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NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in "Beloved," ''Song of Solomon" and other works transformed American letters by dramatizing the pursuit of freedom within the bou...

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...

Real Estate Transfers Book 848 page 430: Koontz Properties LLC conveys unto Guy Russell Warner. Lot 7, in block 6, in West Side Addition to the Town of Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Warranty deed. Book 848 page 435: Mike Cook and Rhonda Cook,...

Tuesday, July 30, 2019 During this day there were three traffic stops and one civil papers served. 7:23 a.m. – Alarm company advised of an alarm going off at Farmers Exchange Bank. 7:41 a.m. – Caller wanted a welfare check on his cousin. Deputy spo...

July 29, 2019 Barber County Sheriff Office (BASO) responded to a report of a traffic hazard on U.S. Highway 281. BASO responded to a report of cattle out on US281. Medicine Lodge Police Department (MLPD) attempted to make contact with an individual o...

The conference room was full Monday morning at the Alfalfa County commissioners meeting. Jay Hague, Stan Tucker and Marvin Woodall (along with administrative assistant Nancy Lambert and county clerk Laneta Unruh), were joined by a gallery full of...

The Barber County 2019 Fair Results are listed for 4-H and FFA members. For each grand champion, the entry must have first won a Champion and a blue ribbon. Entries with a State Fair Blue designation will be eligible to exhibit at the Kansas State...

The Cherokee school board met Monday evening, and quickly approved the consent agenda, consisting of fund encumbrances, purchase orders, warrants, and balances; fundraiser requests (in this case, FCCLA sponsor cards and high school cheerleaders' car...

Four Barber County students are among the 2,273 who completed an associate, bachelor's or graduate degree at Fort Hays State University in the spring 2019 semester. FSHU does not release degree until transcripts have been verified as having met all...

The Barber County 2019 Fair Results are listed below in alphabetical order. For each grand champion, the entry must have first won a champion and a blue ribbon. In each class, divided by age group, one Blue, one Red and one White is awarded with rema...

Waynoka Public Schools is ramping up to getting the 2019-20 school year off the ground. The new elementary school principal, Patricia Burrow, spoke first at the Monday evening meeting of the Waynoka Public School Board of Education. Burrow was hired...

Amy Grimsley is now the direct contact for the census at the courthouse, the Woods County commissioners decided at their regular Monday morning meeting Aug. 5. The purpose of assigning Grimsley to that role is to help things run smoothly between...

ALVA, Okla. – Coming off an historic season in 2018, the Northwestern Oklahoma State University cross country teams look to build the momentum going into the 2019 campaign. On Tuesday, head coach Jill Lancaster and first-year assistant coach Craig B...

Dr. Aaron Mason of Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU) will present “Judge Parker’s Court: Its Impact on the State of Oklahoma,” an overview of Judge Isaac Parker’s federal court for the Western District of Arkansas, at the Sod House M...

A Cherokee man has been charged with making lewd or indecent proposals to a child. Logan Wade Hicks, 20, of Cherokee, has been charged with two felony counts: lewd or indecent proposals to a child under 16 and violation of Oklahoma statute via comput...