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Real Estate Transfers Book 888 page 145: Whitney Rae Cotton conveys unto N&S Properties LLC. Lots 1–5 and lots 19–24, block 67, second filing to the Town of Carmen, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Warranty deed, Book 888 page 217: Robert D. Hutcheson, Bar...

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 obtai...

Tuesday, January 17, 2023 During this day were two traffic stops. 1:18 p.m. – Medic needed in the 200 block of Murray Drive for male possibly having a stroke. 3:03 p.m. – Caller advised a round hay bale had been stolen from his field at Cotton Road a...

Burlington Schools Superintendent Brent Rousey and the board are determined to get the cost of their building project for a new gym/family fitness center and cafeteria reduced from even the lowest bid that was submitted. That bid was from Lambert...

Last week's story about the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Cadet Lawman Academy contained an error regarding the academy's location. We incorrectly stated that the 49th Cadet Lawman Academy for high school juniors was to be held in Burns Flat. The correct...

District 1 Mobile Wellness Unit celebrates patient appreciation in Woods County The Oklahoma State Department of Health District 1 Mobile Wellness Unit (MWU) offers public health services across northwest Oklahoma. In celebration of National Patient...

Two of the three members of the Woods County Excise Board recently attended a meeting in Cherokee about changes in laws affecting county taxes. Joe Shirley and Chris Olson talked at length about what they learned, filling in the third board member... Full story

A private memorial service for Bertha Hillyer Burton Terrill will be held at a later date, as her wishes were to be cremated. Bertha was born to Alison L. Hillyer and Orah Lee (Parks) Hillyer on February 14, 1935, in Neelyville, Missouri. She passed...

Jewell Lavon (Whitehead) James was born August 16, 1936, to Arthur Whitehead and Elsie (Glenn) Whitehead in rural Capron, Oklahoma, and passed away on January 19, 2023, in her home at the age of 86. She attended Driftwood Public School through the ei...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Two former Arkansas law enforcement officers are charged with civil rights violations in the violent arrest of a man outside a convenience store that was caught on video and widely shared on social media, the Justice D...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's Court of Criminal Appeals on Tuesday agreed to slow the pace of the state's upcoming executions at the request of the new attorney general, spacing them at least 60 days apart. The court issued an order setting e...

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State announced Tuesday it has hired Bryan Nardo as defensive coordinator. Nardo was defensive coordinator at Division II Gannon University this past season. In his only season at the school in Erie, Pennsylvania, G...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is preparing to outline what she is likely to call a middle-of-the-road agenda for a Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature that already expects to ditch much of what she'll propose in favor of m...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Guardians manager Terry Francona's beloved ride has been stolen. The scooter that Francona rides from his downtown Cleveland apartment to Progressive Field on game days was swiped over the weekend. Francona's scooter was parked o...

BERLIN (AP) — After weeks of hesitation that saw growing impatience among Germany's allies, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Wednesday that his government would provide Ukraine with Leopard 2 battle tanks and approve requests by other countries to d...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis lamented that the use of guns by civilians to defend themselves is becoming a "habit." In an exclusive interview on Tuesday with The Associated Press, the pontiff, who has frequently criticized the arms industry, w...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the nation reels from a week of high-profile shootings, a new report on mass attacks calls for communities to intervene early when they see warning signs of violence, encourages businesses to consider workplace violence p...

LONDON (AP) — Microsoft said it's investigating problems with its online services including its Teams messaging platform and Outlook email system after users around the world reported outages Wednesday. In a status update, the tech company r...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as "unjust," saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church. "Being h...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk returned to federal court to defend himself against a class-action lawsuit that alleges he misled Tesla shareholders with a tweet about an aborted buyout that the billionaire defiantly insisted Tuesday he could have p...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — DeYona Gaston scored 19 poi nts and Texas routed No. 14 Oklahoma 78-58 on Wednesday night as the Sooners went 1-for-17 shooting in the third quarter and missed 17 straight shots in the second half. Taylor Jones scored 16 p...

BOSTON (AP) — When U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss decided to deliver a speech on a bill that would create a U.S.-Israel artificial intelligence center, he opted to let the AI do the talking. The brief two-paragragh speech read by the Massachusetts D...