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Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office logs

Tuesday, July 31, 2018 4:06 a.m. Report of cattle out on County Road 540. 4:46 a.m. Medic needed for a male who had fallen. Medic en route. Medic with patient en route to Kiowa Hospital. 8:14 a.m. Controlled burn on Choctaw and County Road 520. 11...

 

Barber County Sheriff's Office log

July 30, 2018 Deputy Miller responded to vicious dog in Lake City. Sgt. Paasch investigated an abandoned vehicle on the Hardtner shortcut. Medicine Lodge ambulance transported patient form Anthony Street to Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital. July 31,...

 

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 obtai...

 

Alfalfa County marriage filings

Marriage Filings Johnny Wayne Redmon, Kremlin, and Brandy Kaye Solida, Kremlin: marriage license (no counselling) ($50)....

 
 By Stacy Sanborn    Local    August 8, 2018

Three local teachers look to make a difference in virtual learning environment

Children struggle in school for many different reasons. The modern-day student’s plight is one many parents may not know how to respond to as curricula and technology continue to change. Whether it’s specific skills the student is struggling wit...

 

Oklahoma driver's license sites down again

The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced Tuesday a computer hardware problem has once again caused the driver's license system to be down at all driver’s license sites across the state. The news release states: “DPS and all tag age...

 
 By Kat Lunn    Local    August 8, 2018

Woods County commissioners

Chairman McMurphy called the meeting to order with a quorum; Smiley and Hamil were present. County Clerk Shelley Reed, along with Marione Martin and Kat Lunn of the Alva Review-Courier, were in attendance. The minutes of the July 23 meeting were...

 
 By Stacy Sanborn    Local    August 8, 2018

Alfalfa County commissioners approve arrangement on state line bridge

A bridge teetering on the line of Oklahoma and Kansas came to the attention of the Alfalfa County commissioners Monday morning. The 166-foot bridge, located on the state line about two miles west of Kiowa, was built and paid for by the state of...

 

Barber County Fair Board awards scholarships

This year, the Hardtner United Methodist Church added $1,000 to the Barber County Scholarship Fund that allowed for $2,000 in scholarships to be given to 2018 graduates. The requirements include...

 
 By Lynn L. Martin    Local    August 8, 2018

Lynn Says

Dozens of area citizens have sent beautiful get well cards and notes encouraging me to hang tough in my diagnosed bout with esophageal cancer. I have paid a lot of attention to each message and...

 

SWOSU Soccer Opens 2018 Season Ranked No. 17

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – United Soccer Coaches has released the association's national preseason rankings for men's and women's teams in all divisions of NCAA and junior college competition, as well as the upcoming fall season of boys and girls high s...

 
 By Scott Goode    Sports    August 8, 2018

Ty Powell Added to Harding Football Coaching Staff

SEARCY – Former NFL linebacker and NCAA Division II All-American Ty Powell will join the Harding football coaching staff as assistant strength and conditioning coach in 2018. He will lead Harding strength and conditioning program for incoming f...

 

Oklahoma mom charged with stabbing daughter to stand trial

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma woman accused of stabbing her 11-year-old daughter 50 to 70 times, hitting her in the head with an ax, then setting their home on fire has been ordered to stand trial. Tulsa County court records indicate that 3...

 

Oklahoma governor seeks extension for REAL ID compliance

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has asked federal officials for another extension to comply with the REAL ID Act. Fallin said Tuesday the extension would allow Oklahoma driver's licenses and ID cards to be used to gain entry into f...

 

Suspect in Oklahoma pipe bomb case ruled competent for trial

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A man accused of detonating a pipe bomb outside an Oklahoma military recruiting station has been found competent to stand trial. Federal court records show the ruling was handed down Tuesday for 29-year-old Benjamin Roden. The f...

 
 By BERRY TRAMEL    Sports    August 8, 2018

Ventura in Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, recalls Nolan Ryan

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Robin Ventura had a bat in his hand and a helmet on his head. For reasons probably he doesn't even know, Ventura threw down the bat and took off the helmet before charging into infamy. The Oklahoman reports it's been 25 years s...

 
 By Tim Talley    Regional    August 8, 2018

Critics: Okla. Medicaid work requirement threatens coverage

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Critics of a proposal to impose work requirements on some Oklahoma Medicaid recipients said Tuesday that the plan is designed to reduce the state's Medicaid rolls at the expense of health care services for some of its poorest c...

 

Inmate hospitalized after being beaten, stabbed in Lawton

LAWTON, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says an inmate is hospitalized after being beaten and stabbed by other inmates at a prison in southwestern Oklahoma. A department news release says 37-year-old George Haga was attacked by m...

 

Oklahoma prison chief: criminal justice reform report flawed

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The director of the Oklahoma Corrections Department says a recent report about cost savings from criminal justice reforms was flawed. The Tulsa World reports that department Director Joe M. Allbaugh wrote a letter Friday to G...

 

Oklahoma electric association receives $16.3 million loan

MARIETTA, Okla. (AP) — A south Oklahoma electric association will receive a $16.3 million federal loan for infrastructure construction and improvements. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Monday that the Red River Valley Electric A...

 

Elections test Trump clout in Ohio, other battlegrounds

WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Battleground Ohio was deciding the year's final special election on Tuesday, a congressional faceoff that tested anew President Donald Trump's political clout — and the appeal of his signature tax cuts. The Republican pre...

 

The Latest: Kobach: Governor should unify GOP if he loses

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the primary election in Kansas (all times local): 6:15 p.m. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says unifying the Republican party ahead of the November election would be the most important task for Gov. Jeff C...

 

The Latest: Polls close for congressional special election

WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on primaries in Missouri, Kansas, Michigan and Washington and a congressional special election in Ohio (all times local): 7:30 p.m. The polls have closed in Ohio, where a Republican state senator backed by Presiden...

 

Competitor dies in swim leg of Boulder Ironman triathlon

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — An athlete died a day after he was pulled from the water during the Boulder Ironman 70.3 triathlon in Colorado. It was the third death in four years of Ironman competitions in Boulder. A witness, physician Donald Cain from W...

 

Wichita man pleads guilty to buying 2 tiger pelts

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man pleaded guilty to violating federal law by buying two tiger pelts. Federal prosecutors said 38-year-old Ret Thach pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating the Lacey Act, which prohibits interstate sale or purchase of a...

 

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