Articles from the September 1, 2023 edition
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Religious services and events
Alva Church of God Alva Church of God is located at 517 9th St. in Alva. Sheryl White is the pastor. Sunday: Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. followed by morning worship at 10:30 a.m. On Sunday evening, young adults meet at 5 p.m. with a meal and Bible...
By When we walk with the Lord
When we walk with the Lord, in the light of His word, what a glory He sheds on our way. While we do His good will, He abides with us still, and with all who will trust and obey.” These are the powerful words to the song “Trust and Obey.” This song...
BETTY MARIE (MORROW) WEBER
Funeral services for Betty Weber will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 2, 2023, at Saint Cornelius Catholic Church in Cherokee, Oklahoma, with Father Cory Stanley officiating. Interment will...
Tinnitus
Kent Taylor, founder of Texas Roadhouse Restaurants, passed away in 2021 by suicide. The family said he was battling post-Covid symptoms, mainly severe tinnitus. According to an article in the AARP...
Life and Friday Night Lights
Ramblings of a Redneck Farmer This time of the year means lots of things, but in particular this part of the calendar means a couple of things in Oklahoma. One, school has started and if school has started that also means Friday Night Lights has...
The Great Pretendian, part 1
A few years ago, when I was in graduate school hoping to become an important historian of the American West (and land a job in a university), my advisor and mentor was an expert on Native American...
Gaddis honored as one of 50 Women Making a Difference in Oklahoma
Alva native Leigh Gaddis of Ada has been selected as one of the Journal Record's 2023 honorees in 50 Women "Making a Difference" in the Oklahoma. Now in its 43th year, 50 women "Making a Difference"...
Tuesday night bowling standings, week of Aug. 22
Team Standings Dilly Dilly – 4 Wins, 0 Losses Marshall's Oldtimers – 4 Wins, 0 Losses Knights of Columbus – 3 Wins, 1 Loss The Bowl Movements – 3 Wins, 1 Loss Rollin GoodTimes – 1 Win, 3 Losses X-Team – 1 Win, 3 Losses O'Bar – 0 Wins, 0 Losses Holy...
Patterson carries on a legacy
Cole Patterson is more than a student of the game. He’s the next generation, a world champion and son of a world champion. “Being around these guys my whole life, I feel like I’ve been learning my whole life,” said Patterson, a Cinch endorse...
Ladybugs shutout Newkirk 8-0 Monday
ALVA, Okla. – Coming off a 1-0 loss to the Pacers in Enid Friday, the Alva Ladybugs softball team returned home Monday to take on the Newkirk Lady Tigers. The game was scoreless until the third inning... Full story
Northwestern Family Day Sept. 16: families can 'Shop for Tuition' for chance to win scholarships
Family Day at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma, is Saturday, Sept. 16. The annual event brings families to campus where they can take tours, purchase Ranger gear, shop for tuit...
Narcan overdose kits save lives
The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) has provided 82,368 NARCAN kits since January 2023. That is 164,736 doses. Thursday, August 31 marked National Overdose Awareness Day and ODMHSAS depends on the community...
Gaddis honored as one of 50 Women Making a Difference in Oklahoma
Alva native Leigh Gaddis of Ada has been selected as one of the Journal Record's 2023 honorees in 50 Women "Making a Difference" in the Oklahoma. Now in its 43th year, 50 women "Making a Difference"...
Enjoy 'Visual Travels' at Graceful Arts Gallery tonight
Opening tonight at Graceful Arts Gallery in Alva, the Visual Travels exhibit features two very different artists: a skilled landscape photographer and a painter who makes visually intriguing abstracts... Full story
Jungman crowned Miss Alva
Sophie Jungman and Andrea Rosas smile and pose together after the Miss Alva crowning. The pageant was held Saturday at the highschool. Photo by Desiree Morehead...
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson launch fund with $10 million for displaced Maui residents
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson have committed $10 million to make direct payments to people on Maui who are unable to return to their homes because of the wildfires, through a new fund they announced Thursday. The People's Fund of Maui will give...
Election workers have gotten death threats and warnings they will be lynched, the US government says
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen people nationally have been charged with threatening election workers by a Justice Department unit trying to stem the tide of violent and graphic threats against people who count and secure the vote. Government e...
Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election subversion case, seeks to sever his case from others
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday and sought to sever his case from some other defendants who are accused along with him of illegally trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. Fulton C...
White man will stand trial for shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl, who went to wrong house, judge rules
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge ruled Thursday that the 84-year-old white homeowner who shot a Black teenager after he mistakenly went to the man's house must stand trial. Clay County Judge Louis Angles issued the ruling after a dozen w...
A look inside Donald Trump's deposition: Defiance, deflection and the 'hottest brand in the world'
NEW YORK (AP) — In newly public testimony, Donald Trump boasts about building a multibillion-dollar brand and saving "millions of lives" as president. He spars with the New York attorney general suing him for fraud, telling Letitia James "the w...
Residents pick through the rubble of lost homes and scattered belongings in Hurricane Idalia's wake
HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida and Georgia residents living along Hurricane Idalia's path of destruction on Thursday picked through piles of rubble where homes once stood, threw tarps over ripped-apart roofs and gingerly navigated streets l...
Two ex-Proud Boys leaders get some of longest sentences in Jan. 6 Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group were sentenced to more than a decade each in prison Thursday for spearheading an attack on the U.S. Capitol to try to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from Donald...
