Articles from the March 30, 2022 edition
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Woods County early voting begins Thursday
Early voting begins Thursday, March 31, for voters in Waynoka Public School District, City of Waynoka and Town of Freedom, located in Woods County. Voters who will not be able to make it to the polls on Election Day, have the option of voting early...
Woods County Election Day reminders and tips
Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, April 5, to decide a number of issues. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Woods County Election Board Secretary Holly Blevins recommends voters with questions about their eligibility or polling...
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Woods County commissioners agree to egg hunt on courthouse lawn
During their meeting on Monday, the Woods County commissioners approved the use of the courthouse lawn for the annual Alva Fire Department Easter Egg Hunt. The egg hunt is Saturday morning, April 16....
Waynoka to vote April 5 on $1.7 million school bond for ag barn, bus barn
On April 5, Waynoka citizens will head to the polls to weigh in on a new school bond. The $1.7 million bond, if passed, would allow the school to build a bus barn and ag barn, along with a lean-to on the south edge of the school farm. It will allow...
Should the Freedom town clerk be elected or appointed?
On the April 5 ballot this year is a question of whether the Freedom town clerk should be appointed or elected. The reason for the question appearing on the ballot, said trustee Michelle Shelite, was to find a town clerk who meets the state's...
Burlington's final meeting about building bond issue is Thursday, election April 5
After 10 years of serving on the Burlington School Board, Aaron Smith took his seat at the table for the last time at the March meeting last Thursday. Superintendent Kevin Brown and the board thanked Smith for his years of service with kind words...
Aline-Cleo March Student of the Month
Samuel Moran, junior, was chosen as the Aline-Cleo March Student of the Month. His school philosophy is, "If I can learn to want to learn more in life, I have succeeded in school." He thinks his...
Burlington's final meeting about building bond issue is Thursday, election April 5
After 10 years of serving on the Burlington School Board, Aaron Smith took his seat at the table for the last time at the March meeting last Thursday. Superintendent Kevin Brown and the board thanked Smith for his years of service with kind words...
Two charged in Carmen burglaries
The three-day investigation began with a burglary report in Carmen. Then another burglary was added and that was topped off by a report of assault with a vehicle. Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Deputy D...
Aline-Cleo TSA
Aline-Cleo TSA students attended this year's regional conference held in Alex, Oklahoma. For the competitions at Regionals, students must place in the Top Ten to qualify for the state conference,...
School board contests, city and school propositions on April 5 ballots
Voters will go to the polls Tuesday, April 5, in the board of education and special elections. Alfalfa County voters in two school districts will be voting. There are no school board races in Woods...
JOHN PRESTON SMALL
Memorial services for John Preston Small will be 2 p.m., Thursd ay, March 31, 2022, at the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangements are under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva,...
WALTER LEE 'WALT' TILLOTSON
Walter Lee "Walt" Tillotson, 77, of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at Kiowa District Manor, Kiowa, Kansas. He was born on January 10, 1945, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, the son of...
VIRGINIA LEE HUBBARD
Virginia Lee Hubbard (Norris) was born on November 14, 1924, and died in Alva, Oklahoma, on March 29, 2022. She was the youngest daughter of George and Ramona Norris. Virginia worked for many years...
STAN WYCKOFF
Stan was born on October 2, 1951. He stepped into eternity on Saturday, March 26, 2022. Claremore, Oklahoma, is where his life began. He lived on a farm with his two siblings, Carolyn, and Steve and their parents, until he finished eighth grade....
Oklahoma, Arizona governors sign transgender sports bans
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican governors in Oklahoma and Arizona both signed bills into law on Wednesday that prevent transgender girls and women from competing on female sports teams, joining more than a dozen other states with similar laws. F...
Kansas GOP lawmakers seek to nullify local 'sanctuary' rules
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Wednesday passed a measure to overturn three communities' policies that could help immigrants stay in Kansas illegally, highlighting an issue the GOP is likely to push in the governor's race. The bill is a...
Kansas won't enforce vaccine rule for nursing home workers
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's says Kansas won't enforce a federal mandate that nursing home workers get vaccinated against COVID-19, acknowledging Wednesday that it conflicts with an anti-mandate state law she signed four m...
After spate of strikes, big raises for Kellogg workers
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Several hundred workers at a Kellogg's plant that makes Cheez-Its won a new contract that delivers more than 15% wage increases over three years after 1,400 workers at the company's cereal plants went on strike for nearly three m...
Braces, sex pills, fake eyeball among bizarre NJ beach trash
LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) — Volunteers picked up a record amount of trash from New Jersey's beaches last year, with plastic items dominating the haul, and bizarre castoffs including male enhancement pills, a set of braces, a glow-in-the-dark condom a...
Russia bombards areas where it pledged to scale back
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces bombarded areas around Kyiv and another city just hours after pledging to scale back operations in those zones to promote trust between the two sides, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday. The shelling — and int...
7 hurt in Arkansas tornado; storms move into Deep South
Severe storms that included at least two tornadoes injured several people, damaged homes and businesses and downed power lines in Arkansas, Missouri and Texas overnight before moving to the Deep South. No deaths had been reported from the storms as...
Brain condition sidelining Bruce Willis has many causes
A brain disorder that leads to problems with speaking, reading and writing has sidelined actor Bruce Willis and drawn attention to a little-known condition that has many possible causes. A stroke, tumor, head injury or other damage to the language...
With at least one GOP vote, Jackson likely to be confirmed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday she will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, giving Democrats at least one Republican vote and all but assuring that Jackson will become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. C...
Police chief: More officers needed to fully reopen Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief of the U.S. Capitol Police told lawmakers Wednesday it was his recommendation to move forward with a phased-in reopening of the U.S. Capitol as his agency works to overcome attrition after the January 6 insurrection and h...
