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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...

While is an interesting word. As a noun, it means a period of time or at the same time. As a conjunction, it means at the same time or even notes a contrast. As an adverb it means “during.” Using “while" as an adverb can evoke different feeli...

Do we ever think about how much we influence other people that we interact with, either on a day-to-day basis or meet for the first time? Do we think about how our actions and words could influence someone else? I mean, we might say or do something...

In the Newsgram on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, it stated graveside services will be held for Ellis Ray Raymer. It should have said, “Funeral services will be held for Ellis Ray Raymer at Wharton Funeral Chapel on Saturday, November 23, 2023, at 11 a...

Can we talk a little about Bedlam? It was a pretty good game and, yes, my team won. I didn’t even get to watch the game. We were working on an emergency water leak for a couple of friends and caught about the last four minutes of the fourth q...

Hunters taking to the field this season will likely find areas of good quail numbers where habitat and weather conditions were most favorable. Hunting will not be what it was at the last observed peak in production in 2016, but hunters can expect to...

Team Standings Bowl Movements – 29 ½ wins, 14 ½ losses Marshall's Oldtimers – 27 wins, 17 losses Rollin Good Times – 23 wins, 21 losses Dilly Dilly – 22 wins, 22 losses Knights of Columbus – 21 wins, 23 losses O'Bar – 21 wins, 23 losses X-Team – 20 w...

JOPLIN – The Northwestern Oklahoma State Women's Cross Country team closed out their 2023 season at the Central Region Championships in Missouri for the Women's 6K. The Rangers finished 31st overall in the meet with seven runners in the meet. The f...

DURANT – Northwestern Oklahoma State Volleyball was on the road Wednesday evening against Southeastern Oklahoma State. The Rangers came out fast with an aggressive 3-0 dominating win finishing each set with at least a seven point win. Northwestern s...

SHAWNEE – Northwestern Oklahoma State went to Shawnee to close out the 2023 season against Oklahoma Baptist. The Bison took advantage of two first half goals before closing out a 2-1 win over the Rangers. Northwestern ends the season 2-8-8 with a 1-5...

JOPLIN, Mo. – Northwestern Oklahoma State men's cross country team closed out their 2023 season on Saturday at the NCAA Central Region Championships. Northwestern placed 22nd overall in the meet. Christian Franklin paced the Rangers being the f...

ALVA – Northwestern Oklahoma State hosted Southern Arkansas for one of two final home games Saturday afternoon. The Muleriders opened a 35-0 lead at halftime before closing out a 42-14 victory over the Rangers. Southern Arkansas improves to 8-2 on t...

In a meeting Tuesday, the Alva Arena Authority voted to interview candidates for construction manager at their Dec. 5 meeting. Two companies submitted proposals that were discussed at length in executive session. Architect Glen Calvert is to be at... Full story

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — The independent commission announced by Democratic Gov. Janet Mills to investigate the shootings that claimed 18 lives in Maine last month includes former judges, prosecutors and mental health professionals, who were d...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first thing Greg Jackson did when he arrived in Lewiston, Maine, was to drive through the city, into its neighborhoods, past the crime scene tape and the boarded-up windows, to get a feel for a community reeling from a mass s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel has agreed to put in place four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in its assault on Hamas in northern Gaza, the White House said Thursday, as President Joe Biden pressed Israelis for a multi-day stoppage in the fighting in a b...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday upheld the Biden administration's approval of the massive Willow oil-drilling project on Alaska's remote North Slope, a decision that environmental groups swiftly vowed to fight. U.S. District C...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man accused of bludgeoning former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer was caught up in conspiracies when he broke into her San Francisco home last year, his defense attorney said as his trial opened T...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A project to build a first-of-a-kind small modular nuclear reactor power plant was terminated Wednesday, another blow to the Biden administration's clean energy agenda following cancellations last week of two major offshore wind p...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities were hunting Thursday for whoever sent suspicious letters — including some containing fentanyl — to elections offices in at least five states this week, delaying the counting of ballots in some local races in the lates...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The white Honda Civic sped down Highway 57, a rural two-lane corridor that reaches the U.S.-Mexico border, after a Texas sheriff's deputy tried pulling over the car and gave chase when it didn't stop. High-speed pursuits of m...