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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 obtained by anyone during regular hours at the Alfalfa County Courthouse. The Newsgram will not intentionally alter or delete any of this information. If it appears in the courthouse public records, it will appear in this newspaper. Felony Filings Michael Lawrence Baldwin, Alva, 64, has been charged...
Monday, December 23, 2024 During this day: four traffic stops. 9:22 a.m. – Report of copper theft from a well site on Osage. 11:55 a.m. – Welfare check needed for a female on OK-11. Caller asked officers to check on her sister, who she hasn’t heard from. Deputy en route. Deputy advised no one was home but the animals look to be taken care of. Deputy left a note for the female. 5:49 p.m. – Medic needed in the 300 block of Elm for a male who possibly had a stroke. Medic took the patient to St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid. 2:43 p.m. – Report of c...
Real Estate Transfers Book 150, page 482: Rosalie Spade conveys unto Ray D. Wells and Barbara J. Wells. A tract of land described as: beginning at a point 200 feet south of a point 182 feet east of the northwest corners of the east half of the southwest quarter of Section 12, Township 32 south, Range 12 west of the 6th PM, thence south a distance of 50 feet, thence east a distance of 157 feet, thence north a distance of 50 feet, thence west a distance of 157 feet to the place of beginning. Joint tenancy warranty deed. Book 150, page 483:...
Charles E. Young was born September 25, 1940, at the Alva General Hospital to Roscoe E. and Gladys F. Young. He passed away on November 3, 2024, in his home at Tahlequah, Oklahoma, at the age of 84. He was raised west of Carmen, Oklahoma, on his parents' farmstead. Charles was an eager lad to learn all of what it takes to be a good farmer. In high school, his hard work and dedication paid off with him earning his Master Farmer's Award. It was there he met and married his high school sweetheart,...
It’s that time of year again, the time when people talk about New Year’s resolutions. I asked Google about people’s resolutions and found survey results posted by Statistica. About four in ten of those surveyed said they’re not making a new year’s resolution. Of those who plan to commit to a resolution, 21% say they want to save more money. Next at 19% is to eat healthier followed by 17% to plan to exercise more. Another 15% have resolved to lose weight. Close behind at 14% is the resolutio...
As the lengthy agenda of the Woods County Commissioners came to a close Monday, Chairman Randy McMurphy asked if there was any new business. Commissioner David Hamil said, “Thank you for all you’ve done for Woods County, Randy.” Commissioner John Smiley echoed that thought. McMurphy responded that he’d enjoyed working with his fellow commissioners. After a long term in office, McMurphy chose to retire. Monday, Dec. 30, was his final meeting. Beginning Jan. 1, 2025, Share Vore will be representing District 2 on the board of commissioners. Senior...
Memorial services for Dennis Schwerdtfeger will be 2 p.m. Saturday, January 18, 2025, at the Alva Friends Church. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Dennis Leon, son of the late Wiley Emil and Lois Fern (Shelite) Schwerdtfeger, was born November 27, 1948, at Hardtner, Kansas, and passed away December 23, 2024, at Kiowa, Kansas, at the age of 76 years and 26 days. Dennis was raised in the Capron area with his brother and sisters. He was one of the...
Sox was born December 24, 1954, in Woodward, Oklahoma, to Bob and Veta ( Fuqua ) Stocking and passed away comfortably on December 28, 2024, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Sox grew up in Alva, Oklahoma, and graduated with the class of 1973. He spent the majority of his life in Fairview, Oklahoma, and worked in the oilfield until his retirement. He enjoyed being outdoors, Harley-Davidson motorcycles, burgers, beer and spending time on his little lotto land. He especially enjoyed being with friends...
The Alfalfa County commissioners closed out 2024 with perhaps one of the quickest meetings of the year. Garret Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross signed off on a short stack of paperwork that included last week's meeting minutes, payroll warrants, maintenance and operation warrants for payment, and a blanket purchase order before approving the environmental checklist and resolution for a project in Roach's district (JP 29798). After that, all they had left to do was sign a resolution for the updated mileage rate reimbursement. It increased from...
Two Alva residents and a man from Cherokee are facing drug charges in Alfalfa County following an investigation by the Cherokee Police Department. According to court records, the investigation began when Alva Police Officer James Jones contacted the Cherokee Police Department about his investigation into Michael Baldwin. Cherokee Police Chief Ryan McNeil knew Baldwin from previous interactions. He knew Baldwin frequented an address in the 700 block of South Oklahoma Ave. in Cherokee. After speaking to Officer Jones on the evening of Dec. 12,...
