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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt started the first-ever restoration work on a gold-covered sarcophagus of the famed boy pharaoh Tutankhamun, ahead of the country's new museum opening next year, the antiquities minister said Sunday. Khaled el-Anany told reporters that work on the outermost coffin, which is made of wood and gilded with gold, is expected to take at least eight months. He said that's because "the state of conservation is very fragile, as it was never restored" since 1922, when British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the intact 3...
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have placed closer Craig Kimbrel on the 10-day injured list with right knee inflammation, and All-Star catcher Willson Contreras will miss the next four weeks with a right hamstring strain. The injuries are a pair of significant blows for the NL Central-leading Cubs, who are trying to hold off St. Louis and Milwaukee to win the division for the third time in four years. Kimbrel says his knee started bothering him while he was closing out Saturday's 4-1 victory over the Brewers. The IL stint is retroactive to S...
Friday morning, Aug. 2, at Bill Johnson Correctional Center (BJCC), 42 men graduated with their GED certificates. The class valedictorian is Cole Bumgardner and the salutatorian is Andrew Walz. Both men presented short speeches to their classmates. Warden Becky Guffy welcomed everyone to the graduation. Guffy shared a quote from Martin Luther King Jr.: "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in the moment of comfort and convenience but where he stands in the moment of challenge and...
As discussions about college affordability continue nationally, Northwestern Oklahoma State University has been ranked as one of the most affordable small colleges in the nation by a higher education website. Great Value Colleges recently ranked Northwestern as the 17th most affordable small college west of the Mississippi (River). In its notification to the school, Great Value Colleges said: “Northwestern was selected not only for the school’s affordability but also for the institution’s overall outstanding reputation, its faculty’s excelle...
Northwestern Oklahoma State University is giving some northwest Oklahoma high school graduates a second chance at scholarships to attend the school. Northwestern will offer 2017 or 2018 graduates of 63 high schools who have never attended Northwestern as a regular student a special $500 incentive to enroll this fall as a full-time (12 credit hours or more) student. Recipients can attend any of the University’s three campus locations or enroll in online courses. “We look at this as an opportunity to serve northwest Oklahoma and offer young peo...
If you don't vote yes on an $8 million renovation project your hospital will close. I thought it was sad that the only way to get the funding passed for Share Medical Center years ago was not on the merits of why the upgrades were necessary, but on the blatant use of scare tactics to get it passed. Let me state that I am glad we have a first-rate facility and many excellent people working there. However, the statement "build it and they will come" has not worked out as well as hoped on the docto...
Friday, July 26, 2019 3:43 p.m. – Medic needed in the 1400 block of Young Street. 5:23 p.m. – Resident burglar alarm going off in the 700 block of 5th Street. 5:53 p.m. – Report of a gas drive off at Camp Houston. 6:23 p.m. – Medic needed at Comfort Inn for a female who fell. 7:27 p.m. – Report of a grass fire on Jefferson between County Road 490 and 500. Saturday, July 27, 2019 1:13 p.m. – Report of a vehicle on fire. 5:25 p.m. – Report of a shoplifter. 6:54 p.m. – Report of a hay field fire at Jefferson Road and between County Road 820...
Donald Leroy Curtis, Alva, vs. Karen Joyce Curtis: dissolution of marriage ($2520.14). Jacquelin Kay Ruhl vs. Jason Edward Ruhl: dissolution of marriage ($252.14)....
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 Woods 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 Shaun O'Brien McLelland, Alva, 34, has been...
Book 1294 page 341: Roger Hada and Isla Hada, husband and wife, convey unto Roger L. Hada and Isla F. Hada, as trustees of the Roger L. Hada and Isla F. Hada Revocable Trust, the west half of the northwest quarter and the southeast quarter of northwest quarter of section 9, township 28, range 15, Woods County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 1294 page 343: Independent School District No. 3 of Woods County, Oklahoma, conveys unto Michael L. Meriwther and Kelly D. Meriwther, as joint tenants, lots 2, 3, 4 and the north 16 and 2/3 feet of the lot...
Though she loved art from an early age, Lauren Florence didn't really begin her career until after her son was born. She grew up in Bartlesville where she was born and was exposed to art early with visits to Woolaroc Museum in her hometown as well as Tulsa's Gilcrease and Philbrook. She has lived in Oklahoma City for the last seven or eight years. Her parents discouraged her art aspirations, wanting her to have a career that would pay the bills. However, at age 42 when her son was a year old,...
