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 g...

The school year is wrapped up and in the books. Graduation has come and passed. Spring has sprung. Cool weather is on its way out. It is the end of a school year, the end of a season, the end of life as it has been for a long time. And yet, even thou...

It never seems to fail doesn’t it? When we are weak and down in our own spirit, here comes Satan, with what we feel is the biggest temptation of our lives. And because we are so weak, a lot of the times, we give in to our desires and fall victim t...

This is the time of year that I do a lot of recollecting. I remember family members who have come and gone before me. Today I have been thinking about my Granddad Little. I never got to know him much. He died when I was eight, and he was in bad...

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Northwestern Oklahoma State University officials have announced a new microcredential to increase training for corrections officers within the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) system. This microcredential consisting of two criminal justice...

The Woods County Excise Board met Wednesday morning with members Joe Shirley, Chris Olson and Bob Seivert present. County Clerk Shelley Reed was also present. Board members approved the minutes of the regular excise board meeting on April 19 and the...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Legislature on Thursday overrode Gov. Kevin Stitt's veto of a bill that would allow students to wear Native American regalia during high school and college graduations. The state House and Senate easily cleared t...

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BERLIN (AP) — A man died on Thursday after an accident involving an old-fashioned jump-on, jump-off elevator in Berlin, authorities in the German capital said. The accident happened in a building in a central district, the fire service said, and 3...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Oath Keepers extremist group founder Stewart Rhodes was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for orchestrating a weekslong plot that culminated in his followers attacking the U.S. Capitol in a bid to keep President Joe Biden o...

Two clashing climatic behemoths, one natural and one with human fingerprints, will square off this summer to determine how quiet or chaotic the Atlantic hurricane season will be. An El Nino is brewing and the natural weather event dramatically...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A longtime friend of convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh admitted Thursday he helped his old college roommate steal more than $4 million meant for a wrongful death settlement after Murdaugh's housekeeper died in a fall. Cory F...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the Russian private military contractor Wagner claimed Thursday that his forces have started pulling out of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and handing over control to the Russian military, days after he said Wagner t...

KUESNACHT, Switzerland (AP) — In her adoptive country, Tina Turner was more than just a swivel-hipped rock, R&B and pop superstar. She unapologetically moved to Switzerland for its discretion and calm, carrying her very public persona into a very p...

AVON, Conn. (AP) — A hungry black bear barged into the garage of a Connecticut bakery, scared several employees and helped itself to 60 cupcakes before ambling away. Workers at Taste by Spellbound in the town of Avon were loading cakes into a van for...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said a deal to resolve the government's debt ceiling crisis seemed "very close" late Friday, even as the deadline for a potentially catastrophic default was pushed back to June 5 and seemed likely to drag n...