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Due to weather conditions, the Woods County Courthouse in Alva was closed on Monday. The county commissioners canceled their meeting that morning, but payroll had to be approved. A special meeting was held Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 2 p.m....

Alva Church of God Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Nathan Braudrick. Alva Church of God is located at 517 Ninth St. in Alva and can be found on the web at www.AlvaChurchOfGod.org. Sunday: Sunday school is at...

In the second chapter of Paul’s letter to the Colossians, he wrote, “I want you to know how much I am struggling for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me face to face.” Naturally, Paul would have preferred to see... Full story

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 14-year-old girl was killed and her father critically injured in a two-vehicle crash in Wichita, police there said. The crash happened just before noon Wednesday in northwest Wichita, police said. Police said a red car...

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The new surge of the coronavirus was evident in Missouri on Thursday, with record hospitalizations in St. Louis and Columbia, and the Kansas City metropolitan area experiencing its worst month ever for COVID-19 deaths. The...

MARION -- A Wichita man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a woman whose body was found in a river earlier this year. Robert Burns Mans Jr., 48, was charged Wednesday in Marion County in the death of Shalan Niccole Gannon,...

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. (AP) — An Arkansas man who exchanged gunfire with a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, an autopsy has found. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said Thursday that the results of the autopsy on...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas election officials predicted Thursday that the state will see record-setting turnout for this year's presidential election. The Kansas Secretary of State's office said it anticipates 70% of Kansas voters will...

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A nursing home where every resident has tested positive for the coronavirus in a rural Kansas county with the state's highest infection rate has been warned that federal officials are moving to remove it from the Medicare...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma remains in the red zone for coronavirus cases and the number of reported cases was up by 1,041 on Thursday. A report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force, released Wednesday by the Oklahoma State Department of...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Early in-person voting began Thursday across Oklahoma for an election that has already seen record turnout throughout the U.S. Polls are open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at most of the 77 county election board offices on Thursday...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An ice storm that struck Oklahoma this week is among the worst ever to affect the state's largest utility system, the company's president said Thursday. "This is probably the most severe storm we've ever had on our system,"...

No. 24 Oklahoma (3-2, 2-2 Big 12) at Texas Tech (2-3, 1-3), Saturday at 8 p.m. ET (FOX). Line: Oklahoma by 14 1/2. Series record: Oklahoma leads 21-6. WHAT'S AT STAKE? Oklahoma already has two losses and won't reach the College Football Playoff...

Team Standings Dilly Dilly: 19 wins, 9 losses The Bowl Movements: 19 wins, 9 losses Knights of Columbus: 18 wins, 10 losses Rollin Good Times: 13 wins, 15 losses O’Bar: 12 wins, 16 losses Marshall's Oldtimers: 12 wins, 16 losses Next Frame: 12...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trees on top of buses and cars. Roofs ripped off homes. Boats pushed onto the highway by surging seawater. Hundreds of thousands of people left in the dark. The remnants of Hurricane Zeta were far from land over the Atlantic on...

DETROIT (AP) — Every day feels like a raw wound for Omari Barksdale. His sister, Laneeka Barksdale, died of COVID-19 in late March in Detroit — and since then, so have more than 228,000 Americans. Many were Black Americans whose communities...

For the turkey industry, this Thanksgiving is a guessing game. Millions of Americans are expected to have scaled-down celebrations amid the pandemic, heeding official warnings against travel and large indoor gatherings. That leaves anxious turkey...

Alva Farmer's Coop: Complete farm supply, investor owned http://www.alvacoop.com/ Alva Vision Clinic: The vision source http://visionsource-alvavisionclinic.com/ Alva's Market: Alva's hometown market, locally owned and operated ht... Full story