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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...

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 Cou...

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...

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...

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...

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 T...

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...

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 t...

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 p...

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 Hous...

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 m...

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...

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,...

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...

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... 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 enti...

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...