Articles from the February 24, 2023 edition
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Religious services and events
Alva Church of God with Pastor Sheryl White Sunday: At 9:30 a.m. Sunday school will meet, with morning worship starting at 10:30. In the evening, the youth group will meet at 5 p.m. This is for students in grades 6-12. At 6:30 p.m. Children's...
By Shadows
On one sunny afternoon, a little boy was outside playing. As the sun started to set, the little boy noticed how the shadows started to become longer. How the tree would cast a large shadow covering over the flowers. Also the houses had their own...
The prayer warrior
We all have both good things and bad things that happen in our lives. Sometimes the bad things seem to come a little more often, and in sequences of two or three happenings at a time. It could be as severe as losing our job or a loved one, or it...
Ramblings of a Redneck Farmer Our area is ripe for a revival
Sometimes I feel the need to get up on a soapbox and rant. Today, I feel the need to get up behind my virtual pulpit and tell my friends some things. Deb and I and several other people attended prayer meetings at the Christian Church in Laverne Wedne...
Latest hacking techniques
Note: Arden submitted this article, the work of chatgpt. Is AI the future of journalism? We hope not! One of the latest techniques used by hackers is called "fileless malware." This type of malware...
Random Thoughts
By all accounts, Winnie Simms was really nice, sweet, down-to-earth, and well-liked by everyone who knew her. She was born Winnie Lee Honea in Lincoln County, Tennessee, on March 30, 1925. While in...
Tuesday night bowling standings, week of Feb. 21
Team Standings Knights of Columbus – 63 wins, 41 losses O'Bar – 61 ½ wins, 42 ½ losses Dilly Dilly – 55 wins, 49 losses Holy Bowlers – 45 wins, 47 losses Rollin GoodTimes – 50 ½ wins, 53 ½ losses Livin' on a Spare – 48 wins, 56 losses Marshall...
Northwestern's win streak snapped Saturday
SEARCY, Ark. – Northwestern Oklahoma State Women's basketball dropped their Saturday afternoon game against the Bisons following a 64-50 loss. Harding used a run with the game at 40-37 to open a 48-37 lead before growing it to 21 in the 4th q...
Rangers drop two to No.1 Rogers State
CLAREMORE, Okla. – Lady Rangers fell to Lady Hillcats during their Tuesday doubleheader on the road. The first game was won all in the first inning, with a 7-run first inning creating a seven run lead made by Rogers State. RSU currently stands No. 1...
Rodeo: Trimble makes a big move at KSU
ALVA, Okla. – In just a few days in mid-February, Northwestern Oklahoma State University senior Jaden Trimble went from nowhere to somewhere in the Central Plains Region’s heading standings. That’s how fast things can change when fortune is on one’s...
26th Annual Ranger Football Golf Tournament announced
ALVA, Okla. – The 2023 Ranger Football Golf Tournament has been set, Northwestern Oklahoma State University head football coach Ronnie Jones has announced. The 26th annual NWOSU Football Golf Tournament & Auction will occur on June 2–3 at the Alv...
Harding edges out the win over the Rangers
SEARCY, Ark. – Harding edged out the Rangers 79-74 Saturday afternoon to split the season series against the Rangers. Northwestern tied the game at 70-70 on a Brian Free three pointer before Harding closed the game on a 9-4 run. Malik Parsons led t...
Rangers hit six home runs in win over the Hornets
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State closed out a 6-3 victory over Emporia State Tuesday afternoon behind six solo home runs including two from Harley Shaffer. Rangers hit three in the third inning to take a 4-1 lead that Northwestern held t...
Q&A: Oklahoma attorney general's quick start includes marijuana enforcement and spending investigations
New Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond hasn’t wasted any time in his first month in office. Drummond, an attorney and banker from Tulsa, has taken over from local district attorneys several pending investigations of state spending. Among t...
Northwestern vocal music program to present Masterwork Concert
The Northwestern Oklahoma State University vocal music program will present its Masterwork Concert at 7 p.m. on Feb. 28 at the First Baptist Church located at 714 College Ave. in Alva. Dr. Karsten Longhurst, director of choral studies and assistant...
Ford hired as Alva city business manager
Alva has been without a city business manager for about eight months since Angelica Brady resigned effective June 1, 2022. After searches, interviews and contract talks, Monday night the Alva City... Full story
March Madness 2023: Everything you need to know
March Madness is coming up fast. Here is what to know along with some key games to watch and who's on the bubble ahead of Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament: KEY DATES The basketball calendar is getting crowded. Up first are the conference...
Oklahoma State tops No. 20 Iowa State
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Anna Gret Asi capped Oklahoma State's best 3-point shooting night of the season with a clutch, tightly contested shot in the final minute and the Cowgirls topped No. 20 Iowa State 73-68 on Wednesday night in a showdown for t...
Kansas lawmakers advance bills pushing back on trans rights
TOPEKA, Kan. -- (AP) — Republican proposals pushing back on transgender rights advanced Thursday in the GOP-controlled Kansas Legislature. The measure most likely to ultimately become law this year would ban transgender athletes from girls and w...
Conspiracies fuel GOP switch on Kansas' ballot grace period
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' GOP-controlled Legislature showed Thursday that it's likely to pass a bill eliminating the three extra days state voters get to return mail-in ballots after an election, highlighting the influence election conspiracy t...
Alva City Council plans for next year's budget
City of Alva planning for next year’s budget begins about seven months into the current fiscal year. At Tuesday’s city council meeting, Mayor Kelly Parker presented a spread sheet of dates and deadlines for the process. He said Steve Ford, who was... Full story
Police: 'Random' shootings leave woman, child, reporter dead
A man riding in a car with his cousin shot and killed another passenger then returned to the same neighborhood near Orlando hours later and shot four more people, killing a journalist covering the original shooting and a 9-year-old girl, Florida...
Harvey Weinstein gets 16 more years for rape, sexual assault
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge on Thursday sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 16 more years in prison after a jury convicted him of the rape and sexual assault of an Italian actor and model, furthering the fall of the onetime movie magnate who bec...
Train crew had little warning before Ohio wreck, probe finds
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The crew operating a freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, didn't get much warning before dozens of cars went off the tracks, and there is no indication that crew members did anything wrong, federal i...
R. Kelly avoids lengthy add-on to 30-year prison sentence
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday rejected a call from prosecutors to keep R. Kelly behind bars until he is 100, instead telling the Grammy Award-winning R&B singer he would serve all but one of his 20 years on child sex convictions s...
