Articles from the June 23, 2023 edition
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Religious services and events
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...
By Standing strong in our faith
There are many stories in the Bible about people who stood strong in their faith in God during times of great trials. There is Noah, who built an ark, while those around him continued to live in sin. There is the prophet Elijah, who stood strong...
Holy health
I was drugged as a child. My folks drug me to church every Sunday and on Wednesday nights, too. Church attendance and religious tolerance are dwindling in this generation. Research is showing that...
Ramblings of a Redneck Farmer
Deb and I spent some of Sunday helping in Laverne after the storm went through. We cut up limbs and hauled them to the curb. I crawled up on a roof to inspect damage and inspected some other homes and businesses for damage. Can I just say, I am...
Minor League Football, part 1
Sports fans in the United States used to refer to baseball as the “national pastime” because it was the most popular sport in the country. I believe that somewhere along the line football sur...
Rangers battle through CNFR
ALVA, Okla. – Denton Oestmann and Kaden Greenfield feel a bit of a sting, a bit of a loss. Their final days as intercollegiate athletes came to an end without the fanfare both had envisioned at t...
Avard Regional Rail Park Authority holds first meeting without member Ed Sutter
The noticeable absence of one of its own was in the air at this month's Avard Regional Rail Park Authority meeting. Stan Bixler, Allan Poe and Todd Holder (joined by County Clerk Shelley Reed and WCEDC Executive Director Jeremy Zeller) took a moment... Full story
Excise board approves temporary appropriations for schools, county
The Woods County Excise and Equalization Board held meetings on Wednesday, June 21, at the county courthouse in Alva. Chairman Joe Shirley opened the meeting with board members Chris Olson and Bob Seivert present. Also present were Assessor Renetta... Full story
Thousands of residents in Oklahoma and Louisiana remain without power following weekend storms
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Thousands of residents in Oklahoma and Louisiana remained without electricity Wednesday as work crews continued to repair power lines damaged by weekend storms. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, less than 92,000 customers remained without p...
Spirit Aerosystems, major airlines supplier, suspends plant operations after labor contract rejected
Spirit Aerosystems, a major supplier to the world's largest aircraft manufacturers, is suspending operations at a critical Kansas plant after union workers there rejected a proposed four-year contract and authorized a strike. Approximately 6,000 memb...
Group promoting plant-based eating wants a new name for Macon Bacon baseball team
MACON, Ga. (AP) — A doctors' group that promotes plant-based eating and animal rights is makin' a fuss over the Macon Bacon baseball team. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has sent a letter urging the Georgia summer collegiate team t...
House Republicans push off Biden impeachment bid for now as hard-right clamors for action
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to impeach President Joe Biden, hard-right House Republicans forced a vote Thursday that sent the matter to congressional committees in a clear demonstration of the challenge that Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces in controlling t...
Pop star Kesha and producer Dr. Luke settle longstanding legal battle over rape, defamation claims
NEW YORK (AP) — Pop star Kesha and producer Dr. Luke have settled nearly a decade of suits and countersuits over her accusation that he drugged and raped her and his claim that she made it up and defamed him, they announced Thursday, with the s...
The pilot and 4 passengers of the Titan submersible are dead, US Coast Guard says
The U.S. Coast Guard says a missing submersible imploded near the wreckage of the Titanic, killing all five people on board. Coast Guard officials said during a news conference Thursday that they've notified the families of the crew of the Titan,... Full story
Rep. George Santos' aunt and dad signed his bail bond to keep him out of jail while awaiting trial
NEW YORK (AP) — The two people who bailed Rep. George Santos out of federal custody have been revealed to be his father and his aunt, a detail the Republican fought to keep secret as he faces criminal charges and swirling questions about his finances... Full story
Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in Colorado River water rights case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled against the Navajo Nation on Thursday in a dispute involving water from the drought-stricken Colorado River. States that draw water from the river — Arizona, Nevada and Colorado — and water districts in Ca...
Writer's lawyers say Trump is wrong about $5 million sex abuse-defamation jury award
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's claim that a jury sided with him when it agreed he didn't rape an advice columnist in a luxury Manhattan department store in the 1990s was an erroneous interpretation of the jury's $5 million award a...
Microsoft, regulators tangle in court over fate of $69 billion deal that could reshape video gaming
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal regulators on Thursday launched a legal attack on Microsoft's proposed $69 billion takeover of video game maker Activision Blizzard by depicting it as an anticompetitive weapon while Microsoft hailed the deal as a way t...
FDA warns stores to stop selling Elf Bar, the top disposable e-cigarette in the US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it has sent warning letters to dozens of retailers selling fruit- and candy-flavored disposable e-cigarettes, including the current best-selling brand, Elf Bar. It's the latest a...
DeSantis sues Biden administration over university accrediting system
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the state has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration and the U.S. Department of Education over accreditation agencies, which control federal aid for students. The l...
San Francisco displays the largest ever pink triangle for Pride month in a stand against pushback
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The giant canvas pink triangle that is one of the LGBTQ+ community's Pride month symbols in San Francisco is bigger than ever this year. Volunteers said they are taking a stand for their rights amid a national pushback from c...
Judge rejects transgender plaintiffs' bid to change their birth certificates in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a group of Tennessee-born transgender plaintiffs hoping to compel the state to let them change the sex designations on their birth certificates. The plaintiffs had sou...
Oklahoma death row inmate plans to reject chance for clemency despite maintaining his innocence
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A man scheduled to be executed in September for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student plans to reject his chance for a clemency hearing, saying there is little hope the state's Republican governor would s...
Orcas disrupt boat race near Spain in latest display of dangerous, puzzling behavior
A pod of killer whales bumped one of the boats in an endurance sailing race as it approached the Strait of Gibraltar, the latest encounter in what researchers say is a growing trend of sometimes-aggressive interactions with Iberian orcas. The...
