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...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Casey Murdock says he agrees with Gov. Kevin Stitt that sweeping statewide restrictions are not the most effective strategy to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. Murdock, R-Felt, said after looking at New Mexico, a state that has m...

The Northwestern Lady Rangers and Rangers will begin their delayed basketball season with home games this afternoon, Jan. 1, against Oklahoma Panhandle State University. The women play at 2 p.m. with the men’s game to follow at 4 p.m. On Saturday, N... Full story

The December distribution of sales tax collections by the Oklahoma Tax Commission (OTC) primarily represents local tax receipts from October business. Alva, Freedom and Waynoka all show slight increases from the same month a year ago. However, Woods...

MCaLESTER, Oklahoma (AP) — A 40-year-old Oklahoma man was hospitalized in critical condition Thursday after police shot him when he moved toward officers with a weapon, state investigators said. Police in McAlester, a city 130 miles (209 k...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A bowl victory that increased Mississippi State's win total this season to four and No. 22 Tulsa's failed attempt to add another unlikely comeback to its impressive collection this season took a back seat to the melee that b...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Thursday that he is replacing his top attorney, a key member of his staff. Stitt said in a press release that his general counsel, Mark Burget, is returning to the private sector and will be r...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday upheld the separate murder convictions and life-without-parole sentences of two men. The court rejected appeals by Tracy Gene Price, 44, of Tulsa and Bobby Lee Rogers, 40, of M...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Bars and restaurants across Oklahoma will be able to stay open past Gov. Kevin Stitt's ordered 11 p.m. curfew well into the new year while a lawsuit brought by a group of bar owners is litigated. An Oklahoma County judge was e...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas residents have had more than 1 million COVID-19 tests since the beginning of the pandemic. The state Department of Health and Environment reported Wednesday that Kansas had reached the milestone. More than 15,000 tests w...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas ranks last among states in its reported COVID-19 vaccination rate, according to U.S. government data, and state officials attribute it to a lag in reporting by providers of the shots. The federal Centers for Disease C...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The top Democrat in the Kansas House has refused to give an incoming lawmaker any committee assignments over issues that include an anti-stalking court order filed against him after he won his seat. Minority Leader Tom Sawyer's a...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Nick Robbins didn't necessarily have designs on running a public health department before the COVID-19 pandemic. His background, rather, was in leading Franklin County's emergency medical services operations, as well as its dispat...

A look at the upcoming week around the Big 12 Conference: GAME OF THE WEEKEND Third-ranked Kansas has proven its chops since losing to top-ranked Gonzaga in its opener, ripping off eight straight wins with two against top-10 opponents and four agains...

GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors have dismissed a murder charge in the shooting death of a Garden City restaurant owner but said the charge could be refiled if new evidence emerges. Marcus Roady, 32, was charged in the death of Charles Ernie O...

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Forecasters are predicting a snowy, icy start to the new year across a large swath of Kansas and Missouri. Scott Blair, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said the wintry mix will head northward into the two s...

NEW YORK (AP) — Residents of a Queens neighborhood are dealing with a squirrely threat. Denizens of the New York City borough's Rego Park neighborhood say an aggressive squirrel has jumped on them and bitten them in the past several weeks, WCBS-TV r...

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — Even as vaccines are being rolled out to battle the coronavirus, wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University in Michigan's Upper Peninsula say they want to kick any trace of it from the English language. "COVID-19" a...