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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 obtained by anyone during regular hours at the Alfalfa County Courthouse. The Alva Review-Courier will not intentionally alter or delete any of this information. If it appears in the courthouse public records, it will appear in this newspaper. Correction from Sept. 18 Newsgram Sam L. Stein Law Offices,...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 During this day there were 12 traffic stops, two civil papers served and one report of cattle out. 7:50 a.m. – Alarm company advised about an alarm at Farmers Exchange Bank. 2:25 p.m. – Report of a grass fire on County Road 620 and Osage. 2:38 p.m. – Report of a reckless driver westbound on U.S. Highway 64. 6:04 p.m. – Caller advised there was a man in jeans and shirt walking in the area and knocking on doors. Officer advised all was okay. 5:46 p.m. – Report of a reckless driver on Oklahoma Highway 45. Wednesday...
September 9, 2019 Barber County Sheriff's Office (BASO) performed a VIN inspection. Kiowa Police Department (KWPD) performed multiple VIN inspections. Medicine Lodge Police Department (MLPD) and BASO responded to a report of a child in need of care on west Washington Avenue. BASO responded to a commercial alarm on northeast Ridge Road. BASO responded to a report of cattle out on Hackberry Road. BASO investigated a report of a suspicious vehicle at the Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital. September 10, 2019 BASO responded to a report of cattle out...
Memorial services will be Wednesday, September 25, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Wharton Funeral Chapel with Reverend Paul Cole officiating. Amy Sue was born on August 5, 1961, in Denver, Colorado, to Shirley (Purvis) and Griffin Hill. She passed away at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, on September 14, 2019, at the age of 58. Amy is survived by one daughter, one son, two grandchildren, her father, three sisters, two brothers, several nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuner...
Memorial services for Debra Rees will be held on Saturday, October 5, 2019, at 2 p.m. at the Women's Building at the Woods County Fairgrounds with eulogy by Adam Jordan. Wharton Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com. Debra Ann Rees, daughter of Elizabeth Jane (Pack) and Joseph Thebo, was born on April 16, 1955, in Kansas City, Missouri. She passed away at her home with her family in attendance on September 21, 2019, at the...
Memorial services for Loleta Mae Leslie will be at 2 p.m. Monday, September 30, 2019, at Alva First United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Carol Cook Moore officiating. A private interment service for the family will be prior to the service under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva....
Memorial services for Terry Lowan Christopher will be 2 p.m. Thursday, September 26, 2019, at the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dr. Carol Cook Moore officiating. He was cremated at his request under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Terry Lowan Christopher, son of the late Arvid Lowan and Jewel Catherine (Fields) Christopher, was born October 5, 1944, in Sikeston, Missouri, and passed away September 24, 2019, at Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 74 years, 11 months and 25...
Treva Jane Bright was born July 9, 1926, and returned to the Father on September 18, 2019. Born in Cherokee, Oklahoma, to Benton and Eva Johnson, she was raised in Jet, Oklahoma, and graduated from high school in 1944. In June 1944 she married Richard L. Bright (Dick). After his discharge from the service, she returned to Cherokee with Dick and they ran the Whiteway Service Station. In 1966 Treva started to work for the Farmers Exchange Bank, retiring in 1989. Treva enjoyed retirement where she...
Three years ago, I read a review of a book titled “The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults.” One of the authors, Frances E. Jensen, MD, was the mother of two boys. When they entered their teen years, her boys and their friends seemed to change. She started gathering research data and learned a wealth of information. Dr. Jensen gathered all this information about adolescent brain function, wiring and capacity and wrote a book. She expla... Full story
On Friday, Sept. 20, the Medicine Lodge High School football team lost, 14-41, to South Gray. Statistics from the game are as follow: Passing Josh Bowman – 15 completions, 35 attempts, 241 yards, 2 touchdowns, 2 interceptions Receiving Tailyn Taylor – 7 catches, 125 yards, 1 touchdown Cauy Scripsick – 6 catches, 86 yards Kirk Fisher – catches, 29 yards, 1 touchdown Cason Liebst – 1 catch, 1 yards, 1 touchdown Rushing Josh Bowman – 24 carries, 70 yards, 4 fumbles Tallyn Taylor– 2 carries, 7 yards Brayden Schmidt – 2 carries, 1 yard Cason Lieb...
At the Woods County commissioners' regular Monday morning meeting Sept. 24, commissioners John Smiley, David Hamil and Chairman Randy McMurphy approved road crossing permits for BCE Mach for District 3. The commissioners also agreed to open five sweep accounts. Currently, there is one account; the reason for opening five is to increase security against the main account. Lastly, the commissioners approved action to allow the courthouse lawn to be used for Rodeo on the Square....
Officials in Alfalfa County met Monday morning and kicked off their meeting with a conference call with Les Reed from Dobson Technologies – the telecommunication provider the county switched to after discontinuing service with AT&T. An issue with the internet (due to an unstable connection with KanOkla) caused concern, prompting the conference call. Reed explained some options the county has through Dobson Technologies should KanOkla not upgrade their existing infrastructure (like providing a dedicated circuit that would use AT&T's fiber in a...
