Menu for Woods County Senior Citizens Monday – Goulash with corn, cauliflower, green and wax beans, banana pudding (diabetic: sugar-free pudding) Tuesday – Honey butter chicken over rice, broccoli, yellow squash, hot roll, peaches (diabetic: no-...

The Patchwork Friends OHCE group met for their regular meeting at the home of Barbara Cue on March 12. Joanne Prewett called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. and Janice Litton led the group in the flag salute. Cue introduced her guest, her sister-in-la...

There are several pieces of good news about face masks. Some of you may remember when everyone had a mask in the windy dusty days before cars were invented. Bandanas were big enough to easily fasten in a way that dust could be filtered from your...

ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University director of athletics Brad Franz has announced Alex Piekarski will take over as the new head coach of the Rangers women's soccer program. Piekarski takes the helm as the sixth head coach, as he s...

Friday, April 3, 2020 8:02 a.m. – Report of a guard rail hit on US-81. 5:11 p.m. – Report of someone burning in their backyard. Saturday, April 4, 2020 4:19 a.m. – Report of a single vehicle rollover accident from Woodward County. 1:09 p.m. – Rep...

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 1302 page 263: Edward J. Short and Sheila Short Revocable Trust, unto David Selby. Lot 6, block 3, City of Alva. Warranty deed. Book 1302 page 286: Citimortgage, Inc, unto Housing and Urban Development. Lot 6, block 5,...

TORONTO (AP) — Colby Cave, an excellent teammate whose lone goal for the Edmonton Oilers this season came on an "awesome" rush down the ice, died Saturday after a brain bleed this week. He was 25. The NHL club did not say what caused the bleed. C...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jeff Attinella is unique in that he's the only MLS goalkeeper who can also say he's a children's book author, a side job that has helped earn him the nickname "Dadtinella" from the Portland Timbers faithful. He's already written...

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A beef plant in northern Colorado where dozens of employees have tested positive for COVID-19 will be shut down through Tuesday for deep cleaning and to screen additional workers. Andre Nogueira, JBS USA's CEO, said in a s...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police arrested on Friday evening a Kansas man wanted on capital murder charges in the shooting deaths of his girlfriend and her 8-year-old daughter. Daniel Lopez, 25, was arrested without incident at a residence in Wichita a...

LENEXA, Kan. (AP) — Kelsey Erickson had spent nearly a decade working in the mucky world of international anti-doping when she heard that USA Cycling was looking for someone to build and administer a wellness program for riders at all levels. She j...

COVID-19 is a virus identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China in 2019 and has since spread globally into a pandemic. Symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, and shortness of...

BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — An attorney for Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly told the state Supreme Court on Saturday that a Republican-dominated legislative panel exceeded its authority when it overturned the Democratic governor's executive order banning r...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans welcomed a new resident, a baby giraffe named Hope. Sue Ellen, a middle-aged giraffe at the Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center, gave birth Monday, according to a Friday n...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The only U.S. Senate seat up for grabs in Oklahoma drew a crowded field of challengers as the state's three-day filing period for political office ended Friday. Four Democrats, three Republicans, two independents and a L...

Low-income residents who are sheltering in place will get more money to stay comfortable as temperatures transition to summer heat. The Trump administration released $37 million in home energy assistance funding that was replenished after being...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For several months, President Donald Trump and his officials have cast a fog of promises meant to reassure a country in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump and his team haven't delivered on critical ones. They talk n...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A fundraising run for Alaska's oldest original lighthouse will use technology to allow participants to raise money while social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak. The Run 4 the Rock Foghorn Race in Juneau will allow p...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Ivy Tech culinary students who lost training opportunities as schools and restaurants closed amid the coronavirus pandemic have turned to helping a food rescue organization cook and prepare meals from food donated by s...

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