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Alva Church of God Alva Church of God is located at 517 9th St. in Alva. Sheryl White is our pastor. Sunday: On Easter Sunday there will be special times for services. At 8:30 a.m. there wil be a brunch with a Resurrection Easter Egg Hunt to follow....

One church I served had a Children’s Day Out program. On Wednesday mornings we had chapel in the sanctuary. Each week I would bring a small box, about the size of a shoe box, wrapped in elegant gold paper, filled with something to help me tell a...

For the past several decades, video technology has developed into some very powerful tools that influence us all. Graphics and picture quality have improved dramatically to make things in the film and gaming industry, which are totally impossible,...

Team Standings Knights of Columbus – 75 wins, 53 losses O'Bar – 72 ½ wins, 55 ½ losses Dilly Dilly – 70 wins, 58 losses Holy Bowlers – 57 ½ wins, 58 ½ losses Rollin GoodTimes – 61 wins, 67 losses Marshall's Oldtimers – 58 ½ wins, 69...

WICHITA, Kan. – The Northwestern Oklahoma State Women's Track & Field team completed their two day meet in Wichita, Kansas this past weekend hosted by Friends University. Ranger Valerie Nzeakor reached a milestone for the Rangers as a 5.85 meter lo...

I detest politicians. I mean most of them are slimy and honestly, not very good people. I admire leaders. Politicians will lie to you and trick you and tell you whatever they think you want to hear, right? I mean they kinda suck as human beings. Lead...

Art, music and refreshments are waiting for visitors to the First Friday Art Walk in downtown Alva tonight. The Graceful Arts Gallery is featuring an exhibit titled Post Modern Eclectic with two artists who plan to attend. Valerie Blackburn is...

Alva Mayor Kelly Parker will continue in that office for his third four-year term. In a close race, he defeated Ward 2 Councilmember Taylor Dowling with a 53.30 percent margin. Dowling will continue to serve on the council with two years remaining... Full story

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The conviction and death sentence for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip should be thrown out and a new trial ordered, the state's new attorney general said Thursday, as support has grown even among death penalty...

CARNEY, Okla. (AP) — A magnitude 4.0 earthquake was among a series of six tremors that struck central Oklahoma on Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. No injuries or serious damage were reported following the quakes that also...

As fossil fuel emissions continue warming Earth's atmosphere, the Biden administration is turning to hydrogen as an energy source for vehicles, manufacturing and generating electricity. It's offering $8 billion to entice the nation's industries,...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Republicans removed the state's only nonbinary legislator from House committees after the lawmaker provided refuge to a transgender rights activist. In Florida, two Democratic leaders were arrested for participating...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Schools and colleges across the U.S. would be forbidden from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes under a proposal released Thursday by the Biden administration, but teams could create some limits in certain cases ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers approved a bill Thursday aimed at helping parents opt their children out of public school lessons with LGBTQ-themed materials, as a Democratic lawmaker whose vote was crucial to banning transgender female...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Three men were charged Thursday with attempted capital murder after a shootout with Kansas City, Kansas, police officers during an attempted undercover drug buy, officials said. Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police have arrested two men who posted a video on social media showing one eating pickled ginger with his chopsticks directly from a communal container at a famous beef bowl restaurant chain, part of a series of pranks that...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In an extraordinary act of political retaliation, Tennessee Republicans on Thursday expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control in the aftermath of a...

PHOENIX (AP) — A Native American tribe in Arizona reached a deal Thursday with the U.S. government not to use some of its Colorado River water rights in return for $150 million and funding for a pipeline project. The $233 million pact with the...