Breakfast Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday – Mini french toast or cereal, mandarin oranges, juice, milk Tuesday – Chicken biscuit or cereal, banana, juice, milk Wednesday – Cinnamon pop tart or cereal, pears, juice, milk Thursday – Strawbe...

The Alva Board of Education will vote on renewal of contracts for three principals during their meeting Monday. The board will meet at 5 p.m. in the district office. Principal contracts up for renewal for the next school year are Stephanie Marteney...

After nearly four years since charges were filed, a plea agreement has been reached in criminal felony charges against Caleb Scott Baker, 25, of Alva. Baker was 21 when charges were filed on March 9, 2016, in Woods County. At that time he was...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation strengthening Oklahoma’s drug-free school zones is headed to the full Senate. Senate Bill 1674, by Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt, would make it a felony to purchase or possess methamphetamine, heroin or cocaine within 1,0...

The Northwestern Oklahoma State University band will host between 800 and 1,000 middle and high school students from the northwest and central regions of Oklahoma on the Alva campus March 3 for the District 2 concert band and solo/ensemble contest....

The Northwestern Oklahoma State University concert band, jazz ensemble and percussion ensemble will perform a selection of music for the public to enjoy free of charge in Herod Hall Auditorium at 6 p.m. March 5. Seth Cudd, instructor of music and...

Before his attack on the large village at Little Bighorn, Custer divided his force of less than 700 men into three groups that were roughly of the same size. Captain Frederick Benteen was in command of the first group assigned to scout several miles...

Friday, February 21, 2020 4:48 a.m. – Report of cattle out. 6:54 p.m. – Report of a controlled burn. 9:59 p.m. – Report of a reckless driver on U.S. Highway 64. 11:49 p.m. – Medic was needed in the 100 block of Beech. Saturday, February 22, 2020 9:...

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...

Real Estate Transfers Book 1301 page 275: Mike Mackey Farms, LLC, unto Michele D. Mackey. Lots 9 and 10 in block 3, of the Elm Grove Addition lots 13 and 14, in block 2, of the Myers Heights First Addition to the City of Alva, Woods County,...

Friday, January 3, 2020 9 p.m. – A man called for inmate information. 10:50 p.m. – Warrant check. Monday, January 6, 2020 9:30 p.m. – Warrant check. Tuesday, January 7, 2020 9:40 p.m. – Man called for inmate information. 10:30 p.m. – Warrant c...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo and the NBA-leading Milwaukee Bucks made quick work of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Antetokounmpo had 32 points and 13 rebounds and Milwaukee surged to a 24-point lead in the second quarter in a 133-86 victory F...

DILLON, Colo. (AP) — The number of confirmed cases of mumps at a Colorado ski resort has risen to 26, an outbreak that now includes two people who aren't employees of the resort, health officials said. As of Thursday, two dozen of those infected w...

HOLTON, Kan. (AP) — An attempt to pull a truck found dangling over a culvert from the brink ended with the vehicle flipping over and landing upside down in a full ditch, killing a man inside, officials in northeastern Kansas said. The incident h...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A domestic dispute led to the shooting death of a 51-year-old man in Topeka early Saturday, police said. The shooting happened shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday, and officers called to the area found a man already dead from g...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Dozens of students at the University of Oklahoma have ended a sit-in outside the university's administrative offices following two instances in which professors used racial slurs in their classrooms. The three-day sit-in o...

GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) — The number of suicides in Kansas has increased by more than half in recent years, particularly in the northwest rural areas of the state. Mental health professionals say the geographical isolation, low population and s...

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — The last weeks of Jenna Riley's pregnancy were painful — extremely painful. She felt it every time she struggled up the stairs of her second-floor condo in Aurora and all through the hours she worked on her feet each day. She...

HOUSTON (AP) — A boil order for most of Houston that was issued after a water main ruptured was lifted Saturday morning. City officials said test results reviewed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality showed that the water met r...

When Republican Kevin Stitt was elected Oklahoma governor in 2018, many Cherokee Nation members felt proud that one of their own had accomplished such a feat, even if their politics didn't necessarily align with his. But in less than a year in...