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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 obtained by anyone during regular hours at the Alfalfa County Courthouse. The Alva Review-Courier will not intentionally alter or delete any of this information. If it appears in the courthouse public records, it will appear in this newspaper Felony Filings Jarred Rashad Munson, Cherokee, 24, has been ch...
Voters will head to the polls on July 13 to decide on an OG&E 25-year franchise for the Town of Helena. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Alfalfa County Election Board Secretary, Kelly Stein recommends voters with questions about their eligibility or polling place call before Election Day. “We provide a number of additional services to voters on Election Day, so it can get very busy. If you have any questions, we strongly suggest you call or come by the week before Election Day if possible. If you find that you do have a question o...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 1:33 p.m. – Medic needed for a male having a seizure at James Crabtree Correctional Center. Medic took the patient to Bass Hospital in Enid. 7:54 p.m. – Report of a single vehicle accident on Blaine Road and County Road (CR) 720. Wednesday, June 30, 2021 During this day there were one report of cattle out, four traffic stops and one controlled burn. 8:06 a.m. – Caller advised of patio furniture stolen on Center Street. 8:50 a.m. – Caller advised they got washed off the road and was stuck in the ditch at CR 580 and Nob...
Independence Day falling on a Sunday this year allowed Alfalfa County employees to take Monday off, resulting in a Tuesday commissioner meeting. Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague and Mike Roach approved the previous meeting minutes, maintenance and operation warrants for payment, and blanket purchase orders. They approved appropriations and allocation of the alcohol beverage tax too. Other monthly routine items such as highway expenditures, officer reports, court clerk record management, and monthly preservation report were signed, along with a large s...
The 100th annual Barber County Fair is July 22-25 in Hardtner, Kansas. The theme this year is “Celebrating Traditions.” A special Barber County 100th Fair T-Shirt will be available for pre-order until July 6 by calling the extension office at 620-886-3971 or by email to [email protected]. Barber County Fair Theme Classes 4-H and FFA Divison Arts and Crafts – any craft using burlap Fashion Review – outfit with denim Clothing Construction – an article using ag-related print Baked Goods – biscuits made using provided recipe Photography – any photo...
A Kiowa, Kansas, man was critically injured in a collision in Alfalfa County. Alexander Kuhr, 30, was transported by Alfalfa County EMS to Kiowa District Hospital and then transferred by medical helicopter to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was admitted in critical condition with leg, arm, trunk external, trunk internal and head injuries. The collision occurred on Sunday, July 4, at 3:15 p.m. on County Road 580 and Noble Road, approximately five miles north of Burlington. According...
The Alva Board of Education held a special meeting Wednesday, June 30, to finalize the fiscal year and begin the new one. Tiffany Slater presided over the meeting in the absence of Jane McDermott. Other board members present were Larry Parker and Shane Hansen. Karen Koehn was also absent. Superintendent Tim Argo announced Lianne Levetzow is retiring from Longfellow Elementary. “She has spent 29 years with our district and has done a fantastic job,” said Argo. Her husband, Jeff Levetzow, is als...
The Woods County Equalization Board had four hearings for formal appeal scheduled for their June 30 special meeting. Board Chairman Bob Seivert presided with members Chris Olson and Joe Shirley present. Also attending were County Clerk Shelley Reed and County Assessor Renetta Benson. The tax agent for SemGas LP sent a letter stating they wished to withdraw from the hearing. As the meeting began, Benson called Becky Elliott of TASC (Total Assessment Solutions Corporation), who consults with Woods...
The principals of Waynoka Public Schools were full of enthusiasm for the success of the summer camps this year, as was evident in their reports to the school board at its regular meeting last Wednesday morning. Students engaged in some fascinating projects in summer school this year. “We did some pretty awesome things,” said High School Principal Dustin Smith, “things that were over my head!” For example, in the high school the students learned coding – they automated a brain impact simulator to study head trauma, built catapults, and created a...
It's been a while since we checked in to the ranch – the Freedom Gates Boys Ranch that is, located in Hazelton, Kansas. Michael Simpson has devoted a good portion of his adult life to helping troubled young boys discover a feeling of purpose and significance in their own life. For numerous years now he's been a part of this home for boys that teaches Christian values, a work ethic, how families are supposed to function with love and respect for one another, how to overcome adversity and much m...
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — An Oklahoma man was hit and killed by a train in Mississippi as he stood on the tracks, authorities said. The 42-year-old, who has not yet been identified, was struck in Lamar County on Sunday night, news outlets reported. Sheriff Danny Rigel told WDAM-TV that the train's engineer said the horn was sounded in an attempt to alert the man, but he didn't move. The Amtrak train was traveling from New York City to New Orleans and was delayed by more than five hours after hitting the man, company spokesperson Marc M...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The superintendent of Shawnee Public Schools announced Tuesday she plans to seek the Republican nomination for Oklahoma state superintendent in 2022. April Grace is a longtime educator who has been superintendent in Shawnee since 2016. In a press release announcing her candidacy, Grace said she already has raised more than $100,000. Current Republican Superintendent Joy Hofmeister can't run for the seat again because of term limits. Also running for the seat is Republican John Cox, the superintendent of Peggs Public S...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former U.S. Navy intelligence officer is running as a Democrat for Congress in eastern Kansas. Patrick Schmidt, 30, announced his candidacy Tuesday and is the first Democrat seeking to challenge freshman Republican Rep. Jake LaTurner in the 2nd District in 2022, The Kansas City Star reports. Schmidt's campaign finance director, Jon Ediger, said the candidate moved to Topeka after leaving active duty military service earlier this year. Schmidt grew up in Johnson County outside the district, but five generations of his famil...
