Articles from the October 2, 2019 edition
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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, September 24, 2019 During this day one civil paper was served. 11:14 a.m. – Report of a vehicle speeding at the apartment parking lot. 1:08 p.m. – Medic was needed for a male with fluid on his lungs. Medic took patient to St. Mary's Hos...
High school football: Medicine Lodge beats Oxford 48-0
On Sunday, Sept. 27, Medicine Lodge High School's football team played the Oxford High School team and won, 48-0. Statistics from the game were as follows: Passing Josh Bowman – 11 Completions, 20 Attempts, 247 Yards, 5 Touchdowns, 0 Interceptions K...
Local students complete degree at Wichita State University
Two local students have completed their degree during the summer of 2019 from Wichita State University. Undergraduate students who attained a grade point average of 3.9 out of a possible 4.0 received the summa cum laude award, those with an average...
DAVID MARK MOORE
David Moore, son of the late Orlando Murl Forsythe and Frances R. Rosetta, was born April 30, 1943, at San Bernardino, California, and passed away September 27, 2019, at Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of...
DEBRA REES
Memorial services for Debra Rees will be held on Saturday, October 5, 2019, at 2 p.m. at the Women's Building at the Woods County Fairgrounds with Eulogy by Adam Jordan. Debra Ann Rees, daughter of Elizabeth Jane (Pack) and Joseph Thebo, was born on...
JACK VAUGHN QUINLAN
Memorial graveside services for Jack V. Quinlan will be 11 a.m. Saturday, October 5, 2019, at Waynoka Municipal Cemetery with Ladeana Nelson officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the...
JIMMIE 'JIM' EDWARD HODGSON
Jim Hodgson passed from this life on September 27, 2019, in Enid, Oklahoma. Jim was born September 16, 1937, in Byron, Oklahoma, to Carl and Bessie Hodgson. He graduated from Wichita East High in...
RAYMOND ANDREW KNABE
Memorial services for Raymond Andrew Knabe will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, October 3, 2019, at the First Baptist Church in Alva. It was his wish to be cremated. Raymond Andrew Knabe, son of the late...
THOMAS FLOYD OGBURN
The Celebration of Life service for Thomas Floyd Ogburn was held at 2 p.m.,Tuesday, September 3, 2019, at the Hoover Building on the Garfield County Fair Grounds under the direction of...
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Building on youthful experiences
In 1960 Dave Eagleston spent a memorable summer working on a farm west of Alva. He learned to drive a tractor, do farm chores and bathe in a water trough. He also learned about Alva and the German...
'Arsenic and Old Lace' to share family secret at Northwestern
"No family tree is without its nuts," explains Mickey Jordan, director of Northwestern Oklahoma State University's upcoming theatre production of "Arsenic and Old Lace." Add a plethora of family... Full story
KDH Board ends current contract with Cohesive Healthcare
All members of the Kiowa District Hospital Board of Directors were present as President Pat Myers called the regular monthly meeting to order Sept. 24. They are: Jeff Miller, Chantae Simpson, Jim... Full story
Fund balances declining in Alfalfa County
Last week, Alfalfa County elected officers met with the board of commissioners and consulting accountant Buddy Carroll to work on the placement of appropriations for the fiscal year 2019-20 Estimate of Needs. This Monday morning, Carroll was back on-...
Kiowa City Council interviewing administrator candidates
Last Thursday morning Kiowa's City Council met for a special meeting. The city had to republish the proposed 2020 budget due to a typo. No members of the public appeared to comment on the budget so the hearing was closed. Council re-adopted the...
Federal agency sues over firing at Norman facility
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against a temporary staffing agency and a manufacturing facility in Norman, alleging managers there fired a female employee who complained about sexual h...
Cases in which police officers were charged in shootings
DALLAS (AP) — A white former Dallas police officer was found guilty of murder Tuesday for fatally shooting her unarmed, black neighbor after mistaking his apartment for her own. Here's a look at that and other high-profile cases in recent years in w...
Oklahoma AG warns topless bans still in effect after ruling
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is warning Oklahomans that a recent federal court ruling in Colorado doesn't mean women may start going topless in public. Hunter released a statement Monday following a recent 10th U.S. C...
Kansas conservatives push to undo abortion rights ruling
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas conservatives are trying to overturn a state Supreme Court decision that protects abortion rights and threatens years' worth of Republican-enacted restrictions, guaranteeing an election-year fight over amending the state c...
Paper: Wichita mayor steered water plant contract to friends
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell steered the city's nearly $524 million contract for a new water plant away from a nationally known design team and toward his political supporters and friends, a newspaper reported. A city selection c...
Kansas tax collections $43M more than expected in September
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is reporting that it collected $43 million more in taxes than anticipated in September. The Department of Revenue said Tuesday that the state collected $744 million in taxes during the month when its official revenue f...
