Alva Church of God Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Nathan Braudrick. Alva Church of God is located at 517 Ninth St. in Alva, and can be found on the web at www.AlvaChurchOfGod.org. Sunday: Sunday school is at...

I’ve been thinking a lot about judgment lately. There are several phrases that use the idea of judgment in them: an error of judgment, in my judgment, against one's better judgment, pass judgment, reserve judgment, sit in judgment. I’m sure there are...

Today, I made a “routine” call to my credit card company. I was interested in moving some money for the betterment of my monthly cash flow. That part of the call was short, sweet and successful. Then the (extremely well-trained) person on the other e...

Be a legend and give blood with Oklahoma Blood Institute. Bigfoot is stomping his way through blood drives in Oklahoma this summer. Healthy adults, age 16 and up, can give blood at one of the following Bigfoot-themed drives with Oklahoma Blood...

At the Woods County commissioners' special Thursday morning meeting Aug. 15, commissioners John Smiley, David Hamil and Chairman Randy McMurphy approved action to allow employees – of their own accord – to take advantage of extra coverage for med...

Louis Dean Dressler, 59, of Haven, Kansas, passed away Saturday, August 10, 2019, at his home. He was born on June 14, 1960, in Roseburg, Oregon, the son of Bernard F. Dressler and Wanda D. (Little) Dressler. Services are pending. To help defer the...

It is really nice to be spending time back home in northwest Oklahoma. I have been trying to get around to the different community events. There are so many great things to do in our area, it’s a race to keep up with them all. I would like to u...

Though a small group, a quorum was made Tuesday evening for members of the Avard Regional Rail Park Authority. Stan Bixler, Todd Holder and Ed Sutter began their reularly scheduled monthly meeting without other members Allan Poe and Bob Firth or... Full story

Alva's Head Start early education program for children ages 3 to 5 is now taking applications. Free to qualifying families, the Head Start early education program is designed to ensure each child is school-ready prior to entering the public school...

The Alva Airport Commission discussed after-hours security at the terminal building during the regular meeting Monday, Aug. 12. All commission members were present. City Business Manager Joe Don Dunham started the discussion. He said some locks were...

Northwestern Oklahoma State University Director of Athletics Brad Franz is pleased to announce the addition of Chris Maple to the Ranger athletics department administrative staff. Maple recently joined the Ranger family as the assistant athletic...

The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rangers volleyball team will begin their 2019 season in only a few weeks. The Rangers were picked No. 8 overall according to the Great American Conference preseason poll. Northwestern is coming back from a...

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. –The 2019 football season is right around the corner. Northwestern Oklahoma State University finds themselves improving ever so slightly from last season’s preseason poll coming in seventh in the GAC rankings compared to eig...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Tulsa has requested to raise the water level at Webbers Falls to 491.5 feet (149.81 meters) for 24 hours to help free two sunken barges. The request made Wednesday with Southwestern Division H...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin has agreed to provide access to proprietary research and other data to researchers at Oklahoma State University to help them find causes and treatments for drug addiction. S...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Missouri man has been sentenced to nearly 32 years in prison for shooting at an FBI SWAT team in northeast Oklahoma when they tried to arrest him for threatening Texas police officers. U.S. Attorney Trent Shores says 5...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A woman was arrested Thursday in the May death of her 2-year-old son in the latest case involving a Wichita-area child who died despite the involvement of state welfare officials. Kimberly Compass, 23, is jailed without bond o...

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A former Lawrence police officer has been sentenced to 12 months of probation for threatening another driver with a gun on a suburban Kansas City highway in a case of road rage. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that 3...

BURIEN, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state trooper who pulled over to help what he thought was a disabled vehicle found something else instead: The driver had eight phones simultaneously playing the video game Pokemon Go. The driver was stopped on t...

TORNILLO, Texas (AP) — A senior Trump administration official says that with fewer immigrants and more detention space, people apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border won't be subject to the squalid, overcrowded conditions criticized earlier this y...