After a woman filed a protective order against him, a Wakita man was apparently able to convince her to give him another chance. Unfortunately for him, the protective order was still in effect and being around the woman was a violation. According to...

Real Estate Transfers Book 827 page 912: Ruby L. Barney, a single woman, and Gary C. Barney, a single man, and Darrell E. Barney and Susan Barney, husband and wife, parties of the first part, convey unto Gary C. Barney, party of the second part: S/2...

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 6:35 a.m. Controlled burn on State Highway 58. 7:08 a.m. Report of cattle out on County Road 630. 8:33 a.m. Deputy had a traffic stop on State Highway 45. 9:08 a.m. Report of cattle out on State Highway 38 and Ellis Road. 9:22 a....

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 143 page 288: Linda R. Hartley and Rae Lynn Hartley convey unto Linda R. Hartley Trust: southwest quarter of section 17, township 31 south, range 13 West 6th PM. Warranty deed. Book 143 page 297: RPE LLC, grantor, conveys...

Criminal Filings Slyvana Lynn Kaup has been charged with use/possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia into human body. Steven Allan King has been charged with two counts of giving a worthless check; value less than $1,000. Limited Civil Capit...

April 30, 2018 Deputy Woods responded to the city park in Hardtner for a harassment report. Medicine Lodge ambulance responded to Fairview Road. No transport. Deputy Woods also responded. Deputy Miller investigates an open door at Bryan's in Kiowa....

The vo-ag teacher and advisor, Rochelle Blakely, and elementary maintenance employee Todd Swafford notified the Cherokee School Board that they will quit at the end of the school year. Blakely said she had accepted a similar position at the Bristow...

First to speak on the public agenda at Kiowa's City Council Monday night was William Wilburn. He stood and said to council, “I am not a sex offender.” Wilburn said he's had numerous false accusations against him, including on social media. He sai...

The Alva robotics team has begun planning for the 2018 BEST Robotics Competition. An informational meeting about the 2018 team will be held at 9 a.m. on May 12 at the Alva Public Library. This meeting is open to any middle school or high school...

Knowledge Matters and Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) announced the winners of the FCCLA/Knowledge Matters Virtual Business Challenge Personal Finance (VBC) competition. Teams of FCCLA members across the country using the...

DENVER (AP) — Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock begged state lawmakers to pass legislation making it easier to confiscate firearms from someone considered a danger to themselves or others. People, he said, like the man who shot and killed a y...

MEADOW LAKE, Saskatchewan (AP) — A young man who killed four people and injured seven others in shootings at a school and a home in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison, with no chance at parole for 10 years....

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — More than a week after a locker room assault was captured on camera, four Alabama high school football players are charged and the school district faces a $12 million demand. News outlets cite a Monday statement from Mobile p...

MAIZE, Kan. (AP) — A suburban Wichita high school teacher has been arrested on suspicion of sex crimes involving a student. The Wichita Eagle reports that the teacher was booked Monday into the Sedgwick County Jail on suspicion of two counts of u...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Currently, there are three important issues on which there is scientific consensus but controversy among laypeople:...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) One out of 10 babies is born prematurely in the United States. These babies typically are cared for in neonatal...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration threatened Tuesday to cut aid to South Sudan unless the country's civil war ends and peace is restored. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the U.S. will begin reviewing its assistance t...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Republicans are pinning their hopes for keeping hold of the governor's office in New Mexico on a mild-mannered congressman who helped Donald Trump win his district along the U.S. border with Mexico. Trump still lost the statewid...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's nuclear deal with world powers faces its biggest diplomatic challenge yet as President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from the accord. What is the atomic agreement and why does it face c...

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he will pull the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal, a 2015 agreement that capped over a decade of hostility between Tehran and the West over its atomic program. Here's a timeline of major events over...

NASCAR driver Kyle Busch is alive and well, despite a report online claiming he killed himself. The story from Sports Analog, which bills itself as offering "sports updates worldwide," isn't true, Busch spokesman Bill Janitz told The Associated...