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Bible Baptist Church in Alva will host an Oklahoma Blood Institute blood drive Wednesday, Aug. 28, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the church fellowship hall. Bible Baptist is located at 402 Choctaw St. Each blood donor will receive a limited edition...

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...

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: … thou hast forgotten the law of thy God” (Hosea 4:6). Remember the first day of high school? The fear of algebra, assorted classes across the campus, and older students walking the halls – a little...

It’s that fantasy football time of year, again! Since I’ve never taken part in a “league” or chosen players for my “team,” I don’t know a great deal about the game. I do know enough to understand that one is able to gather a mixed roster of pla...

The Open Class Foods Division has something for everyone to make and enter at the Woods County Free Fair, Sept. 5–7. Jellies, preserves, jams, fruit butters, spaghetti sauce, brownies, dinner rolls, sweet and sliced crispy pickles, just to name a f...

The Miss Alva Pageant will be held Saturday, Aug. 24, at 6 p.m. in the Alva High School Auditorium. Contestants for the event are Ali Harzman, Kylee Harzman, Lacie Swenn and Lauren Parker. Tickets will be available at the door....

There are many things to see and do at the Woods County Free Fair to be held at the Woods County Fairgrounds on Sept. 5–7. Activities scheduled will provide families and individuals in the area a wide array of great entertainment. In the Women’s Bui...

I’m concerned about the shrinking downward size of the Alva business community. As an elderly woman told me a few days ago that she could remember when Alva had about seven bars and when a college town begins to see bars closing and now we are d...

Rolling Good Times 3 Wins 1 Loss Ms. Deb's Hairstyling 3 Wins 1 Loss Marshall's Old Timers 3 Wins 1 Loss Knights of Columbus 2 Wins 2 Losses Dilly Dilly 2 Wins 2 Losses O'Bar 1 Wins 3 Losses The Bowl Movements 1 Wins 3 Losses Team 7 1 Win 3 Losses...

The annual GAC preseason poll has been released: Northwestern Oklahoma State comes in projected to finish seventh in the conference. The Rangers will have a new look this season with first year head coach Erik Solberg taking the reign for the 2019...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Cherokee Nation's plan to send a delegate to the U.S. House, the first such attempt by a tribal nation, will take time as well as cooperation from Congress, the tribe's newly elected chief said Thursday. Cherokee Nation P...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A judge sentenced an Oklahoma man to life in prison plus nearly 150 years more for hiding cameras in homes to capture images of girls, saying she would have ordered his castration if the law allowed. Ryan Aaron Alden pleaded guil...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A law enforcement officer said that former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach asked him to investigate possible double voting and non-citizen voting, and that missing ammunition that had been purchased by Kobach's office w...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The new Kansas corrections chief has abolished a list of 7,000 books banned from state prisons and adopted a policy that allows for the review and appeal of confiscated publications. Jeff Zmuda became the acting secretary of the s...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that a former Kansas county prosecutor does not have absolute immunity in lawsuits filed by a man who spent nearly 16 years in prison for a murder his brother later confessed to committing in a s...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge in Kansas has ruled that a law making it a crime to "encourage" or "induce" immigrants to enter or live in the country illegally is unconstitutional. KCUR-FM reports that U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia i...

MCPHERSON, Kan. (AP) — A California couple has donated $1 million to a Kansas college that offers an auto restoration program that has trained several people who worked on a classic car they own. The Hays Post reports that real-estate developers R...