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Happy Birthday To March 3: Linda Bradt, Nelwyn Hughes, Walter Bishop Jr., Levi John London, Larry Powers March 4: Jim Beagley, Harold Snow, Phillip Kirkpatrick, Caleb Bixler March 5: Todd Reutlinger, Brayden Nixon March 6: Kendra Brown, Olivia Rae...

On Sunday, Feb. 26, at the Freedom United Methodist Church, the order of services was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Opening Prayer given by Pastor Woody Hamon Call to Worship Psalm 29:1-11 Opening Hymn “I Love to Tell the Story” Affirmation of Fai...

The Freedom school board opened their Feb. 21 meeting by swearing in two new members taking the oath of office. Don Simmons and Robert Babcock read the oath out loud (see video of them doing this at www.AlvaReviewCourier.com under videos tab). One...

Monday, March 6: 5 p.m. Miss Freedom practice Monday, March 6: Pictures for spring individuals, yearbook Thursday, March 9: 3:30-9:30 p.m. Parent-Teacher conferences Friday, March 10: No school March 13-17: Spring Break, no school April 1:...

The date for the special Freedom School Board election has to be approved by Gov. Mary Fallin’s office, according to a spokesperson at the Woods County Election Board. District Judge Justin Eilers determined Feb. 22 there was enough uncertainty to h...

Continuing cuts in state appropriations will affect access to one of Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s most popular programs. Dr. Janet Cunningham, president of Northwestern, said budget cuts will force the university to suspend concurrent enr...

Friday, March 10, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the April 4 City of Alva, City of Waynoka and Town of Freedom, Regular Municipal General Election, Woods County Election Board Secretary Sandra...

Voters in the City of Alva, City of Waynoka and Town of Freedom who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the April 4 Regular Municipal General Election should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Sandra Koehn said today. Although...

When kids fall, they usually just get up and return to playing. But for older adults, falls are a major threat to good health and independence. Every year, about one in four Americans 65 and older falls, and about one in five of those who lose their...

SHAWNEE – Lady Bison tennis defeated Central Oklahoma by a commanding score of 6-3 on Wednesday afternoon as the OBU women defended their homestead. Doubles tandems of Rouxanne Janse van Rensburg and Kim Moosbacher and Olivia Charvat and Madeleine B...

DURANT, Okla. – The 17th-ranked Southeastern men's tennis team picked up s 6-3 home-opening win over the 8th-ranked JuCo program in the country in Cowley County CC on Tuesday evening at the Southeastern Tennis Complex. The win lifts the Savage S...

DURANT, Okla. – No. 47 Southeastern defended its home court in its first 2017 opportunity, downing the fourth-ranked JuCo program in the country in Cowley County CC, 6-3 on Tuesday evening at the Southeastern Tennis Complex. The win lifts the S...

CLAREMORE, Okla. – The Rogers State softball team moved to 6-0 at home this season with two wins over Southwest Baptist on Wednesday (March 1) at the Diamond Sports Complex. The Hillcats won by the scores of 3-1 and 8-0 to extend their winning s...

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys grabbed a nonconference victory over Missouri Southern on Wednesday, defeating the Lions, 10-3, in the midweek battle. Zach Klockowski finished with a game-high four runs batted in, while Mark V...

MONTICELLO — The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team beat Harding University at home, in a non-conference match-up by a final score of 8-1 at Weevils Field. Arkansas-Monticello (7-8, 4-2 GAC) surged ahead of the Bisons of Harding (...

MONTICELLO, Ark. – Brian Ray hit two solo home runs and Lathan McFadden hit a three-run home run to lead Arkansas-Monticello to an 8-1 victory over the Harding baseball team on Wednesday in a non-conference game at Weevil Field. Harding and A...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The House author of a bill that could clear the way for the sale of the Grand River Dam Authority in northeastern Oklahoma says she doesn't plan to push her measure this year. Republican Rep. Leslie Osborn of Mustang said W...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union Wednesday attacked the residency of Oklahoma's newest Supreme Court justice, arguing before a referee for the court that Justice Patrick Wyrick does not live in the s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal scientists forecast that Oklahoma will continue to have the nation's biggest man-made earthquake problem this year but it probably won't be as shaky as recent years. In its annual national earthquake outlook , the U.S. G...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two years of revenue failures, budget shortfalls and the use of one-time funds to close budget gaps led one of the nation's major ratings agencies on Wednesday to downgrade the Oklahoma's bond and appropriation debt rating. S&P G...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police have made an arrest in the nearly four-year-old death of a woman in Oklahoma City. Sgt. Gary Knight said Wednesday that a 53-year-old man was arrested on a murder warrant for the July 2013 death of 94-year-old Evelyn G...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An investigation is underway after a Wagoner County reserve deputy's handgun fired while holstered inside a restaurant, injuring two people who were hit by shrapnel. An internal investigation into the discharge of 25-year-old D...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' tax collections beat projections for the fourth consecutive month in February, easing pressure on legislators to cut spending immediately while they consider increasing income taxes as a long-term fix for the state's budge...