Articles from the April 5, 2023 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 real estate transactions
Real Estate Transfers Book 889 page 354: Kenneth W. Koehler and Bernice A. Koehler convey to Kenneth W. Koehler and Bernice A. Koehler. Lots 1–5 in Block 88 in the original Town of Goltry, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Warranty deed. Book 889 page 3...
By Alfalfa County commissioners award building bid
The Alfalfa County commissioners looked at four bids last week on a new building for the Carmen Responders. This week, they made their decision, ultimately awarding it to Wilson Construction. Wilson wasn't the cheapest, coming in at $240,180, but it...
Alfalfa County Sheriff logs
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 During this day was one controlled burn and one report of cattle out. 9:11 a.m. – Medic needed in the 100 block of Murray for a female who has COPD and has been without breathing treatments for 24 hours. Medic took the patient...
Carl's Capitol Comments
The House of Representatives in February passed a package of education bills that would give more funding to our public schools, including money for teacher pay raises, and more educational choices...
Senate Review
I spent some time as a science teacher and principal and many in my family have dedicated their careers to public education. Teachers, administrators, coaches and staff all dedicate so much of their...
Officer Highlight
My name is Alivia Seaman and I am currently serving as the Waynoka FFA chapter historian. I am a sophomore at Waynoka Public Schools. I am the daughter of Bart and Lindsay Seaman. I have one older...
Easter Bunny hops into Kiowa Saturday for egg hunt
The weather forecast is beautiful for Easter weekend in Kiowa, Kansas. Watch for the cutest Easter Bunny with a pretty new bow to hop into Progress Park at 2 p.m. for the annual Chamber of Commerce Easter Egg Hunt. Children ages 1-9 can hunt eggs...
Supt. Argo cautions Alva Board of Education to expect lower revenue next year
Although the Alva Public Schools already see revenue above 90 percent of the estimate of needs in most accounts, Superintendent Tim Argo told the school board Monday that next year’s budget will be s...
City of Kiowa changes insurance companies
It took months of discussion and several special meetings recently for Kiowa's City Council to consider and ultimately change their property insurance provider. The council met Monday, March 27, for an approximately two-hour special meeting and then...
Burlington Public School junior serves as Senate page
Burlington Public School junior, Sterling Stewart, has completed a week of service as a page for Sen. Roland Pederson, R-Burlington. Sterling served at the Capitol during the eighth week of session fr...
Woods County Commissioners sell two motorgraders, buy one
The Woods County Commissioners approved the sale of two used motor graders and the purchase of another during their meeting Monday. Present for the meeting were Chairman John Smiley, David Hamil and...
Dr. Scott Cordell to be speaker at Woods County Mineral Owners Association meeting
The Woods County Mineral Owners Association will meet at the Alva campus of the Northwest Technology Center, 1801 11th Street, Alva, on Tuesday, April 11. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room. Dr. Scott Cordell,...
LOUELLA OLDAKER
Louella "Lou" Bell Oldaker, 71, passed away in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 1, 2023, after a prolonged battle with dementia. Lou, daughter of the late Corbet Dewey and Magdelean Swain Oldaker was born...
DON D. TATRO
Don D. Tatro, 93, of McPherson, Kansas, and formerly of Hutchinson, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 30, 2023, at The Cedars, McPherson. Don was born on April 10, 1929, in Cherokee,...
EARL HEROLD PRIGMORE
Funeral services for Earl Prigmore will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 5, 2023, with Rev. Paul Kirk officiating. He will be cremated at his request and his cremains will be buried in the National...
New antitrust lawsuit against NCAA seeks millions in damages
The attorneys who beat the NCAA in the Supreme Court have filed a new class-action antitrust lawsuit against the association and the five wealthiest college sports conferences that seeks millions of dollars in damages for thousands of athletes. The...
'Born alive' abortion bill OK'd in Kansas, sent to governor
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Doctors accused of not providing enough care to infants born during abortion procedures in Kansas could face lawsuits and criminal charges under a bill that won final passage Tuesday in the state's Republican-controlled Legislatur...
Transgender bathroom bill approved in Kansas; veto expected
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas bill that would bar transgender people from using public bathrooms or changing their name or gender on their driver's license cleared the GOP-controlled Legislature on Tuesday by margins suggesting backers could o...
Pair charged with throwing away ashes of stillborn infant
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Police have charged two former employees of a suburban Atlanta hospital laundry with stealing an urn containing the ashes of a stillborn infant and then throwing away the ashes. Marietta Police last week arrested a married couple...
Relief, but some mixed feelings, as Finland joins NATO
HELSINKI (AP) — The selling points of the charming bed-and-breakfast are its century-old buildings, its spacious rooms and its proximity to Russia, a short cross-country ski trip to the east. For Russians, it was place to stay when they came to b...
Trump's surrender at courthouse creates New York spectacle
NEW YORK (AP) — A small park built on a site that was once a swampy, sewage-filled pond was ground zero for the frenzy surrounding former President Donald Trump's surrender Tuesday at a courthouse in Lower Manhattan. Hundreds of onlookers, p...
US is providing Ukraine with $2.6 billion in military aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will send Ukraine about $500 million in ammunition and equipment and spend more than $2 billion to buy an array of munitions, radar and new weapons to help Kyiv counter drones in the coming months, the Pentagon said T...
New IRS leader promises faster, easier tax filing process
WASHINGTON (AP) — New IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel delivered a tax-season pledge Tuesday that the agency will use an $80 billion infusion of cash to become faster, more tech-savvy and provide "real-world improvements" to taxpayers. Werfel, as he w...
Eyedrops maker couldn't ensure factory was sterile, FDA says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The manufacturer of eyedrops recently linked to deaths and injuries lacked measures to assure sterility at its factory in India, according to U.S. health inspectors. Food and Drug Administration officials uncovered about a dozen pro...
