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Real Estate Transfers Book 862 page 28: Francis Loren Miller, as successor trustee of the Miller Family Trust, conveys unto Kathy Baird: southwest quarter of Section 27, Township 27N, Range 9, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Warranty deed. Book 862 page 50: Donald L. Arganbright and Bernadette J. Arganbright convey unto Donnell Gibson: Lots 20 and 21 in Block 9 in Original Town of Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Warranty deed. Book 862 page 52: Donald L. Arganbright and Bernadette J. Arganbright convey unto Donnell Gibson: The south 10 feet...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 During this day were three traffic stops. 12:11 p.m. – Woods County called for mutual aid with a fire on County Road (CR) 460 and Oklahoma Highway 45. 1:40 p.m. – Caller advised of someone driving way too fast through town and running the stop sign. 3:55 p.m. – Caller advised they had hit a cow and might have broken their arm. Medic took the patient to Bass Hospital in Enid. 9:04 p.m. – Alarm company advised of a fire alarm going off on Main Street. 9:20 p.m. – Caller advised she heard five gunshots just south of...
Mark Eugene Lambert vs. Karen Marie Lambert: Marriage dissolution/divorce....
Civil Filings Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc. vs. Twyla Ratlief: mortgage foreclosure. Limited Civil Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Rudy Perez: debt collection. Domestic Relations Sonya Bush vs. Alan W. Maher: non-divorce visitation, custody, etc. Traffic Filings Jeremiah Steve Barker has been cited for maximum speed limits ($258). Jonathan Michael Lee Fowler has been cited for maximum speed limits ($213). Sarah Kathleen M. Pearce has been cited for maximum speed limits ($183). Shauna L. Taylor has been cited for operating a motor vehicle...
Real Estate Transfers Book 145 page 420: Troy W. Wells and Brenda S. Wells, husband and wife, convey unto Patricia McLemore: Lots 2 and 4 on the south side of Lincoln Avenue in Friedley’s Revised Addition to the City of Medicine Lodge. Quit claim deed. Book 145 page 423: Nancy J. Winfrey and Leon Winfrey, wife and husband, convey unto Steven L. Wright and Brenda D. Wright, husband and wife: Lot 4 in Block 1 in Regnier’s Lakeview Addition to the City of Medicine Lodge. Joint tenancy warranty deed. Book 145 page 424: Paula J. Stoskophf and Sco...
Candidates for the boards of education in nine Alfalfa County school districts will file their declarations of candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 7, and continuing Tuesday, Dec. 8 and Wednesday, Dec. 9, Alfalfa County Election Board Secretary Kelly Stein said today. Stein said the official filing period ends at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 9. All candidate filings will occur at the Alfalfa County Election Board office, 602 W. 5th St. Ste 3, Cherokee, Stein said. The board of education positions at stake will be filled at the Board of Ed...
Commissioners in Alfalfa County didn't have much to tackle on their agenda this week. Jay Hague, Stan Tucker, and Marvin Woodall did their usual routine of signing off on last week's minutes, maintenance and operation warrants for payment, and blanket purchase orders. Monthly officer reports garnered approval too. One list item from the agenda was about the Alfalfa County Educational Authority Audit with CPA Michael W. Green. County clerk Laneta Unruh explained to the commissioners that she talked to the accountants who explained how they...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus in Oklahoma surged to a new high on Tuesday, a day after Gov. Kevin Stitt announced new restrictions on bars and restaurants and required masks to be worn in state buildings in hopes of slowing the spread of the virus. The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported 1,381 hospitalizations, surpassing the previous record of 1,279 set Friday. Stitt on Monday said bars and restaurants statewide must space all tables six feet apart and close in-person service at 11 p.m. Th...
It's nothing new or unexpected that the City of Kiowa, Kansas will increase their water rates in increments over time. It's necessary to make payments on the approximate $8 million waterline replacement project that is about to begin. At a special meeting November 2 the subject was discussed. Phil Fishburn, a certified planner of Wichita attended the meeting to discuss water rates. Mayor Bill Watson said the city will have to increase water rates in a stair step process (over three to five years) to make the first payment on the loan. The...
A call Tuesday to the Barber County (Kansas) Health Department to get the latest number of Covid-19 cases found that three of four employees there have been sick with the virus. Tuesday, Marilyn Vierthaler at the health department said that since March when they started counting Covid-19 cases they've had about 158 cases and nearly 20 of them are active in Barber County. The Newsgram contacted some area folks who survived the virus and were willing to share their story. Those follow. Schrocks At age 73, Mark and Judy Schrock are longtime...
