Articles from the November 15, 2017 edition
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Alfalfa County court filings
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...
Alfalfa County real estate transactions
Real Estate Transfers Book 819, pg. 599: ACB Bank; conveys unto Phillip L. Hills and Debra L. Hills, husband and wife. Lots 7-8, Block 2, Pryor’s Addition, Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Warranty Deed. Book 819, pg. 605: Between Keith W....
Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office Logs
Monday, November 6, 2017 10:42 a.m. Alarm company advised of an alarm going off. Called the key holder. She was out of town and gave another number. Alarm company called back and advised it was a false alarm. 12:48 p.m. Deputy had a traffic stop....
Barber County Sheriff's Office log
November 6, 2017 Kiowa ambulance transported from south First, Hazelton, to Kiowa Hospital. Medicine Lodge ambulance transported patient from northwest Taco Road to Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital. Shaun M. Kunz, Conway Springs, driving a 2005 Satur...
Barber County official results for the Nov. 7 election
HARDTNER Mayor Durwin Wolgamott, Hardtner 16 2 City Council Barbara Cundiff, Hardtner 16 David M. Gorden, Hardtner 12 HAZELTON 3 City Council Kathy Hays, Hazelton 21 Jose Ruiz, Hazelton 18 O. Gene Weber, Hazelton 7 ISABEL Mayor – None Filed...
South Barber School Board hires coaches, sees election results
Monday night South Barber's Board of Education met for their November meeting. Board members Stephen Allen and Mark Pollock attended. Both incumbents were unopposed in the Tuesday, Nov. 7, election and will serve another term. Bryan Quick of...
October was very busy for the Cherokee FFA chapter
Starting off on Oct. 3, FFA members were recognized for participationipating in the Alfalfa County Farm Bureau essay Contest. Members in Division I were Drake Williams (first), SaRita Kephart...
County fair checks are available at the Woods County OSU Extension Office
The Woods County Fair Board has county fair premium checks available to be picked up at the Woods County OSU Extension Office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The OSU Extension office is located on the east side of the bottom level of...
Alfalfa County commissioners approve moving repeater
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners had a jam-packed agenda for its Monday morning meeting. Board members Toby Walker, Jay Hague and Stan Tucker were present for the meeting. Walker called the meeting to order, then Nancy Lambert led the group...
DONALD SILER
Donald Siler was born July 18, 1929, to Orval and Luella Siler in Cherokee, Oklahoma, and passed Friday evening, November 10, 2017, at the age of 88 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with his wife of 64 years by...
JO ELAINE (KORNELE) NORTHCROSS
Jo Elaine (Kornele) Northcross, daughter of the late Joe Ellis and Pearl Mae "Cindy" (Van Brunt) Kornele, was born December 10, 1960, at Alva, Oklahoma, and passed away November 11, 2017, at Enid,...
Ralph Louis Engelken
Ralph Louis Engelken, age 82, of Wichita, Kansas, retired U.S. Naval Officer, passed away Monday, October 30, 2017. Ralph was born in Alva, Oklahoma, the son of Louis and Ella (Kletke) Engelken....
GENEVEE QUINN
Funeral services will be Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. at Wharton Funeral Chapel with Reverend Ron Pingelton, pastor Alva First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) officiating. Burial...
Lynn Says
Frequently, I observe posts on social media about how much someone hates cancer. Usually, the message is posted because someone lost a beloved parent or grandparent to cancer, often after a long and...
New Kiowa mayor elected, mold in city office prompting big change
All members attended the November meeting of the Kiowa City Council, except Mayor Brandon Farney who was out of town. Councilmember Bill Watson presided over the meeting with councilmembers present including Tom Wells, Brian Hill, Russell Molz and...
Freedom School Board hears money talk
Superintendent James Miller spent quite a bit of time Monday night telling members of the Freedom Board of Education of his concerns about what the special session of the legislature might do their...
ATU's Johnston and Milnick earn GAC weekly honors
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - Arkansas Tech's Lexie Johnston and Amanda Milnick earned weekly honors from the Great American Conference on Monday, following the final week of the 2017 regular season. Johnston earned GAC Offensive Player of the Week, while...
Is gun-maker liable for Newtown? Court takes up the case
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Newtown school shooter Adam Lanza heard the message loud and clear when gun-maker Remington Arms marketed an AR-15-style rifle as an overpowering weapon favored by elite military forces, a lawyer for relatives of some...
When child sex isn't rape: French to set age of consent
PARIS (AP) — Is a 13-year-old girl old enough to agree to sex with an adult? That's a question France is asking itself as the government prepares to set a legal age for sexual consent for the first time. Twice in recent weeks, French courts have...
Rise in teen suicide, social media coincide; is there link?
CHICAGO (AP) — An increase in suicide rates among U.S. teens occurred at the same time social media use surged and a new analysis suggests there may be a link. Suicide rates for teens rose between 2010 and 2015 after they had declined for nearly...