UConn coach Geno Auriemma moved into a tie with Tara VanDerveer for the most appearances with one school in the women's basketball AP Top 25 as the Huskies remained seventh in the poll Monday. Auriemma has now led UConn to 627 appearances in the poll in his 40 years at the school, matching VanDerveer's mark at Stanford before her retirement. She also had Ohio State ranked 27 times when the Hall of Fame coach was in charge of that school before joining the Cardinal and holds the overall record by a coach for appearances in the poll. Auriemma...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man who was shot dead last month as authorities attempted to serve him an indictment on federal gun charges has been identified as the killer of an 18-year-old Ohio woman in a case that had gone unsolved for 43 years, police announced Monday. Mansfield Police Chief Jason Bammann said the cold case of Debra Lee Miller, a local waitress beaten to death with an oven grate in her apartment on April 29, 1981, was reopened in 2021 to account for advances in DNA technology and forensic investigative techniques. "They e...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — From Sydney to Mumbai to Nairobi, communities around the world began welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. Auckland became the first major city to celebrate, as thousands thronged downtown or climbed the city's ring of volcanic peaks for a fireworks vantage point. A light display recognized Indigenous people. Countries in the South Pacific Ocean are the first to ring in the New Year, with midnight in New Zealand striking 18 hours before the ball drop in Times Square in New York. C...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks, a U.S. official said. The decision puts back on track the agreements that would have the three men plead guilty to one of the deadliest attacks on the United States in exchange for being spared the possibility of the death penalty. The attacks by al-Qaida killed nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001, and helped spur U.S. invasions of A...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An Army veteran driving a pickup truck that bore the flag of the Islamic State group wrought carnage on New Orleans' raucous New Year's celebration, killing 15 people as he steered around a police blockade and slammed into revelers before being shot dead by police. The FBI said it is investigating the attack early Wednesday in the city's famed French Quarter as a terrorist act and does not believe the driver acted alone. Investigators found multiple improvised explosive devices, including two pipe bombs that were concealed w...
Oklahoma State Cowgirls (11-1, 1-0 Big 12) at Baylor Bears (11-2, 1-0 Big 12) Waco, Texas; Wednesday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma State visits Baylor after Micah Gray scored 24 points in Oklahoma State's 81-75 win over the Iowa State Cyclones. The Bears are 8-0 in home games. Baylor is the Big 12 leader with 13.4 offensive rebounds per game led by Darianna Littlepage-Buggs averaging 3.9. The Cowgirls play their first true road game after going 11-1 with a 1-1 record in neutral-site games to start the season. Oklahoma State is second in...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame was postponed a day because of an attack about a mile away from the Superdome early Wednesday, when authorities say a truck driver deliberately plowed into a New Year's crowd and killed 15 people. The game, originally scheduled for 7:45 p.m. Central at the 70,000-seat Superdome, was pushed back to 3 p.m. Thursday. The winner advances to the Jan. 9 Orange Bowl against Penn State. "Public safety is paramount," Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff H...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — One person died and seven others were injured Wednesday when a Tesla Cybertruck that appeared to be carrying fireworks caught fire and exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel, authorities said. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and Clark County Fire Department officials told a news conference that a person died inside the futuristic-looking pickup truck and they were working to get the body out. Seven people nearby had minor injuries and several were taken to a hospital. The fire in the valet area of the T...
ATLANTA (AP) — Texas avoided the first big upset of the College Football Playoff, hitting a fourth-and-long touchdown pass to keep the game going and beating Cam Skattebo and Arizona State 39-31 in double overtime when an interception by Andrew Mukuba finally ended a Peach Bowl quarterfinal classic Wednesday. Skattebo led the Sun Devils back from a 16-point deficit in the fourth quarter and put his team ahead for the first time all day with a 3-yard touchdown run to start overtime against No. 4 Texas (13-2). No. 10 Arizona State — a two...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, officials said Wednesday, as the nearly 15-month war ground on into the new year. One strike hit a home in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza, the most isolated and heavily destroyed part of the coastal territory, where Israel has waged a major operation since early October. Gaza's Health Ministry said seven people were killed, including a woman and four children. Israel's military said it "eliminated" Hamas f...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As Colorado becomes the second state to legalize psychedelic therapy this week, a clash is playing out in Colorado Springs, where conservative leaders are restricting the treatment over objections from some of the city's 90,000 veterans, who've become flagbearers for psychedelic therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. Colorado residents voted to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, the chemical compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, in a 2022 ballot measure, launching two years of rulemaking b...
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Before reaching the 1978 peace deal between Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter managed months of intense preparation, high-stakes negotiations at Camp David and a field trip to the Gettysburg battlefield to demonstrate the consequences of war. But looking back on his most celebrated foreign policy achievement, the 39th president said intricate diplomacy ultimately wasn't the deciding factor. "We finally got an agreement because we all shared faith in the same God," Carter told biographer Jonathan A...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Wednesday halted Russian gas supplies to European customers through its pipeline network after a prewar transit deal expired at the end of 2024 and almost three years into Moscow's all-out invasion of its neighbor. Even as Russian troops and tanks moved into Ukraine in February 2022, Russian natural gas kept flowing through the country's pipeline network — set up when Ukraine and Russia were both part of the Soviet Union — to Europe, under a five-year agreement. Russia's state-owned energy giant Gazprom earned mo...
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter. Asked about it as he walked into a New Year's Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump responded, "I'll be there." Pressed on whether he'd spoken to members of Carter's family, Trump said he'd rather not say. Funeral services honoring Carter, who died Sunday at 100, will be held in Georgia and Washington, beginning Jan. 4 and concluding Jan. 9. Trump was a frequent and fierce critic of Carter o...