LENEXA, Kan. (AP) — A 20-year-old man is dead following an apparently accidental shooting at a Lenexa apartment complex, police said. The victim, Adam Carroll, of Lenexa, was shot about 1 p.m. Monday at the Lenexa Crossing Apartments, police said. The shooting appeared to be an accident after a friend of Carroll's "negligently discharged" a gun he was handling, police said. The suspected shooter called 911 to report it and stayed on the scene until police arrived. The suspected shooter's name was not released....
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A rural Leavenworth man was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday in the shooting death of his half-brother. Cody S. Huninghake, 25, made his first court appearance Tuesday afternoon after being arrested Saturday night in the death of Robert Nelson, 17, The Leavenworth Times reported. Officers who went to the home just outside Leavenworth city limits found the victim dead from a gunshot wound, Leavenworth County Undersheriff Jim Sherley. Nelson was Huninghake's half-brother, Sherley said. Investigators believe the s...
TOOELE, Utah (AP) — A boa constrictor accidentally freed from its container last week has eluded authorities in Utah for more than three days. Animal control officers were called to a home on Friday afternoon after contractors accidentally knocked over the 8-foot-long (2-meter-long) snake's container, KSL TV reported Tuesday. The contractors were working on the home in Tooele, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) southwest of Salt Lake City. Tooele Police Lt. Jeremy Hansen said animal control searched the home for over 90 minutes but couldn't find t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that damage to U.S. businesses in the biggest ransomware attack on record appears minimal, though information remained incomplete. The company whose software was exploited said fewer than 1,500 businesses worldwide appeared compromised but cybersecurity experts caution that the incident isn't over. Also Tuesday, a security researcher who chatted online with representatives of the Russia-linked REvil gang behind the attack said they claimed to have stolen data from hundreds of companies, but o...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A storm that has lashed the Caribbean and the Florida Keys with pounding rain and gusty winds and complicated the search for survivors in a deadly condominium collapse has strengthened into a hurricane. The National Weather Service said Tuesday that Hurricane Elsa was packing winds as high as 75 mph (121 kph) as it hurtled toward Florida's northern Gulf Coast. The Category 1 storm is expected to make landfall between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Wednesday, somewhere between the Tampa Bay area and the Big Bend region. In a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Tuesday it canceled a disputed cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion. It will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon and possibly other cloud service providers. "With the shifting technology environment, it has become clear that the JEDI Cloud contract, which has long been delayed, no longer meets the requirements to fill the DoD's capability gaps," the Pentagon said in a statement. The statement did not directly mention that the Pentagon f...
It was a beautiful 4th of July with temperatures mostly in the 80s. A perfect day for over 100 people to gather for a celebration of life for Dalton Black who lost his battle to Muscular Dystrophy (MD) in the spring of 2020 during the pandemic. Family and friends gathered at the spacious Hardtner home and back yard of his parents Jeff and Stacy Black and twin brother Conner. Many wore bright red T-shirts that said "Do It Like Dalton." A video featuring pictures of Dalton's full life despite his...
“I was honored to sing the Star-Spangled Banner,” Autumn Drake said. She admitted total shock when she was notified she is the VFW Auxiliary Department of Kansas second-place winner of the 2021-2022 “Get Excited for the Red, White and Blue!” national anthem singing contest. From Hardtner, Autumn will be a sophomore at South Barber High School in Kiowa this fall. Her vocal teacher Cathy Cox encouraged her to enter the contest. She is the daughter of Nathan and Robin Drake. Performing the “Star-Spangled Banner” is familiar to Drake as she's su...
Memorial services for Donald Lee Maxwell will be 1 p.m. Saturday, July 24, 2021, at the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Katie Hill officiating. Private family services will be held at a later date. He was cremated at his request under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Donald Lee Maxwell, son of the late Herbert and Mary (Beck) Maxwell, was born March 23, 1929, in Alva, Oklahoma, and passed away July 4, 2021, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 92 years, 3 months, and 23 days....
Happy Birthday To July 5: Dale Sample, Keith Melkus, Barclay Holt July 6: Bo Gassett July 7: Sherry Beagley, Rex Beagley, Chastin Ferguson July 8: Allison Ledford, Bretta Smith, Mariah Luddington July 9: Skylar Smith, Kamas Rooney July 10: Ronda Perry July 11: Destanee Bolar July 12: Priscilla Dees July 13: Donnie Darr, Landry Clay Flock July 14: Rocky Hodgson, Chastin Ferguson July 15: Austin Ferguson July 16: Kyla Scates, Vera Ferguson July 17: Daniel Welty, Jenny Nixon, Megan DeWitt, Brian Beckett July 18: Brett Smith, Carol Jo Schultz,...
Happy Anniversary To July 8: Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Armantrout July 12: Mr. & Mrs. Jim Beagley July 22: Mr. & Mrs. Jerrod Reed July 25: Mr. & Mrs. Kent Bilyeu, Mr. & Mrs. Dustin Rankni, Mr. & Mrs. Corby Bradt July 26: Mr. & Mrs. Merle Nickelson July 27: Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Hughes (Note: Send corrections, additions to: [email protected] or call 580-327-2200)...
On Independence Day, Sunday, July 4, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: The congregation sang the national anthem in celebrating our nation and our freedoms. We are on Facebook, live at 11 a.m. Our Facebook page is Freedom United Methodist Church. VBS is scheduled for Aug. 3, 4 and 5 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. – age 4 through sixth grade. Invocation by Pastor Todd Finley Call to Worship – Psalm 19 led by Shirley Wagner Opening Hymn – “Stand Up, Stand Up, for Jesus” led by song leader Debbie Brown Affirmation of Faith G...
