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...

Monday, August 5, 2019 During this day were three traffic stops. 10:37 a.m. – Caller needed to talk to the sheriff about people trespassing on his property. Caller advised they were surveyors making things on his property and wanted to know what h...

Limited Filings Onemain Financial Group LLC vs. Ryan Kramer: debt collection. Synchrony Bank vs. Steven Johnson: debt collection. Synchrony Bank vs. Vida Ruiz: debt collection. Credit Management Services Inc. vs. Patricia Anderson: debt collection....

Real Estate Transfers Book 144 page 381: Matthew A. Swonger and Jessica E. Swonger, husband and wife, unto Britney Carrillo, a single woman. The north 77.2 feet of lots 4 and 6 in block 54 in the City of Kansas. Warranty deed. Book 144 page 389:...

August 5, 2019 Barber County Sheriff Office and Medicine Lodge Police Department (BASO and MLPD) responded to a suspicious person on northeast Northstar Road. BASO responded to cattle out on Lasswell Road. BASO did a VIN inspection on southeast...

Voters in Alfalfa County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the Sept. 10 Special Election for the Aline-Cleo SD I-04 should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Kelly Stein said today. Although the county election board can...

Commissioners in Alfalfa County welcomed back representatives from NextEra Energy during Monday morning’s meeting for an update on the Skeleton Creek wind farm project that was due to start this month. Elinore Beitler, project manager, along with c...

The Freedom School Board met Monday, Aug. 12, for a regular meeting. The whole board was in attendance, along with Principal Michelle Shelite and newly appointed Interim Superintendent Bryant Weber. Among their actions Monday night, the board...

This meeting, originally scheduled for May, was postponed due to inclement weather. Popular storyteller Ginger LaCroix will be the special guest speaker at the annual salad supper hosted by the Nash Christian Women's Fellowship on Aug. 19, beginning...

At the Woods County Excise Board Aug. 12 meeting Monday morning, Vice-Chairman Chris Olson, Joe Shirley and Bob Seivert discussed transfering funds of $18 that should have been deposited in the General Gov fund and not the Emergency Management fund....

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...

It appeared to be an impasse for several hours, but near 1 a.m., as nerves were frazzled, hands massaged foreheads, eyes were rubbed – the three “no” votes became two and the Kiowa City Council approved a proposed 2020 budget to be published. This... Full story

South Barber's Board of Education met Monday night for their regular August meeting with vice-president Bryan Quick calling the meeting to order in the absence of president Mark Pollock. All other members were present including: Melissa Simpson, Ryan...

At the Woods County commissioners' regular Monday morning meeting Aug. 12, commissioners John Smiley, David Hamil and Chairman Randy McMurphy approved transferring funds in the amount of $30,000 to purchase a Mack truck for District 3. The...

Edwin J. McGarry passed away on August 12, 2019. Arrangements have been entrusted to Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at https://www.honoringmemories.com/bartlesville....

These are unofficial returns from the Woods County Election Board from the Aug. 13 election. The elections cannot be declared official until Friday at 5 p.m. City of Alva Proposition for City of Alva to issue $2.5 million in general obligation bonds...

MEDFORD, Okla. (AP) — No injuries were reported after a 3.4-magnitude earthquake shook a sparsely populated area of northern Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was recorded about 2:40 p.m. Tuesday about 8 miles (13 kilometers) s...

BELTON, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors in Texas plan to seek the death penalty for a professional MMA fighter accused in the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in a shallow grave in Oklahoma. The Bell County District Attorney's Office has f...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police in Oklahoma City say a suspect is in custody in connection with the early morning shooting death of a 20-year-old man at an apartment complex on the city's northwest side. Oklahoma City Police Sgt. Gary Knight says 2...