Articles from the February 7, 2018 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 Sheriff's Office logs
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 8:43 a.m. Cattle out east of the four-way stop north of Cherokee. 10:44 a.m. Caller advised someone had driven in their field, on County Road 660 and Bryan Road, and done donuts. 1:16 p.m. Lady advised her husband had fallen...
Kiowa's First State Bank Labor Day 5K Run donates to Mobile Meals, KDH Foundation and Vocal
Going strong 33 years, Kiowa's First State Bank Labor Day 5K Race is giving back to the community. Friday on behalf of the 5K run, Melissa Rector presented checks totaling $2,140 to three...
Alfalfa County real estate transactions
Real Estate Transfers Book 822 page 171:John Quigley Revocable Trust, Grantor, conveys unto the Quigley Family Revocable Living Trust, Grantee. E/2,NW/4, section 28, township 29, range 12, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 822...
Barber County Sheriff's Office log
January 29, 2018 Deputy Paasch investigated a theft at southeast Pleasant Hills. Deputy Passch investigated a non-injury accident at the south Barber High School. January 30, 2018 Kiowa ambulance transported patient from the Kiowa Manor to the Kiowa...
Carmen woman charged with break-in, assaulting officer
Alfalfa County received a report of a hysterical, hallucinating and combative female in Carmen at 1:43 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31. County law enforcement and emergency medical people responded....
Kiowa citizen's tip results in arrest of man in violation of parole
During the day of Wednesday, Jan. 31, Barber County Sheriff’s Department officers and the U.S. Marshall’s office executed an arrest warrant in Kiowa, Kansas. A tip from a local citizen by phone call prompted law enforcement to come to Kiowa to a res...
JEFF KLETKE
JEFF KLETKE Funeral services for Jeff Kletke will be Thursday, February 8, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church with Reverend Aaron Wagner officiating. Burial will follow in Zion Lutheran Cemetery...
Alva Schools still okay financially
The Alva School District is in good shape, according to Superintendent Steve Parkhurst. The fiscal year (FY) 2018 general fund is $10,417,593.89, up $765,158.74 from FY 2017. Warrant comparison shows the district has spent $295,378.73 more this year...
Supt. Cline discusses Waynoka School building project
All members were present Monday night, Feb. 5, for Waynoka's monthly school board meeting. Superintendent Scott Cline gave his report right after the consent agenda was approved. Starting with the school's financial situation, he said revenue for...
Burn ban issued for western half of Oklahoma
On Jan. 30, Gov. Mary Fallin issued a proclamation declaring a burn ban for the western part of Oklahoma. Nothing in these guidelines relieves an individual from responsibility for his or her...
Cherokee School Board honors Jeff White
Jeff White has retired from the Cherokee School Board after nine years of service. He was honored with a certificate and cake at the Monday night school board meeting. In other honors, Angel...
Second student dismissed from NWOSU football program
A second student-athlete has been dismissed from the football program at Northwestern Oklahoma State University as a result of an altercation that occurred at the Nite Lite club in Alva on Sunday, Jan. 28, according to a statement posted from NWOSU...
South Barber Homecoming is Friday night
Friday night is Basketball Homecoming at South Barber High School in Kiowa, Kansas. The Chieftains host the Central Christian Cougars. One of three senior young women will be crowned homecoming queen during the coronation held at halftime of the...
December busiest month for KDH, hospital in the black for the month, not YTD
Last week an article in the Newsgram featured business from the January meeting of the Kiowa District Hospital. This article covers financial, statistical and more information from that meeting. As reported, all board members attended. Board...
Local teacher named finalist for statewide "Excellence in Education" awards
Cherokee Public Schools librarian Lindsay Headlee will be honored at the Professional Oklahoma Educators Foundation Excellence in Education Awards Banquet to be held on April 13 in Oklahoma City. She...
Alfalfa County commissioners appoint fair board
The Alfalfa County commissioners met Monday, Feb. 5, at 10 a.m. All commissioners were present as well as Nancy Lambert and Laneta Unruh, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan, and Doug Dorris. After the call to order the invocation was given by Dorris, interim p...
Tuesday's election: all the information you need
Voters will go to the polls Tuesday for the Feb. 13 General Election for Senate District 27, Woods County Election Board Secretary Sandra Koehn said today. Please keep the following information and tips in mind as the election approaches. • Early v...
Lynn Says
(From the web.) For those who love the philosophy of ambiguity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of English: • One tequila, two tequila, three tequila … floor. • Atheism is a non-prophet organ...
Tigers offense stays alive against Arkansas-Monticello
MONTICELLO, Ark. – The Ouachita Tiger baseball team is back to .500 on the season after an 8-4 victory over the University of Arkansas at Monticello on Tuesday afternoon. Ouachita (2-2) has now scored eight or more runs in back-to-back games for t...
SAU Softball's Taylor tabbed GAC Pitcher of the Week
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - After helping the Lady Muleriders jump out to a 4-0 start to the 2018 campaign, Southern Arkansas sophomore pitcher Victoria Taylor has been tabbed as the Great American Conference's Pitcher of the Week as announced by the...
Trump aide: Some immigrants 'too lazy' to sign up for DACA
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some immigrants may have been "too afraid" or "too lazy" to sign up for the Obama-era program that offers protection from deportation, White House chief of staff John Kelly said Tuesday as he defended President Donald Trump's propos...