Alva Church of God Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. Alva Church of God is located at 517 Ninth St. in Alva, and can be found on the web at www.AlvaChurchOfGod.org. Alva Friends Church Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m.;...

Ephesians 4:29, New International Version (NIV): Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. “Sticks and stones may break m...

There are two types of people (I was originally going to say, “two types of senior citizens,” but that seems like ageism). One kind tells you the same story over and over and simply doesn’t know they’re doing it. The other tells you the same story o...

The First Friday Artwalk will be held in downtown Alva tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. At the Graceful Arts Gallery on the south side of the square, visitors may view the Art of the West exhibit featuring Larry Case, Earl Kuhn, Calvin Graybill, Gene...

Oklahoma Garden Club Inc. (OGC) members from across the state will convene in Alva this Friday and Saturday (May 4-5) at the Runnymede for the 89th Annual State Garden Club Convention. Registration will begin at 2 p.m. Friday, where attendees can...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Following a district championship last week with a two-game sweep of Hennessey, the Alva Goldbugs learned their fate for the Regional round when the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association released the regional b...

ENID, Okla. – A total of 14 Alva High School track and field athletes turned a well-rounded regional meet on Saturday at Chisholm into state qualifiers. The Goldbugs finished the regional in fourth place, while the Ladybugs were in a tie for f...

Dale High School is turning its girls’ basketball program over to one of Northwest Oklahoma’s top coaches. Eric Smith will be the Pirates’ new coach after spending the past three years at Class A Frontier. “It’s a chance for me to get closer to...

ALVA, Okla. – If success is measured in depth of talent, the Northwestern Oklahoma State University rodeo teams have it. Through the rigors of the 2017-18 Central Plains Region season, both Rangers teams finished second overall and have earned the r...

BENTONVILLE, ARK. – The East Central University softball team fell 9-6 to No. 7 Southern Arkansas in its first Great American Conference Championship tournament game of 2018 at Tiger Athletic Complex. Photo Gallery The Tigers (23-29-1) were led by ju...

GUYMON, Okla. – Southeastern's women picked up their fourth event title this season en route to securing a second-straight Central Plains Regional Championship, while the men earned a fifth-place regional finish. Shelby Whiting kicked off SE's e...

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas Tech baseball begins postseason play in Enid, Okla. on Saturday, against Southern Arkansas in the opening round of the 2018 Great American Conference Baseball Championships. Game time is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. GAME SCEN...

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Henderson State's Sydney Bonner held Southern Nazarene to just three hits on Wednesday night, but the Reddies' bats could muster just one in their own right, as the Crimson Storm won a pitcher's duel 2-1 in the opening round of th...

BENTONVILLE, Ark. – The Ouachita softball team lost 10-2 to Arkansas Tech in the first round of the Great American Conference Tournament. Ouachita (25-28) is still alive in the double elimination tournament, but they have a long road ahead of t...

BENTONVILLE, Ark. – The top-seeded Lady Mulerider softball team opened up play with the No. 8-seed East Central at the GAC Tournament Championships on Wednesday and secured the win over the Lady Tigers in a 9-6 final decision. TEAM RECORDS (#7) S...

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico teenagers joined with students from across the U.S. in a school walkout to support gun ownership. Students from schools in Carlsbad, Albuquerque and Santa Fe participated in the movement Wednesday called "Stand for t...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former suburban Kansas City teacher and swim coach has been charged with sex crime with seven youths. The U.S. attorney's office says the nine-count indictment was unsealed Wednesday after 53-year-old James Russell Green, o...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man told investigators he splashed a corrosive chemical on two luxury cars because they reminded him of the vehicles driven by people who bullied him in college. Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies arrested 3...