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The following individuals purchased a building permit in the first five months of 2017: January Jan. 3: Building permit, 505 Barnes, expiration date: April 2, 2017. Valuation: 0. Jan. 4: Building permit, 204 Fourth St., expiration date: April 3, 2017...

Menu for Woods County Senior Citizens Monday – pork cutlet with gravy, sweet potato and apple casserole, French style beans, roll, fruit Tuesday – closed Wednesday – vegetable meatloaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, beets, roll, dump cake Thurs...

The Alva Board of Education had a brief 30-minute session to wrap up current fiscal year items and to set in motion next fiscal year items. Everyone but Karen Koehn was present. In the Superintendent's Report, Steve Parkhurst told the board he had...

A deputy had just finished serving a civil process to a rural Woods County address when he saw a traffic violation. A passing vehicle’s driver was not wearing a seatbelt. When the deputy stopped the car, he found other violations leading to the a...

A two-vehicle collision occurred Sunday, June 4, at 7:10 p.m. at Oklahoma Boulevard and Fourth Street in Alva. According to the police report, Lane Porter Scarbrough, 17, of Alva was driving a 2000 Ford F2S pickup northbound on Fourth Street. When th...

When a person thinks of golf courses, one generally thinks of lush green fairways and magnificent trees. But if one happens to be touring the southwest USA between Cimarron and Raton, New Mexico, at the right time, he might consider something with ju...

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 3:02 p.m. Controlled burn on County Road 910 and Union Road. 5:21 p.m. Controlled burn in Lamont. 6:01 p.m. Controlled burn west of Lamont. 9:51 p.m. Domestic violence in the 300 block of Madison. Person was intoxicated....

4 Guilty 11 Felonies Levi Quenton Bailey, 28, Carmen: Defendant plead guilty on May 26, 2017, to rape second degree in case CF-11-65. Defendant was sentenced to a term of 5 years running concurrently to each other, under the direction and control...

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...

Daniel Dwayne Northcross and Jo Elaine Kornelle, both of Alva: marriage license (no counseling) ($50)....

Real Estate Transfers Book 1263 page 923: David D. Laughrey and Shirley A. Laughrey, Trustees of the S and D Laughery Living Trust dated August 15, 2005, unto Elana Lee Osborne Trustee of the Elana Lee Osborn Rev Trust dated December 20, 2016. Lot...

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 10:26 a.m. Man called to talk to Donna. 2:20 p.m. Man went to courthouse. 4:25 p.m. Man back at residence. 9:45 p.m. Woman called about information. Wednesday, June 21, 2017 2 a.m. Woman called about inmate information. 2:13...

STILLWATER, Okla.—A team trying to defend its place at the top is going to have a target on its back. T.W. Beiswanger, an infielder from Alva, helped Red Dirt 18U start its title defense of the Brad Holt Memorial Tournament with a 5-1 win over S...

JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Nahla was an extraordinary educator. True, she drooled more than other teachers and often let her tongue just loll out of her mouth, The Janesville Gazette (http://bit.ly/2sSidp2 ) reported. But she also allowed students to le...

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Behind every hunter's first kill there's a story — one that, for most, starts long before they ever set foot in a hunting zone with a shotgun, rifle or bow in-hand. And while every first-tag story is, at the very least, mar...

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — A racial slur by a white student in her middle school classroom might have escaped attention except for one thing: Taylor Dumpson was listening. What she heard helped shape Dumpson's sense of duty to confront hatred and i...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — In a workshop in St. Paul, several researchers work to advance the future of sustainable energy. For almost 15 years, the University of Minnesota's Center for Biorefining has researched ways to convert waste into valuable r...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Clubgoers screamed and scrambled for cover as dozens of gunshots rang out during a rap concert in downtown Little Rock early Saturday, leaving 28 people injured from an 11-second melee that police said may be gang-related. P...