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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...

Marriage License Filings Colby Lyn Locke and Anna Eileen Mitchell, both of Cherokee, has filed for a marriage license with certificate ($5)....

June 4, 2018 Medicine Lodge ambulance transported patient from south Oak to Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital. Deputy Woods investigated a reckless driver on U.S. Highway 281 south of Medicine Lodge. Kiowa ambulance responded to south Sixth Street in...

Tuesday, June 5, 2018 8:46 a.m. Caller advised she needed help with her mother. Advised officer. Officer had one adult female in custody en route to Enid at St. Mary's Hospital. 9:37 a.m. Caller requested someone do something about the Superior...

Superintendent’s Honor Roll (4.0) 7th Grade – Emma Curry, Karleigh Decker, Riley Hensley, Kinlie Judd, Merric Judd, Hannah Wear 8th Grade – Jacob Diller, Greysan Joefer-Hensen, Ethan Jenlink, Colten Lormand, Cade Severin, Rebekah Woodall 9th Grade...

If you have a bill with the Kiowa District Hospital and pay it in full in June or July, you'll receive a 20 percent discount with their Amnesty Program. That was one of the items approved following executive session by the Kiowa District Hospital...

Eck Services, a locally owned and operated residential/commercial electrical, plumbing and HVAC contractor serving the entire South-Central Kansas area for the last 14 years, as well as offering emergency services, and RSI Corp. in Kiowa, Kansas,...

The meeting held Monday at the Alfalfa County Courthouse with the commissioners proved to be a little more colorful than usual as they were joined by members of the excise board ready to talk money. Excise board members wanted to know how the budget...

Less than 30 people sat in the audience section for the annual meeting of the Kiowa District Hospital held at the Kiowa Community Building in late May. At least half of the small crowd were hospital employees. All board members were present as Board...

The Woods County Commissioners handled simple items on their agenda Monday morning. After roll call, approval of minutes and approval of warrants and claims, they turned to approving a road crossing permit near County Road East 0120 for Williams Comp...

The Freedom School Board met Monday evening for 30 minutes. They made a quorum with three of five members present. Later, Robert Babcock arrived. One method the Freedom board has used to speed up their meetings is to include on the consent agenda...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sexual harassment is rampant in academic science, and colleges and universities that train new scientists need a system-wide culture change so women won't be bullied out of the field, a national advisory group said Tuesday. In f...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas safety panel has endorsed recommendations that favor arming school district employees who volunteer to undergo training and psychological testing. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the Arkansas School S...

NEW YORK (AP) — The drama students from Florida's Parkland school have made another surprise stage appearance in New York. This time it was at fundraiser in Central Park for the summer Shakespeare in the Park program. The benefit Monday night i...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Flinching as a gunshot whizzes past your window. Covering your ears when a police car races down your street, sirens...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The man at the center of a sex-abuse and financial crimes scandal that is tarnishing the academy which awards the Nobel Prize in Literature, was Tuesday charged with two counts of rape of a woman in 2011. Swedish p...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. and global stock markets were mixed in late-afternoon trading Tuesday, as investors reacted calmly to the outcome of a meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and turned to this week's trio o...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators on Tuesday disputed the Trump administration's claim that struggles facing the coal and nuclear industries threaten the reliability of the nation's power grid. "There is no immediate calamity or threat," the Repub...

TAMWORTH, N.H. (AP) — Beaver-flavored whiskey, anyone? A New Hampshire distillery has a new bourbon, Eau De Musc, flavored partly by the secretion from a beaver's castor sacs. Tamworth Distilling says the secretion, called castoreum, has a history o...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer prices rose 0.2 percent in May, with surging gasoline costs driving much of the increase. The Labor Department said Thursday that the consumer price index climbed 2.8 percent last month from a year earlier, putting i...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach said Monday night he has no intention of changing his sometimes brash style if he wins the GOP nomination for governor. Speaking at a Kansas Chamber of Commerce event featuring n...

SAN FRANCISCO DE SALES, Guatemala (AP) — Tourists reached out to feel the heat from the still-smoldering lava, tossed sticks to see them burst into flames or watched a guide toast marshmallows on hot rocks as they hiked on Guatemala's Pacaya v...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's largest health care provider said Tuesday it is seeking to re-enter the state's federally subsidized insurance exchange for individuals and families after a two-year absence, potentially providing consumers with inc...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A state district judge has ruled that New Mexico health officials went beyond the scope of the law when they sanctioned a licensed medical marijuana producer for displaying a marijuana plant at the 2016 State Fair. The H...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) It seems that psychedelics do more than simply alter perception. According to the latest research from my colleagues...