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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: Normal hours are Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. with morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Sunday evening youth meet at 5 p.m. This is for youth sixth gr...

It’s only April and I’m already thinking about Christmas! Can’t wait until it gets here! The anticipation, the excitement, the decorating (my wife does most of that, lol!!!), the lights, the gifts under the tree. It’s so hard to have...

This article is going to surprise a lot of people. I’m not sure I even believe it myself, but I sure have some issues with what the Texas legislature is trying to do. Let’s make sure the record is clear. I will shout from the mountain tops that...

The Northwest Oklahoma Genealogy Society (NWOGS) met at the Alva Public Library on March 11 at 11 a.m. for their March meeting. There was plenty of discussion about the program, “Remembering Alva's Past.” Those in attendance did a great job in...

During their meeting Monday night, the Alva Airport Commission discussed the purchase of a commercial mower and talked about the search for a vehicle that will hold six or more people. Airport Manager Derrick Courson said he talked to Rother...

The staff at the Alva Public Library is gearing up for the Summer Reading Program, which will be held during June. Library Director Sandra Ott told the Library Board Monday that this year the formal program will not stretch past the end of June. Amy...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminals on Thursday rejected a death row inmate's claim that his father was the actual killer of a University of Oklahoma dance student in 1996. The court's decision paves the way for Anthony Sanchez,...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas residents who live near wind farms could eventually get a break from the nearly constant blinking of the red lights on wind turbines under a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Laura Kelly. Starting July 1, developers of new...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thieves may not have been counting on finding a mountain of change when they broke into a truck filled with $750,000 in dimes, but they still made off with a chunk of the cargo and left coins scattered around a Philadelphia...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts Air National Guard member was arrested Thursday in connection with the disclosure of highly classified military documents about the Ukraine war and other top national security issues, an alarming breach that has...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia has been formally arrested on charges of child neglect and failing to secure her handgun, police announced Thursday. The Newport News Police...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminals on Thursday rejected a death row inmate's claim that his father was the actual killer of a University of Oklahoma dance student in 1996. The court's decision paves the way for Anthony Sanchez,...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill on Friday that could have penalized doctors accused of not providing enough care to infants delivered alive during certain kinds of abortion procedures. In a statement on her website, Kelly,...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The push to restrict health care for transgender people has expanded beyond children, with Missouri placing new limits on gender-affirming care for both adults and minors. The restrictions highlight how rapidly states'...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The "giant pothole" that Arnold Schwarzenegger said he recently filled on a street in his Los Angeles neighborhood was actually a trench that had been dug for utility work, according to the city. Southern California Gas Co. had...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Top Republican hopefuls for the 2024 presidential race vowed Friday at the National Rifle Association's annual convention to defend the Second Amendment at all costs, suggesting that new firearms restrictions in the wake of...

DENVER (AP) — A trio of health care bills enshrining access in Colorado to abortion and gender-affirming procedures and medications became law Friday as the Democrat-led state tries to make itself a safe haven for its neighbors, whose Republican...

KNOCK, Ireland (AP) — President Joe Biden was moved to tears on Friday during a stop at a Catholic shrine when he discovered that a chaplain there had performed last rites for his late son Beau Biden. "It was incredible to see him," Biden said...