Articles from the July 5, 2017 edition
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Barber County real estate transactions
Real Estate Transfers Book 142 page 360: T.J. Hoahta, formerly T.J. Tilley, a married person, dealing solely in her own property, her husband never having lived in the State of Kansas, grantor, unto Paul H. Tilley, grantee. Lots 6 in block 48 in the...
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 Sheriff's Office logs
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 6:09 a.m. Reporting party (RP) advised a vent fire on a battery location. Advised the tank battery was not involved at this point. Paged Jet Fire Department. 1:20 p.m. Controlled burn at County Road 640 and Caddo Road. 1:54...
Barber County court filings
Criminal Filings Kristine Henson has been charged with use/possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia into human body. Jason Dylan Patrick has been charged with use of communication facility in the commission of a drug felony; possession of...
Barber County Sheriff's Office log
June 27, 2017 Kiowa ambulance transported patient from southeast Scott Canyon Road to Kiowa Hospital. Cody Jacobs, Medicine Lodge, driving a Ford Focus, hit a deer one-half mile north of Sun City on Sun City Road. Unknown damage, no injuries,...
Helena teen charged with child abuse
A new felony charge has been filed in a case involving injuries to a 1-month-old infant. The father, Remy Alexander Trammell, 21, of Helena, was charged with enabling child neglect, a felony, on Nov. 15, 2016. At that time, the mother of the child...
Freedom Gates Boys Ranch fundraising burgers and auction Saturday in Kiowa
Since beginning to accept troubled young male teens at a facility in Hazelton, Kansas, six years ago, the Freedom Gates Boys Ranch (FGBR) has had 28 boys come through with the intent of helping change their life for the better. FGBR President Michael...
Waynoka school board has productive meeting
The Waynoka school board met on June 29 for a productive, jam-packed meeting that involved several changes to staff and policies. In attendance were Lori Adair, Scott Cline, Stephanie Lambert, Garret Gum, Andy Ferguson, Travis George and Clint...
EMMA LOIS CHISHOLM
Erma Lois Chisholm, Alva, Oklahoma, passed away at Beadles Nursing Home on July 1, 2017, at the age of 94 years, 4 months and 9 days. She was cremated at her request. Service arrangements will be at a later date. Wharton Funeral Chapel is in charge...
LANDON J. MORSE
Landon J. Morse, Alva, Oklahoma, passed away at Share Convalescent Home on July 2, 2017, at the age of 79 years, 2 months, 9 days. Service arrangements will be made at a later date. Wharton Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Online...
RAYMOND EUGENE SCHMIDT
Ray was the first-born son to Richard (Rich) and Frances “Ricke” Schmidt in Barber County, Kansas, on September 27, 1928, and passed from this life on June 30, 2017, in Harper, Kansas. He met his future wife, Eileen, in North Dakota, married and sta...
SHIRLEY JEAN HEWLETT
Celebration of life for Shirley Jean Hewlett will be 11 a.m. Friday, July 7, 2017, at the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with Keith Dellenbach officiating. She was cremated at her request under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Shirley...
URMAL LOUISE (OLSON) JOHNSON
Urmal Louise (Olson) Johnson was born in Freedom, Oklahoma, on July 19, 1921, the daughter of Lewis Olson and Ida Prigmore Olson and passed from this life on June 30, 2017, in Enid, Oklahoma. She graduated from Freedom High School in 1939 and then...
Lynn Says
Gift card scams are not as frequent as credit/debit card scams mainly because the potential dollar amount to steal is limited to the gift card amount. However, many of the same techniques are used...
Elmores celebrate 60 years
Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Elmore of Cherokee celebrated 60 years of marriage on June 28, 2017. In honor of their parents' anniversary, their daughters will be hosting a family celebration sometime in the...
Kiowa without power almost 24 hours due to near 100 mph straight line winds
Many Kiowa residents said their homes shook, the sound was deafening and it was scary. No, it wasn't a tornado. It was straight-line winds estimated at between 80 and 100 mph, according to Kiowa City...
Many tree branches downed in Kiowa Friday
Maybe the worst uprooted tree in Kiowa's storm was at the Pat Holmes residence on Eighth Street. The powerful winds literally ripped a huge silver leaf maple tree out of the ground and into the...
The storm takes down the old Virgil's Drugstore, locals share fond memories
Early Friday morning, June 30, when the excessively high straight-line winds damaged many of the rural communities in this area, one old building went down in Amorita that has the locals talking. The...
Vatican acknowledges past problems at 'pope's hospital'
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican secretary of state acknowledged Tuesday that there were problems at "the pope's hospital" for children in the past, but said the new administration is making a "serious effort to resolve them." Cardinal Pietro P...
Woman charged in Craigslist plot to kill Israeli ex-husband
PONCA CITY, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma woman is accused of trying to hire someone via Craigslist to travel to Israel and kill her ex-husband using ricin. Federal prosecutors charged 37-year-old Danielle Dana Layman on Saturday with using interstate c...
FBI, Coast Guard investigate newlywed's sea disappearance
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When the Coast Guard found Lewis Bennett on a life raft between Florida and the Bahamas, he told rescuers that about three hours earlier he had been asleep inside the cabin of the catamaran he shared with his new bride, I...