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Menu for Woods County Senior Citizens Monday – Tamale pie, Spanish rice, refried beans, tossed salad with dressing, peaches (diabetic: no-sugar-added peaches) Tuesday – Chicken and noodles, Harvard beets, Brussels sprouts, garlic bread, cho...

Grow and Share OHCE group met on Tuesday, June 9, at 6:30 p.m., at the home of Janet Cunningham. The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. and all present recited the flag salute. Twelve members present answered roll call to, “What is your favorit...

Budgets and the possible hiring of a city business manager will highlight the agenda of the Alva City Council meeting Monday. The council will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall. After voting on approval of the consent agenda,...

With a new executive director hired, the Woods County Economic Development Committee (WCEDC) discussed formulating new goals and objectives. The quarterly meeting was held Wednesday, June 10, at Northwest Technology Center in Alva. Chairman Allan...

It has become routine for oil and gas companies to appeal and protest their annual assessed property values in Woods County. Thursday morning, June 11, The Woods County Equalization Board met to hear one of those appeals from DCP Operating Company...

Following adjournment of the Woods County Equalization Board meeting Thursday, the Woods County Excise Board meeting began at 9:12 a.m. Board members present were Chairman Bob Seivert, Joe Shirley and Chris Olson. Also attending were County Clerk...

Hillary Hurst and Rafaela Avila were selected by faculty members of the psychology department to receive the Psychology Students of the Year Award. This award is given to two outstanding students majoring in psychology. The criteria for selection inc...

Thursday, June 5, 2020 8 a.m. – Report of a lift assist in the 800 block of 3rd Street. 9:42 a.m. – Residential burglary alarm went off in the 800 block of Logan Street. 11:39 a.m. – Report of a controlled burn. 3:58 p.m. – Report of a reckles...

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...

Frances Kathleen Nickel, Alva, vs. Lynn Eldon Nickel, Alva: dissolution of marriage ($262.14)....

Real Estate Transfers Book 1305 page 611: Jimmy L. and Melba J. Richey Revocable Trust convey unto Ryan Webster and Jenny Webster. Lot 2 and 3, block 1, City of Alva, Legion Heights 2nd. Warranty deed. Book 1305 page 632: Ryne A. Wilson and Shannon...

DALLAS (AP) — Timing favored the NFL over other major pro sports leagues in trying to figure out how to keep the coronavirus pandemic from wrecking the 2020 season. America's most popular sport has another big advantage if the games are played: TV mo...

MIAMI (AP) — A late caution flag gave Harrison Burton new life, and he took advantage. Burton took the inside line on the way to the lead in the final lap, and held on to win the Xfinity Series race Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway — denying, amo...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Max Butcher and his buddies felt as if they had front-row seats at Colonial, even in the bushes with no spectators allowed on the course. The group of five recent graduates from nearby TCU stood in a small gap between a r...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — As New Mexico's oil and gas industry struggles with lower prices and slowing production brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, some members of Congress and state officials are urging the U.S. Interior Department to allow o...

CHANUTE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say two people have been killed in a motorcycle crash in southeast Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports that it happened around 12:30 a.m. Saturday when the motorcycle went off a road just west of Chanute, c...

HAYSVILLE, Kan. (AP) — Volunteers have found a woman's body alongside railroad tracks in a field south of Wichita while searching for a 23-year-old who went missing two weeks ago. The Wichita Eagle reports that the discovery was made Saturday near H...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Census organizers in Kansas plan to ramp up efforts to get people counted, particularly in southwestern counties where response rates are low. Morton, Stanton, Haskell and Lane counties are showing that 15% to 30% of residents h...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — There are 225 new coronavirus cases in Oklahoma but no additional deaths due to COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reported Saturday. There have been at least 8,073 confirmed cases...

WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (AP) — Dozens of residents of a small Oklahoma City were temporarily evacuated early Saturday after a train derailed and spilled a hazardous chemical, officials said. The train went off the tracks at around 2 a.m. in Wynnewood, a c...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A proposal to allow the first black bear hunt in modern Missouri history is drawing strong interest, particularly from opponents. The Missouri Department of Conservation asked for public response to a plan for a limited bla...