERUSALEM (AP) — World Central Kitchen, the food charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, called a halt to its work in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli strike killed seven of its workers, mostly foreigners. The group, which said it will mak...

 

Easter in Kiowa

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 By Yvonne Miller    Local    April 3, 2024

Burlington new gym to be complete by May

Burlington School is buzzing with spring activities, testing, finishing the new gym, and much more. Burlington Board of Education President Robert Hill called the regular monthly March meeting to order with the following board members present: Terry... Full story

 

CHEYENNE LERE'E CARTER

A Celebration of Life Service for Cheyenne Carter will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 13, 2024, at the Carmen City Park. She will be at Wentworth Mortuary, LLC, for viewing on Wednesday and Thursda...

 

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