Articles from the February 5, 2017 edition
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Alva Schools Breakfast Menu Monday—Whole Grain Fruit Loops, toast, pears, juice, milk Tuesday—Super chocolate donut, fruit yogurt cup, fruit cocktail, juice, milk Wednesday—Pancakes, maple syrup, mandarin oranges, juice, milk Thurs...
Alva 4-H Livestock Judging Team places 2nd
Nineteen Woods County 4-H members, comprising two Alva 4-H teams and four Waynoka 4-H teams, competed in the NW District Livestock Judging Contest on Feb. 1 in Enid. These teams competed in the...
By Six of eight council seats open for filing
Alva City Council members thought everything was set for the municipal election in April. They’d approved the election resolution and the notice had been published with four council seats (Seat 1 in each ward) and the city treasurer position open for...
Construction bids, donation for indoor practice facility
The Alva Board of Education will be discussing bid proposals for phase 2 of the Indoor Practice Facility at their meeting Monday. The board meets at 5 p.m. in the district office at 418 Flynn. Once they’ve discussed bids, the board may vote to a...
Car, farm truck crash near Champs Saturday afternoon
A car and truck collided on U.S. Highway 281 South about 12:45 Saturday afternoon, Feb. 4, in front of Champ's Restaurant and Jiffy Trip. Witnesses at Jiffy Trip said it appeared the white car pulled...
18 DOC cadets graduate in February at NWTC
A class that ended up being split between two training officers completed their training to become prison guards on Friday, Feb. 3, at Northwest Technology Center. The initial instructor, Andrea...
Drug ring involving Irish mob foiled at Oklahoma prisons
OKLAHOMA COUNTY – An elaborate plan to smuggle drugs into Oklahoma facilities was busted by the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office and the Department of Corrections. "It was a very complicated scheme t...
Three arrested in Alva on drug, alcohol charges
Three arrests on drug and alcohol charges resulted from a traffic stop in Alva on Wednesday, Jan. 25. According to court records, about 10:08 p.m. Trooper Brock Morgan stopped a vehicle that had been traveling 43 mph in a 35 mph zone on Oklahoma...
Girl Scouts host cookie rally
Woods Girl Scouts kick off the cookie season with a cookie rally. Cookies have arrived in town and the scouts are busily selling to their customers. Booth sales will begin on Feb. 17 and run through M...
Girl Scouts help with Homestead Valentine craft
Alva's Girl Scout Troop #969 helped the residents at the Homestead decorate picture frames and hearts for their Valentine craft. Carla Hess, the new activity director, asked the scouts to help her...
Residents arrested for marijuana, child neglect
Complaints of a loud party at an Alva apartment led officers to evidence that caused them to arrest two residents. According to court documents, on Jan. 20 about 9:30 p.m. Woods County Deputy Sheriff Adam Honeyman and Alva Police Officer Brian File...
Vehicles heavily damaged in wreck
Both cars were heavily damaged in a two-vehicle collision on Oklahoma Boulevard in Alva on Saturday, Jan. 14. The wreck occurred about 5 p.m. at the intersection with Logan Street. According to the...
Alva woman injured in collision with deer
An Alva woman was injured when her vehicle struck a deer in Woodward County Friday. Patricia Jessup, 53, of Alva was taken by Freedom EMS to Alliance Health in Woodward where she was admitted in stable condition with neck and trunk internal...
Flynt asks Jones to the prom in banner style
Ehan Flynt got a "yes" after he went public asking Payton Jones to be his date at the Alva High School prom. The pair have been dating for a while and the boyfriend convinced Jesse Jones, Payton's...
Tuesday's election: all the information you need
Voters will go to the polls Tuesday for the Feb. 14 Annual School Election for Waynoka and Freedom Public Schools, Woods County Election Board Secretary Sandra Koehn said today. Please keep the following information and tips in mind as the election...
Collision at intersection
According to police, a driver failed to stop at a red light, which led to a collision at Fourth Street and Oklahoma Boulevard in Alva on Friday, Jan. 20, about noon. Xuhui Kuang, 43, of Fairview was driving a 2016 Chevrolet south on Fourth Street....
Northwestern to host blood drive
Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s Alva campus is partnering with the Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) to hold a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 14–15, in the Student Center Ranger Room. Northwestern sorority mem...
Northwestern's Doctor of Nursing Program accepting applications
Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s new doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program is accepting applications for the inaugural class that will begin study in August. The application deadline is March 20. Northwestern is one of only two public u...
Northwestern's Natural Science Department to host Science and Religion Workshop
Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s Natural Science Department will play host to a Science and Religion Workshop on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 3 p.m. in the Science Amphitheater on the Alva campus. This event is free and open to the public. Dr. A...
Hello Alva
Hopefully Cleo and I will be home to read this. Cleo became ill two weeks ago today with stomach issues and we began our hospital adventure. We started out at Share Medical Center and then she was med...
Goldbugs take a big loss to the Mustangs
RED ROCK, Okla.—The Alva High School Goldbugs were back on the road this Friday as they faced off with the Frontier Mustangs. It was a tough battle for the Goldbugs against the Mustangs as Alva was able to stay within reach of Frontier for the f...
Ladybugs take down the Lady Mustangs
RED ROCK, Okla.—The Alva High School Ladybugs had another road game on Friday night as they battled against the Frontier Lady Mustangs in a hard-fought win heading into the weekend. Whitney Randall led the way, attacking the basket while Frontier c...
Basketball district assignments listed
The Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association has announced pairings for Class 3A basketball district playoffs. Districts are Feb. 16-18. Alva teams will play host to Crooked Oak. OK Centennial will host Chandler, Luther hosts Okemah, and OK...
Rangers baseball split afternoon doubleheader
Northwestern Oklahoma State's baseball team took on two MIAA opponents in Northwest Missouri State and Fort Hays State Saturday, Feb. 4, and went 1-1 on the afternoon. The Rangers were on the wrong...
Rangers open up season on high note
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State opened up their season Friday afternoon when they took the field against MIAA opponent, Fort Hays State and came away with a big opening day win, 4-2. One of the big stories of the game was transfer p...
