Articles from the April 17, 2024 edition
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Alfalfa County real estate transactions
Real Estate Transfers Book 898, page 511: Gauamrit LLC conveys unto Kadamaba2. A tract of land in the southeast quarter of Section 21, Township 24 north, Range 10 WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Warranty deed. Book 898, page 582: Shane Gilbert...
Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office logs
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 During this day were two traffic stops. 5:13 a.m. – Medic needed for a lift assist in Goltry. 7:51 a.m. – Report of a residential alarm going off on Harper Road. All was okay. 2:42 p.m. – Report of a disturbance in the 1300...
CHARLES THOMAS CLARK
Charles Thomas Clark was born on April 11, 1930, in Byron, Oklahoma, the son of Ralph and Nina Clark. He passed peacefully from this life on April 8, 2024, just a few days shy of his 94th birthday. To...
GARY NEAL BRADT
Family visitation will be held at Wharton Funeral Chapel on Friday, April 19, 2024, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 1 p.m. at the Freedom High School...
NANCY L. HADA
Nancy L. Hada, 83, of Cherokee passed away Thursday, April 11, 2024. No services are planned at this time. Arrangements are by Wharton Funeral Chapel, Alva....
By Appreciating the results of the next generation 911 law
Last week marked the tenth week of session, and much of the week was focused on committee work as we crossed the deadline to advance House bills to the Senate floor. We’re also still working to reach a budget agreement for Fiscal Year 2025. With h...
'Fast and furious' two weeks for Senate to consider 230 House bills
The deadline week for bills to make it out of committee is over. The next two weeks will be fast and furious. We have over 230 House bills to consider on the Senate floor, and I am sure there will be...
Solving the mystery of missing emails
Email is both efficient and frustrating. More and more, we rely on email at the newspaper office to send and receive information in advertising and news. Last week, our email host stopped working for...
The complicated budget process often gets contentious
It's the time of year when much of the focus in the Legislature turns to the state budget process. It's the one constitutional duty we have each year – to pass a balanced budget. As it does most y...
Schubert-Akin finishes 30th consecutive Boston Marathon
The weather was ideal for the running of the 128th Boston Marathon. At age 66, Jennifer Schubert-Akin (sister of this reporter) finished the 26.2-mile race. Afterward, the always-determined runner...
Two board members sworn in at Freedom school board meeting Monday
Two board members – one new, one returning – were sworn in at the Freedom Board of Education meeting this Monday. New board member Frank Biery (Seat 3) and returning member Robert Babcock (Seat 4) read their oaths aloud at the start of the reg...
Equalization board approves three of four Freeport Exemption requests
The Woods County Equalization Board met Tuesday morning to consider four requests for Freeport Exemptions. Oklahoma Freeport Exemptions are available for inventories held for less than nine months. They are calculated using purchases for Oklahoma inv...
Alfalfa County commissioners sign to change 911 board meeting time
Mike Roach, one of the Alfalfa County commissioners, was absent from their meeting on Monday, but Garret Johnson and Nate Ross were there and heard from Cherokee city manager Chad Roach, who was on hand to ask for help cleaning up a burned-down house...
Kiowa City Council hears about solar panel power, tree board not planting in drought
New City of Kiowa Administrator Ty Piper sat at the table for his first city council meeting at the April 8 gathering after starting his new role April 1. Councilmember Tom Wells has missed numerous council meetings due to an accident/fall he took...
Paralyzed: Friends of Michael Gorden plan pizza fundraiser at Yur Place April 28
“It's such a blow. He's just 40 years old and paralyzed from the chest down,” Hardtner, Kansas man David “Flash” Gorden said of his son Michael. The father and son have worked side-by-side in David's business, Gorden Guttering and Siding. Nearly...
Three Enid residents have been charged in double homicide at Freedom
Felony charges have been filed in Woods County against three individuals in the April 11 double homicide at Freedom. Christopher Isaiah Cesar Padilla, age 23; Elijah Isaiah Mann, age 20; and Catelynne Olivia Gorre, age 17, all of Enid, each have been...
Kansas' higher ed board adopts an anti-DEI policy after pressure from GOP legislators
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State universities in Kansas are banned from requiring prospective students, potential hires and staffers seeking promotion to disclose their views on diversity initiatives under a policy change approved Wednesday by the state's h...
A vehicle backfiring startled a circus elephant into a Montana street. She still performed Tuesday
The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte, Montana, leading the pachyderm to break through a fence and take a brief walk, stopping noontime traffic on the city's busiest street before...
How many ballerinas can dance on tiptoes in one place? A world record 353 at New York's Plaza Hotel
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of young dancers in white tutus and tightly coiffed hair gathered in New York's Plaza Hotel on Wednesday to break the world record for dancing on pointe in one place. The spectacle was organized by Youth America Grand P...
Communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without alerts amid Maui fire
HONOLULU (AP) — As wildfires ripped across Maui last August, the head of the emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island amid the unfolding crisis, while a broad communications breakdown left authorities in the dark a...
House's Ukraine, Israel aid package gains Biden's support as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday he strongly supports a proposal from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending crucial bipartisan support to the effort this week to approve $95 b...
Boeing put under Senate scrutiny during back-to-back hearings on aircraft maker's safety culture
An engineer at Boeing said Wednesday that the aircraft company, in rushing to produce as many planes as possible, is taking manufacturing shortcuts that could lead to jetliners breaking apart. "They are putting out defective airplanes," the...