Growing up on her family's tiny farm just outside Broken Bow, Nebraska, Vikki McGuire spent much of her time alone drawing the animals, trees and flowers that surrounded her. Evolving from there, she has painted murals, still life, animals and abstracts. She also makes unique greeting cards, stationery and jewelry. McGuire now lives in Norman in an area surrounded by woods. Currently, she's focusing on abstract paintings, "which I love because I can put my own thoughts and everything onto the...
The First Friday Art Walk attracts a large crowd to the Graceful Arts Gallery Aug. 2....
Roxie Faulkner Kirk signs her book "Red Dirt Hymnal" for Charla Parker Friday night at Graceful Arts Gallery in Alva....
Sales tax collections in July for Alva were down by 11.8 percent compared to July 2018, but use tax from sales outside of Alva such as internet purchases was almost double. When adding sales and use tax together, Alva was down 7.88 percent from last year. Freedom sales tax was down 45.7 percent, while Waynoka was up 10.7 percent compared to last July. Nearby Cherokee showed an 11 percent increase. Woods County was down 33.19 percent compared to July 2018 collections. Alfalfa County sales tax was down slightly more with a 33.76 percent...
After repeated charges of violating a protective order, an Alva man is now facing a felony stalking charge. According to court documents, on Monday, July 29, Alva Police Officer Shahan responded to the 200 block of Santa Fe for a protective order violation. He spoke to Alyssa Kenyon who said Shaun McLelland had violated the protective order she had against him by contacting her through text messages. She said he sent her over 95 text messages from 11:54 a.m. on July 28 to 5:41 p.m. on July 29. Shahan and Officer Kris Franta located McLelland... Full story
Kansas City Royals (40-71, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Minnesota Twins (67-42, first in the AL Central) Minneapolis; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Danny Duffy (5-5, 4.42 ERA) Twins: Kyle Gibson (10-4, 4.10 ERA) LINE: Twins favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 10 runs BOTTOM LINE: Kansas City enters the matchup as losers of their last four games. The Twins are 25-13 against AL Central teams. Minnesota has hit a league-leading 211 home runs this season, Max Kepler leads the team with 30 homers. The Royals are 22-32 against th...
Aug. 4 1884 — Pud Galvin pitched the most lopsided no-hitter in major league history as the Buffalo Bisons routed the Detroit Wolverines 18-0. It is the second career no-hitter for Galvin. 1910 — Jack Coombs of the Philadelphia A's and Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox hooked up in a 16-inning scoreless tie. Coombs struck out 18 and allowed three hits. 1945 — Bill Salkeld of Pittsburgh hit for the cycle in a 6-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. The Pirate catcher went 5 for 5 and drove in all five runs. 1945 — Boston's Tom McBride became the th...
MILTON KEYNES, England (AP) — Hinako Shibuno's dream debut continued Saturday as she fired a 5-under 67 to seize a two-shot lead going into the final round at the Women's British Open. The 20-year-old Shibuno, a rookie on the Japan LPGA Tour who is making her LPGA Tour and major championship debut, hit six birdies in the final nine holes of the third round for a 14-under 202. Overnight leader Ashleigh Buhai (72) started with a three-shot lead at Woburn Golf Club and stretched it to five as Shibuno had bogeys on Nos. 5 and 9. But with Sung Hyun...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An embezzlement investigation has placed a contract between a Texas public charter school and Oklahoma's largest online school on hold. A spokesman for Lewisville, Texas-based Responsive Education Solutions told the Tulsa World its contract with Oklahoma's Epic Charter Schools was withdrawn because of the probe. In a statement, Epic co-founder David Chaney said he hopes to proceed with the contract after investigators clear his program. An Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation search warrant filed in July alleges Chaney a...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma says the alleged sexual misconduct involving a minor by a priest started shortly after he was ordained. The diocese said in a statement Friday that "a non-frivolous allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor" against Father Joe Townsend date to his time as associate pastor at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Tulsa from June 1988 to June 1991. The statement says Townsend denies the allegation and is cooperating with an investigation. The diocese website says Townsend was ordained M...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A former Oklahoma narcotics supervisor has been sentenced to six months in prison for stealing methamphetamine that had been seized by law enforcement. Court records show 48-year-old former Mayes County Sheriff's Lt. Brett Alan Mull of Pryor was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in April to charges of tampering with evidence and acquiring drugs by fraud or deception. Mull admitted in a plea agreement that he took the meth from evidence envelopes before they were booked into the property room and used the drug himself u...
