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Alva Church of God Alva Church of God is located at 517 9th St. in Alva, with Pastor Sheryl white. Christmas Eve schedule: No Sunday school; morning worship at 10:30 a.m. That evening will be a short special service at 5 p.m. The showing of...

Team Standings The Bowl Movements – 38½ wins, 29½ losses O'Bar – 38 wins, 30 losses Dilly Dilly – 37 wins, 31 losses Marshall's Oldtimers – 37 wins, 31 losses Knights of Columbus – 35 wins, 33 losses X-Team – 33 wins, 35 losses Rollin GoodTimes – 3...

LAS VEGAS – The dreams J.D. Struxness had of winning a world championship didn’t fade just because another man walked away with the gold buckle. They’re still vivid, still in his mind and still on the table for the upcoming seasons. Louisiana cowbo...

LAS VEGAS – When the curtain closed on the 2023 National Finals Rodeo, Bridger Anderson realized he’d earned $120,939 during his stay in the City of Lights. “It was a great week, and we had a lot of fun,” said Anderson, a two-time qualifier from Carr...

ALVA – Northwestern Oklahoma State head baseball coach Ryan Bowen has announced his new signing class for the high school class of 2024. “I am beyond excited for our 2024 HS class of early signees. Our coaching staff has done a great job identifying...

Saturday I took Mom’s final payment on her share of the farm to the bank. I don’t think I can say how big of a deal that is to her and us and would have been to Dad. My great-great-granddad homesteaded the first quarter of the place in the early 190...

Christmas is almost here. If you are like me, it has been a busy time throughout December. No one experiences many quiet moments as Christmas approaches — parties, shopping, cooking, greeting cards, always a lot to do this month. Then there are t...

As we continue to offer information on the events happening in Israel, please remember this is a short abbreviated biblical historical retelling of these events. After the Israelites were given the Land of Canaan by the Lord, they were supposed to...

COMANCHE — Three and a half months removed from prison, Kara Chapman is striving to rebuild her life. The 38-year-old mother works most days waiting tables at a catfish restaurant in Comanche. On days off, she volunteers with a local food pantry o...

Stan Bixler, Todd Holder and Scott Riley of the Avard Regional Rail Park Authority held their final meeting of the year this past Tuesday. Allan Poe could not attend, but current WCEDC executive director Jeremy Zeller and former WCEDC executive direc...

The Alva Cemetery Board once had only three appointed members. When board members realized that any two of them attending a social gathering or even having a conversation could be considered an open meeting violation, they asked the city council to i...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge has exonerated a man who spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder, the longest serving inmate to be declared innocent of a crime. Glynn Simmons, 71, who was released in July after prosecutors agreed that k... Full story

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A dispute erupted this week between police officers from the Muscogee Nation and jailers in a small eastern Oklahoma county that led to one jailer facing a battery charge in tribal court. The confrontation underscores the tension...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican attorney general in Kansas has urged the state's most populous county to postpone a legally required destruction of old ballots because the sheriff there says his investigation of possible election crimes remains o...

Initially unsure of which orangutan was the father of a new baby primate, the Denver Zoo decided to have a little fun with the results and turned to the paternity announcement guru himself: former daytime talk show host Maury Povich. Just as he...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration released its highly anticipated proposal for doling out billions of dollars in tax credits to hydrogen producers Friday, in a massive effort to build out an industry that some hope can be a cleaner a...

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 20,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza during Israel's war against Hamas, health officials said Friday, the latest indication of the staggering cost of the conflict as Israel expands its ground offensive and o...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is making thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia eligible for pardons, the White House said Friday, in his latest r...

DETROIT (AP) — The serial killer lured women one by one into vacant homes to be murdered, posing their nude or partially clothed corpses amid cheap booze pints, crumbling sheetrock and hypodermic needles. The slayings set Detroit on edge, p...