OKLAHOMA CITY – The bi-annual open meetings, open records seminars will kick-off the first of six statewide meetings next Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Autry Technology Center in Enid. The seminars are free, open to the public and require no pre-registration. The meetings are a collaboration between the Attorney General’s Office, the Oklahoma Press Association and Freedom of Information Oklahoma. The seminars will be from 1 to 4 p.m. on the following dates and locations: October 3 – Enid, Autry Technology Center, 1201 W. Willow October 24 – Ardmore...
On Sunday night in Kiowa, Kansas, cars are parked along Main Street as the Chief Theater is showing a movie on the north side. Directly across the street to the south is Dovie's Bar with vehicles parked along Main Street. Kiowa Police Chief Nate Houston said that at approximately 8 p.m. a Nissan passenger car was westbound on Main Street. The driver of that car was Wichita woman Martha Darby, age 62. Witnesses told the chief the Nissan was traveling “well over the 20 mph speed limit and had no lights on.” Darby's Nissan swerved to the right and...
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is now allowing controlled movement of inmates at most male minimum-security facilities, minimum-security units at medium-security prisons, and all female prisons. Correctional officers will move small groups of inmates from their pods or cells to allow them use of prison telephones, provide outdoor recreation time and access to dining halls and canteens. These inmates will also have daily, structured access to showers. ODOC is also sending farm and industry workers back to their a...
Alva voters who are registered in Precinct 760005 and have been voting on Election Day at the Woods County Election Board office will once again vote at Alva City Hall starting with the 2020 Election. New cards are being processed with your new polling place information. If changes need to be made to names, party or address, please come to the Election Board office at 410 4th St., Suite C anytime between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. The election board thanks you for your understanding and patience while they were displaced due to construction. If you do...
Burlington School Board President Terry Graham called their Sept. 17 regular meeting to order with all members present including Robert Hill, April Kisling, T.J. Rockenbach and Aaron Smith. Also present were Superintendent Dr. Stacey Croft, Principal Tim Bart and Minutes Clerk Tamre McGinnis. They conducted business within two hours. The board reviewed the Burlington School Accreditation Status for 2019-2020. Members were pleased to learn the school is accredited with no deficiencies. After discussion of basketball game admissions, the board...
Apparently angry over a social media post, a Cherokee man is now charged with indecent exposure and malicious injury to property. Court records show on Wednesday, Sept. 18, around 3 p.m. Cherokee Police Officer Mike Andrews was contacted by Alfalfa County Dispatch to respond to an address on Fifth Street. When he arrived, he spoke to Lloyd Puffinbarger who said around 2 p.m. Nathan Schanbacher came to his home. He said Schanbacher had a wild look on his face and was banging on his front door....
Emergency personnel were called to the scene of a wreck at 8th Street and the old hospital building. This was near 1 a.m. Sunday morning. Barber County Sheriff's Deputy Chad Hacker said an elderly gentleman, Mr. Ashbaker, was behind the wheel of a Chevy HHR car. Hacker said Ashbaker had reportedly just dropped his grandson off at the apartments across 8th Street to the west of the old hospital. Then for an unknown reason, Hacker said Ashbaker was sitting in the parking lot directly north of the former hospital. As he started to move the car...
This Friday evening one of three senior women will be crowned the 2019 Football Homecoming Queen at South Barber High School in Kiowa, Kansas. The coronation ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m. before the Chieftains kick off the homecoming game at 7. They host the South Haven Cardinals. Homecoming festivities begin in downtown Kiowa with a parade down Main Street at 2:30 p.m., followed by a pep rally in the Kiowa Auto Parts parking lot. The senior queen candidates are: Adrienne Allison, Takira Blick... Full story
MEDICINE LODGE, Kansas – The future jury trial of Barber County Undersheriff Virgil “Dusty” Brewer, charged with involuntary manslaughter, will not take place in the Barber County Courthouse in Medicine Lodge. The venue and date of the trial have not been determined. Brewer pleaded not guilty early this year to the state’s charge of involuntary manslaughter in the 2017 fatal shooting of the unarmed Steven Myers in Sun City. Brewer was unsuccessful in attempting to have the State of Kansas v. Virgil Brewer dismissed, but on Wednesday, Distric... Full story
SHAWNEE – Another straight-set triumph for Oklahoma Baptist was the result on Tuesday night when the Bison faced off against Northwestern Oklahoma State inside Mabee Arena at the Noble Complex. It was much the same for OBU as it has been for the entirety of their Division II-era record eight-match win streak, pairing a relentless defensive effort with an efficient offensive approach. The Bison hit .356 for the match against Northwestern, averaging 15.7 kills across three sets while holding the Rangers to a .112 hitting percentage and a miserly...
SHAWNEE - The Oklahoma Baptist women's golf team shot the high round of the day with a 308 (+20) on Tuesday afternoon to finished with a two-round score of 620 (+44) and a second place finish at the Oklahoma Baptist Fall Invitational at Shawnee Country Club. The Bison had five total golfers finish in the top 10 including three in the top five. Shelby Phillips, Josie Patterson, and Hayden Meiser all finished with scores of 154 (+10) to finish even. Meiser had a terrific afternoon and had the low round of the day with a 73 (+1). Phillips was...
