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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...

We are approaching Holy Week and Resurrection Sunday. It is a week when we focus and meditate on the sacrifices that Jesus made for us. We read the final words and teachings that He shared to the people and the disciples during that week. We...

The Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7 signals a change in what people thought was acceptable to God. The old law, the Law of Moses, that Jews of Jesus’ day knew so well was about to be nailed to the Cross. The people were expecting and hoping for a...

This past Tuesday, the Avard Regional Rail Park Authority met at noon for their monthly meeting. Members Stan Bixler, Allan Poe, Bob Firth (via Zoom) and Ed Sutter were present, but Todd Holder was unable to make it. Woods County Clerk Shelley Reed...

“All that glitters is not gold.” That line from Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice” tells us that things that seem most valuable on the surface are often deceptive. Such was the gold rush to California in 1848-1851. Visiting The Elegant Toad Thri...

ALVA, Okla. – Due to the projected evening forecast with rain on the way, the Northwestern baseball game today, April 1, has been moved up to a 2 p.m. first pitch against Southern Nazarene. The rest of the weekend series will be the same with a S...

GOODWELL, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State Baseball returned to action Tuesday afternoon for a mid-week game against Oklahoma Panhandle State. The 8-3 victory completed the season sweep over the Aggies as the Rangers used three straight two run i...

HEBER SPRING, Ark. – The Northwestern Men's Golf team concluded the Natural State Golf Classic at the Red Apple Inn and Country Club on Tuesday hosted by Harding. "I'm very proud of how the men performed this week at the Red Apple Inn in Heber s...

HEBER SPRING, Ark. – The Northwestern Men's Golf team concluded the Natural State Golf Classic at the Red Apple Inn and Country Club on Tuesday hosted by Harding. "I'm very proud of how the men performed this week at the Red Apple Inn in Heber s...

ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State played a Tuesday doubleheader against the Tigers of Fort Hays State. The Tigers used a four run first inning to jump out fast in the opening game before going on to win 6-1 over the Rangers. In game two t...

Team Standings Knights of Columbus 83 ½ Wins 40 ½ Losses Dilly Dilly 75 Wins 49 Losses The Bowl Movements 73 ½ Wins 50 ½ Losses Rollin GoodTimes 60 Wins 64 Losses Marshall's Oldtimers 58 Wins 66 Losses O”Bar 54 ½ Wins 69 ½ Losses Next Frame 51 Wins...

As Covid-19 outbreaks emerged throughout Oklahoma’s prison system in September 2020, the Hughes County Jail opted not to give masks to detainees. Inside the Bryan County Jail, inspected on March 10, 2020, a state health department employee found roac...

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Anti-death penalty advocate Lea Rodger says she is keenly aware of the realities facing her and Richard Glossip, who she married this week inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary where he sits on death row. Glossip, 59, already...

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...

TULALIP, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday signed into law a bill that creates a first-in-the-nation statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people, to help address a silent crisis that has plagued Indian Country in this s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for a cumbersome U.S. health care system made more generous, flexible and up-to-date technologically through a raft of temporary emergency measures. Wind...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge struck down portions of a Florida election law passed last year, saying in a ruling Thursday that the Republican-led government was using subtle tactics to suppress Black voters. The law tightened rules on m...

DETROIT (AP) — In the long debate over whether Black Americans should be granted reparations for the atrocity and injustices of slavery and racism, California took a big step this week toward becoming the first U.S. state to make some form of restitu...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve for six months, a bid to control energy prices that have spiked after the United States and a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A lot is known about the few hours that shook American democracy to the core. The defeated president's incendiary speech, the march by an angry crowd to the U.S. Capitol, the breaking in, the beating of cops, the "hang Mike P...