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Menu for Woods County Senior Citizens Monday – Chicken Alfredo, broccoli, cauliflower, garlic bread, ice cream (diabetic: sugar free ice cream) Tuesday – Chili cheese dog with diced onion, tater tots, coleslaw, peaches or watermelon Wednesday...
Grow and Share OHCE to present canning workshop July 8
Grow and Share OHCE met for its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. on June 8, 2022 , at The Homestead with Carol Erikson serving as hostess. President Janet Cunningham called the meeting to order and led the group in the flag salute. Eight members...
Woods County Communication logs
Thursday, June 16, 2022 During this day were 14 traffic stops and three controlled burns. 6:44 a.m. – Report of a vehicle vs. animal accident. 8:22 a.m. – Report of a suspicious circumstance on Walnut Street. 8:50 a.m. – Report of an injured...
Woods County Communication logs
Thursday, June 16, 2022 During this day were 14 traffic stops and three controlled burns. 6:44 a.m. – Report of a vehicle vs. animal accident. 8:22 a.m. – Report of a suspicious circumstance on Walnut Street. 8:50 a.m. – Report of an injured...
Woods 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...
Woods County real estate
Real Estate Transfers Book 1333 page 695: Jason Boucher conveys unto JDP Real Estate Holding LLC. Lots 3 and 4, block 35, City of Alva, OT Subdivision. Quit claim deed. Book 1333 page 728: Randal D. Terrill unto David Ray Ryan. Section 13, township 2...
Faster processing of disability claims for people with Alzheimer's disease
Currently, more than five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. Since the onset of Alzheimer’s can occur in people before they retire, it may strike during an individual’s working years, preventing gainful employment as the...
Please vote on Tuesday
Vote, vote, vote, please. Let the politicians know we are keeping an eye on them by having a large voter turnout. Tuesday, June 28, is the day. There are lots of candidates to choose from. It is a...
CoffeeTime
The young man’s bride of a whole six months waltzed dramatically into the den to show off her new outfit. But engrossed in the college football game of his alma mater, he never took his eyes off...
Oklahoma land auction draws bidders from 11 states and Australia
WOODS COUNTY, Okla. – The hammer dropped Tuesday evening shortly after 6 p.m. on five farms totaling 640 acres that were offered for sale in an online auction event. Results of the auction prove strong values continue for agricultural land in...
Alva June sales tax collections show increase
The City of Alva received $352,608.53 in June sales tax collections, according to the Oklahoma Tax Commission. That’s an increase of 6.8 percent over the $330,049.79 collected in June of last year....
Alva Hospital Authority to vote on budgets
Budgets are on the agenda for the Alva Hospital Authority (AHA) Tuesday. The AHA will hold their regular meeting Tuesday, June 28, at 5:30 p.m. in the media room. After approving minutes from previous meetings and the check report, the trustees will... Full story
Eriksons open Sanctuary Massage Therapy School in Alva, ribbon cutting June 30
Sanctuary Massage Therapy School – appropriately named because the new Alva business is located in the historical building that was the Otterbein Methodist Church at 4th and Center streets. The chur... Full story
Rotary 4th of July Fireworks funding approved by one vote
Last year the Rotary 4th of July Fireworks request for tourism tax funding passed by only one vote. Wednesday, the vote was again 3-2 by the City of Alva Tourism Tax Committee even though Rotary asked...
Still no city manager for Alva
With a lot on the agenda, including an executive session, the Alva City Council meeting took about two hours Monday night, June 20. Daniel Winters was the only councilmember who was absent. Mayor... Full story
What to watch in primaries in Colorado, Illinois, elsewhere
NEW YORK (AP) — Seven states are set to host primary elections Tuesday as the nation comes to terms with last week's stunning Supreme Court ruling eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion. This week's nominating contests could offer the...
Mississippi wins first CWS title by sweeping Oklahoma
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The last team to get into the NCAA baseball tournament was the last team standing. Mississippi scored twice on wild pitches in a three-run eighth inning and the Rebels won their first national baseball title, sweeping Oklahoma...
3 killed when Amtrak train hits truck, derails in Missouri
MENDON, Mo. (AP) — Three people were killed and several others were injured Monday when a passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a dump truck and derailed in a remote, rural area of Missouri, officials said. Two of the people...
Poisonous bite leads German police to farm with 110 snakes
BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany said Sunday they discovered more than 110 dangerous snakes on a farm after a woman who lived there sought medical treatment for a poisonous bite. The 35-year-old woman drove to a hospital in Salzgitter, near...
Russian missile strike hits crowded shopping mall in Ukraine
KREMENCHUK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian long-range bombers fired a missile that struck a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine's central city of Kremenchuk on Monday, raising fears of what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called an "unimaginable" number of...
Lawyer who advised Trump says federal agents seized phone
WASHINGTON (AP) — A conservative lawyer who aided former President Donald Trump's efforts to undo the 2020 election results and who has been repeatedly referenced in House hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol said Monday that...
Supreme Court's abortion ruling sets off new court fights
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Judges temporarily blocked abortion bans Monday in Louisiana and Utah, while a federal court in South Carolina said a law restricting the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy would take effect there immediately as the battle...
Supreme Court backs coach in praying on field after games
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday that a high school football coach who knelt and prayed on the field after games was protected by the Constitution, a decision that opponents said would open the door to "much more coercive prayer" in...