Articles from the June 24, 2020 edition
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Alfalfa County court filings
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...
Alfalfa County real estate transactions
Real Estate Transfers Book 857 page 416: Samuel A. May Jr., a single person, conveys unto the Town of Helena. Lots 24, 25 and 26, in block 28, in the Original Town of Helena, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 857 page 418: Jacky Lynn...
Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office logs
Monday, June 15, 2020 During this day there were five traffic stops and two reports of cattle out. 7:46 a.m. – Report advised there was a rollover accident east of DeVine. 8:04 a.m. – Caller stated there was a person driving a white Suburban wit...
Barber County Sheriff's Office logs
June 1, 2020 Barber County Sheriff's Office (BASO) performed a VIN inspection. BASO investigated a report of found property in Kiowa. BASO assisted a motorist on US-281. BASO responded to a request to speak to an officer in Hazelton. June 2, 2020 Kio...
By ATV wreck takes life of Waukomis woman
A Waukomis woman died in an ATV wreck in Garfield County Monday night. Shannon Metzger, 40, of Waukomis, was pronounced dead at the scene due to trunk internal injuries sustained in the crash. She was transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office i...
A FEMA-approved and 75 percent funded building to keep you safe and serve multiple purposes
The mood was upbeat on a beautiful June morning in Kiowa, Kansas. With ceremonial hard hats and shovels, some of South Barber's board of education members and Superintendent Dr. Mylo Miller stood on...
Perks celebrate 40 year anniversary
A love story started in 1978 between two teenagers cruising the streets of Kiowa, Kansas. Darlene Abbott and Roy Perks were bonded in marriage in Hazelton, Kansas, in 1980. The next 14,609 days...
Inmate sports new pair of shoes
A prison inmate taken to another county for a court date returned with a new pair of shoes. According to court records, James Crabtree Correctional Center (JCCC) staff noticed the inmate was not wearing standard prison-issued footwear. When they...
Over 1,500 acres burn in what started as a wheat-field fire
Sixteen fire departments from Oklahoma and Kansas responded to a harvest field blaze that ravaged 1,527 acres in winds that gusted to 40 miles per hour, Amorita-Byron Fire and Rescue Chief Brad Rieger...
CAROL ELAINE CAPANSKY WILSON ROHRBAUGH
On March 14, 2020, Carol Elaine Capansky Wilson Rohrbaugh received her heavenly mission. She was born on May 21, 1943, in Hardtner, Kansas, to Harold Albert and Christine Elizabeth Susan Malaby Capans...
DELLA M. DUNNIGAN
Della M. Dunnigan was born April 9, 1943, to John and Fannie Gerrels Walz in the Alfalfa County Hospital in Cherokee, Oklahoma. She passed away on June 22, 2020, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 77....
EVA MAE FOX STOUT
LAMBERT, Okla. – Services for Eva were held on Friday, June 19, 2020, at 10 a.m. at Cherokee First Christian Church with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home Inc. of Cherokee. Burial followed at C...
MARY JUNE TERWORT
Mary June Terwort, 95, passed away June 19, 2020, at Kiowa District Manor in Kiowa, Kansas. She was born September 2, 1924, in Walsenburg, Colorado, the daughter of Ralph and Mary Ellen (Hunter)...
WAYNE LEE SCHOLLENBARGER
Wayne Lee Schollenbarger was born June 16, 1974, in Alva, Oklahoma, and graduated from Alva High School in 1993. Wayne will always be remembered as a hard worker, a lover of travel, and a dedicated...
WESLEY EUGENE MATTESON
Memorial services for Wesley Eugene Matteson will be held on June 30 at 2 p.m. at the Mooreland United Methodist Church, Mooreland, Oklahoma, under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home. Cremation...
Carl's Capitol Comments Vote on June 30
Oklahomans have a statewide election coming up on June 30 in which they will be asked to vote on primary candidates for statewide legislative and U.S. Congressional seats, a state question and county and municipal special elections. I hope that every...
Senate Review: Faith, hope and love
Last week marked a busy one across District 19 as we continued with wheat harvest in western Oklahoma. I was honored to have Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell join me to see first-hand the hard work and...
Memories of a controversy
Each of us had an opinion, and many voiced their views emphatically. It wasn't a comparison of presidential candidates. We were female high school students discussing the idea of uniforms for physical...
Full gallery gets results in Alfalfa County
The gallery was at capacity Monday morning at the Alfalfa County commissioners meeting. Jay Hague, Stan Tucker and Marvin Woodall were joined by Jet's fire chief Colton Castle, Burlington's fire chief Aaron Smith, and Cherokee Rescue's Tyler Rice and...
Fireworks, parade and more at Hardtner's Fourth of July celebration
It's been a heck of a year so far, so celebrating living in America – the land of the free and home of the brave – will take on an even deeper meaning and reason to light your sparkler. When Hardtner's $10,000 worth of fireworks explode over the tin...
Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell visits Sen. Pederson at Burlington
Last Thursday morning a small group of Burlington residents gathered at the town's Purple Pride Park. They came to visit with Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell who came to Burlington to see Sen. Roland P...
Former Kansas State guard Patrick transfers to DePaul
CHICAGO (AP) — Former Kansas State guard Brian Patrick is headed to DePaul as a graduate transfer, the Blue Demons announced on Tuesday. Patrick will be eligible to play immediately after spending two years at Kansas State and last season at P...
RWE Renewables Selects PCI's Enterprise Cloud Platform to Meet its Power Marketing and Trading Requirements in Six U.S Energy Markets
NORMAN, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 23, 2020-- RWE Renewables, one of the world's largest owners of renewable energy projects and the newest subsidiary of Germany's RWE Group, has selected PCI's Enterprise Platform for its marketing and trading...
6 killed in Kansas crash were finishing cross-country drive
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Five family members and a longtime friend had been driving for nearly 20 hours last week when they were killed in a fiery head-on crash in Kansas less than an hour from their destination, relatives have said. Their car c...
Passenger in stolen car killed after police halt pursuit
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A passenger in a car that was reported stolen has been killed in a Topeka crash after police called off a pursuit, authorities say. Police said in a news release that an officer attempted to stop the car around 5:20 a.m. M...
