Articles from the September 16, 2020 edition

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Alfalfa 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...

 

Marriage License Filings

Sirqueintin Videl Ingram and Sherri Dawn Givens, Guthrie: marriage license ($50). Jason Lee White, Helena and Lisa Diane Byrd, Siloam Springs, Arkansas: marriage license ($50)....

 

Oklahoma State to induct Thurman Thomas into Ring of Honor

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Hall of Fame running back Thurman Thomas will be the first inductee into the Oklahoma State football Ring of Honor. The school announced Tuesday that Thomas will be honored on Sept. 26, when the Cowboys host West Virginia. H...

 

August collections for Oklahoma's main fund exceed estimate

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Collections to Oklahoma's main government operating fund exceeded the estimate last month by about 1%, state finance officials reported Tuesday. Office of Management and Enterprise Services Director Steven Harpe attributed the h...

 

Search to resume for mass graves of Tulsa massacre victims

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A search for mass graves of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre will continue at two more locations in a cemetery where a search earlier this year failed to uncover human remains, a city committee has decided. The Public O...

 

The Latest: Oklahoma inmate deaths likely linked to COVID-19

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State Department of Corrections says two more state prison inmates have died, and the deaths could be linked to COVID-19. The department reported late Monday that one inmate was hospitalized after testing positive for t...

 

Alfalfa County real estate transactions

Real Estate Transfers Book 860 page 174: Hannah Miller and Christopher Miller, a single person and Christopher Miller, former spouse of Hannah Miller, a single person, unto Hanner Miller. A part of southeast quarter of section 5, township 25N, range...

 

Body of 23-year-old woman found inside Pittsburg home

PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is helping to investigate the death of a 23-year-old woman whose body was found inside her Pittsburg home. The agency said in a news release that Pittsburg police received a 911 call T...

 

Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office logs

Tuesday, September 8, 2020 During this day there was one traffic stop. 9:36 a.m. – Medic needed for a male with shortness of breath and abdominal pain and had passed out. Medic took patient to Bass Hospital. 6:01p.m. – Report of a possible bre...

 

No action taken in the reassignment of Alfalfa County's 911 head of dispatch

At this week's Alfalfa County commissioners meeting Monday, Jay Hague, Stan Tucker and Marvin Woodall had a pretty easy agenda to tackle. As usual, they began by approving last meeting minutes and maintenance and operation payment warrants. There...

 

Alva students to get free lunches starting this month

Students in the Alva Public Schools will have free lunches starting Sept. 1. Alva Superintendent Tim Argo told the school board last Tuesday that the USDA and the state department notified the school the cost for lunches for students age 18 and...

 

Body of 23-year-old woman found inside Pittsburg home

PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is helping to investigate the death of a 23-year-old woman whose body was found inside her Pittsburg home. The agency said in a news release that Pittsburg police received a 911 call T...

 

Alfalfa County man charged with child abuse

An Alfalfa County man has been charged with child abuse involving his grandchild. According to court records, on June 4 Alfalfa County Sheriff Rick Wallace told Deputy Ryan Madden he had received a report of the alleged physical abuse of a...

 

Wichita area takes tougher stance on face masks, bar curfews

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita area health officials are cracking down on face masks and bar curfews to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Sedgwick County health officer Dr. Garold Minns made compliance mandatory in a new emergency public health o...

 

Cherokee School Board discusses student health protocols after positive COVID-19 test

A fairly somber Cherokee school board met Monday evening to discuss the student health protocols the school has been using this month – a month in which the school saw it's first positive COVID-19 test, the ramifications of which affected 24 s...

 

Body found in Kansas lake after kayaker went missing

FORT SCOTT, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have found a body in a Kansas lake while searching for a missing kayaker. Emergency crews began looking Sunday in Lake Fort Scott for 19-year-old Raymond Harper, of Fort Scott, after his friends recovered his k...

 

Cherokee man charged in domestic altercation

A Cherokee man is charged with felony domestic abuse after a confrontation with his ex-girlfriend. On Sept. 9 in Alfalfa County, Allen Joe Schneeberger, 33, of Cherokee, was charged with domestic assault and battery in the presence of a minor, a...

 

Coulters celebrate 50th wedding anniversary

Len Coulter and Vicki DeWitt were married Aug. 12, 1970, at the First United Methodist Church in Helena, Oklahoma. Their children, Carrie Thompson and Dr. Jason Coulter, would like to invite the...

 

Suburban Kansas City commissioner warns of 'coming war'

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A commissioner for the most populous county in Kansas urged constituents to buy firearms and prepare for a "coming war" in a Facebook post that described a chaotic end to law and order. Mike Brown, a white member of the Johnson C...

 

For their love of hot cars – it's a family affair

Mooreland couple Kelly and Meredith Wooldridge and their son, Jacobi, and his girlfriend, Caroline Noreuil, of Woodward have fun traveling to car shows together to show their slick cars. They've been...

 

Freedom Public Schools: basketball begins Nov. 5, parent-teacher conferences Oct. 13, 14

Basketball will return to Freedom soon, the Freedom Schools Board of Education heard at the beginning of its regular monthly meeting Monday evening. All Freedom school board members were present: Shane Morris, Robert Babcock, Shan Wilson, Phil...

 

Judge blocks release of agency records for slain Kansas girl

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — State agency records of a 3-year-old girl whose body was found this summer in a shallow grave should not be released to the public, a Wyandotte County judge ruled Tuesday. Olivia Jansen's body was found in a shallow grave o...

 

South Barber hosts Central Christian for Football Homecoming in Kiowa Friday night

The Friday night lights will shine brightly over South Barber High School's stadium in Kiowa as they host the Central Christian Cougars in homecoming action. The evening begins with the coronation...

 

'Keeper' replica statue stolen from Wichita park recovered

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Keeper of the Plains replica statue that was taken from a Wichita park over the weekend has been found not far from where it was stolen. A resident spotted the statue in the grass beside a creek that runs by Colvin Elementary S...

 

ACLU: Wichita schools disciplined teacher over Facebook post

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita teacher who posted on Facebook about her concern over school reopening procedures was wrongly disciplined by the district, The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas says. The ACLU asked the Wichita school district i...

 

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