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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... Full story

“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” – Romans 12:21 (NIV) This quote comes at the end of Romans chapter 12 where Paul is instructing the young church in Rome about how to interact with an often hostile outside world. He tells...

Moses was revered by the Jewish nation during Jesus’ lifetime. He was remembered as a great leader and as the man who brought the Old Testament law, or Law of Moses from Mt. Sinai to the people. He led the 12 tribes of Israel out of bondage in E...

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But what if it is broken? How long would a rancher leave miles of fence blown over, exposing cattle to roaming across a highway or onto another person’s property? How long would an investor allow a small busin...

ALVA, Okla. – The opening weekend for the 2022 baseball season will have some adjustments made due to the forecast weather in the Alva area. The original series that was scheduled for Friday through Sunday will be pushed back one day. The opening s...

ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State Football's Gavin Garner received 2021 Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-America honors Monday. The Ranger wide receiver was named to the honorable mention team as a WR. The Don Hansen team carries out the l...

Team Standings Knights of Columbus 60 Wins 32 Losses The Bowl Movements 58 Wins 34 Losses Dilly Dilly 53 ½ Wins 38 ½ Losses Rollin GoodTimes 46 Wins 46 Losses Marshall's Oldtimers 44 ½ Wins 47 ½ Losses O'Bar 43 ½ Wins 48 ½ Losses Next Frame 38 Wins...

ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern will be inducting five former standout Rangers into the Hall of Fame Class. This will be the 30th Hall of Fame Class induction Northwestern will have. The induction ceremony banquet will be held on Saturday, February 5, 202...

MONTICELLO, Ark. – Northwestern Oklahoma State men's basketball team won their fifth straight game Monday night completing the season sweep over Arkansas Monticello 71-55. Northwestern used a 9-0 run in the second half to answer a Monticello 7-0 to p...

Northwestern Oklahoma State University will play host to the Spring Showcase event Saturday, Feb. 26, at 10 a.m. in the Student Center in Alva. Students interested in transferring to Northwestern’s Alva campus, as well as any high school juniors o...

TULSA, Okla. — Isolation and stress caused from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic can lead many to turn to drugs to cope. According to the Center for Disease Control, Oklahoma has seen a 20 percent rise in drug overdose deaths during the pandemic. W...

The Alva Arena Authority met Tuesday for an update on the project to build an arena and exhibition hall east of Alva. Gregg Glass presided over the meeting with members Dr. Janet Cunningham, Darrel Kline, Jim Hood, Daren Slater and Todd Holder... Full story

For this fiscal year, the Alva Hospital Authority (AHA) budget included up to three wheelchair accessible vans, one each for the hospital, the nursing home and the Homestead retirement center. The number of vans actually purchased was contingent on... Full story

Funeral services for Carole Grover, 84, are pending at Marshall Funeral Home of Alva....

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy has died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver while sledding in Broken Arrow. Police in the Tulsa suburb said the boy, whose name was not released, was sledding Thursday afternoon when he went i...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The FBI is reviewing the death of a Black teenager who was restrained for more than 30 minutes at a Kansas juvenile detention center, a county official said Friday. Sedgwick County Commission Chairman David Dennis said he was t...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Topeka man's conviction in the shooting deaths of three people in Lawrence n 2017. Anthony L. Roberts Jr., was convicted on June 25, 2019 in the deaths, which occurred after a fight b...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has awarded $2 million in grants to the operators of travel centers on Interstate 70 and the Kansas Turnpike to install charging stations for electric vehicles. The state Department of Transportation announced grants F...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A massive winter storm that has moved across the country this week left more than a foot of snow in parts of northeastern Missouri, shutting downs schools and services and snarling traffic in both Kansas and Missouri. Hannibal, M...

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — A sheriff's deputy is being praised for smashing the windows of a burning SUV and rescuing a frightened dog in a neighborhood south of Denver. Douglas County Deputy Michael Gregorek's body camera video from Jan. 22, which w...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man who shot and killed four people at a Nashville Waffle House in 2018 was found guilty on four counts of first-degree murder Friday by a jury that rejected his insanity defense. Travis Reinking, 33, did not dispute the d...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis mayor imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants Friday, two days after a SWAT team entered a downtown apartment and killed Amir Locke, a Black man who his parents said was "executed" after he was startled from a d...