The Woods County OSU Extension Center will host one of four Oklahoma Crops Conference seminars being held across the state. As host for the Northwest District site, this provides an excellent opportunity to attend this regional conference in Alva....

Happy Birthday To July 6: Bo Gassett July 7: Sherry Beagley, Rex Beagley, Drake Brady July 8: Allison Ledford, Bretta Woodard, Mariah Luddington July 9: Skylar Smith, Kamas Rooney July 10: Ronda Perry July 11: Destanee Bolar July 12: Priscilla Dees...

On July 2, the fourth Sunday after Pentecost, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger National anthem sung by congregation as our nation’s flag was brought in and presented by Jack and Reagan W...

Old People are easy to spot at sporting events: during the playing of the national anthem, Old People remove their caps, cover their hearts, stand at attention and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them. Old People...

With the beginning of a new fiscal year, the Woods County commissioners unanimously voted to renew continuing leases, maintenance contracts, and agreements that support the work of the many offices in the courthouse. Juvenile Detention Services When...

The Woods County Farmers Market is scheduled to open for the 2017 season on Saturday, July 15, in the northeast corner of the Woods County Courthouse lawn. The market has not opened in recent years but will endeavor to resume operation. The Farmers...

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has dodged a second cyberattack, officials said Wednesday, suggesting that the digital campaign which paralyzed computers across the country and around the world is ongoing. Ukraine is still trying to find its feet a...

CHICAGO (AP) — The suspect in the kidnapping of a University of Illinois scholar from China marched in a vigil for the victim a day before his arrest last week, federal prosecutors said Wednesday, adding that he also spoke about what makes an i...

CAIRO (AP) — Four Arab nations seeking to isolate Qatar over its alleged support for extremist groups were angered Wednesday by what they said was a "negative" response by the tiny Gulf nation to their demands for ending the crisis roiling the r...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has long warned that Russian organized crime posed a threat to democratic institutions, including "criminally linked oligarchs" who might collude with the Russian government to undermine business competition. T...

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming inmates are learning to read English and Latin through a program originally designed for younger students with dyslexia. Over the past year, more than a dozen Wyoming Department of Corrections officials were trained by t...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The latest government report shows the winter wheat harvest is wrapping up in many parts of the state. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Wednesday that about 73 percent of the wheat in Kansas had been h...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers are delaying a vote on a temporary ban of a herbicide that's been the focus of hundreds of complaints from farmers who say it's causing widespread damage. The Arkansas Legislative Council's executive s...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico pecan crop prices set a new record-high in 2016, federal numbers released recently confirmed. Some Dona Ana County farmers said the high prices were nice while they lasted, but may backfire on the industry if f...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Earlier this year, three days after giving birth to her fourth child by cesarean section, Salome Karwah had sudden...

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — Skip Nichols walked to the podium, breathed deeply and shared one of his most agonizing life experiences. Nichols, a Vietnam veteran and retired managing editor of the East Oregonian, had cobbled together the words during a Red...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says the cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has now spread to all 21 governorates and there have been 270,000 suspected cases and over 1,600 deaths from the disease since late April. U.N. spokesman Stephane D...

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN says safety concerns led to its decision not to reveal the identity of the man behind a doctored anti-CNN video. Yet the way the decision was explained and deep distrust of the network among President Donald Trump's supporters p...

HELSINKI (AP) — Volvo plans to build only electric and hybrid vehicles starting in 2019, making it the first major automaker to abandon cars and SUVs powered solely by the internal combustion engine. CEO Hakan Samuelsson said the move was dictated by...