Prisons are again added to the number of active cases of Covid in area communities. On Tuesday, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections listed 67 active cases at Bill Johnson Correctional Center in Alva and 87 testing positive at James Crabtree Correctional Center in Helena. The numbers include both inmates and staff. As a result, Alva is listed with 147 active cases. Subtracting the BJCC cases still leaves 80 others in Alva. On the other hand, Helena has 89 cases, and if JCCC cases are subtracted that leaves two other active cases. The...
There's lots of noise and activity going on at the Kiowa District Hospital. That's as building of the new wellness and therapy addition on the south end of the hospital is ongoing. Kiowa District Hospital Board of Directors President Pat Myers called the Oct. 27 regular monthly meeting to order in the hospital lobby. Members present were Chantae Simpson, Jim Parker and Jeff Miller (via Teams). Hospital CEO and CFO Janell Goodno attended, as did Operations/IT Director/Manor Administrator Phillip...
• Nearly 50% of new cases in nursing homes from Midwest states WASHINGTON, D.C. – The number of weekly new Covid cases in nursing homes in the U.S. hit a record high this month, and the cause is community spread among the general population. That's according to a report released today by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), a national nonprofit organization representing nursing homes and assisted living communities providing care to app...
South Barber eighth-grader Cody Tomberlin won the VFW Patriot's Pen contest from among the 12 members of his class. Retired English teacher Melva Armbruster judged the entries. He stood at the podium at Kiowa's Veterans Day Program and read his speech. The gymnasium is usually filled with cheering students from pre-K to high school, local veterans and members of the public who want to honor veterans. Students perform patriotic music with the littlest children excitedly waving flags as they...
Christopher Edward Thomas, the son of Donald and Karen (Hart) Thomas, was born on July 9, 1974, in Alva, Oklahoma. As a man of adventure, he passed away on November 14, 2020, at the age of 46 while hunting with friends outside of Dodge City, Kansas. He graduated from Alva High School in 1992. Chris attended Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College and Oklahoma State University, were he graduated with agricultural economics/finance minor from both universities. Chris reflected that his college years...
With high school football playoffs underway, basketball season is on the horizon. Alva Middle School has already begun play, and Alva High School begins basketball on Dec. 1 with home games against Chisholm. Special protocols will be in place for more physical distancing among fans. The number of tickets will be limited. If you’ve been missing Northwestern Oklahoma State University sports, there’s relief on the horizon. The Great American Conference (GAC) canceled all sports through Dec. 31. On Monday, they announced start dates for bas...
State Sen. Roland Pederson was officially sworn in for his second four-year term in the Oklahoma State Senate on Monday. The Burlington Republican represents communities in Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant and Kay counties. Due to increased community spread, the oath of office ceremony was held in small groups in the Senate chamber to accommodate for Covid-19 safety protocols. During his first term, Pederson served as the vice chairman of the Agriculture and Wildlife committee. He also sat on the...
Cindy Adele Cohlmia, daughter of the late Sam and Margurite Lorice (Razook) Cohlmia, was born June 11, 1952, in Waynoka, Oklahoma, and passed away November 8, 2020, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 68 years, 4 months and 28 days. She was cremated at her request under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Waynoka LLC. Services will be held at a later date. Cindy graduated from Waynoka High School with the Class of 1970. She then obtained her bachelor's degree in education from...
On Tuesday, November 10, 2020, Daniel Countryman went to his heavenly home. He was born on October 24, 1959, in Eureka, Kansas, to Garry and Pat Countryman. Daniel had many friends, and he did not know a stranger. He had spent many years with the Masons and Barber County Shriners. Daniel was preceded in death by his grandad Scott, grandmother Scott, granddad Countryman and grandmother Countryman. He is survived by his significant other, Robin Pinkerton of Kiowa, Kansas; his daughter, Christina McMurray and husband Mack of Kiowa, Kansas; his...
Vickie L. McDonald, 67, of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 10, 2020. She was born on June 19, 1953, in Hardtner, Kansas, the daughter of Norman Long and Doris (Griem) Long. On September 30, 1972, she married Robert "Bob" McDonald. He survives. Vickie was a homemaker and co-owner of Bob's Roustabout. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Surviving in addition to her husband, Bob McDonald, are two sons, Jon (Angela) McDonald and Luke McDonald, all...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Tuesday the hiring of Amanda Rodriguez, a longtime accountant for Chesapeake Energy, for the new role of chief financial officer for the state of Oklahoma. Stitt said in a press release Rodriguez will oversee the development of the executive budget and work with the governor's cabinet to improve financial reporting. Rodriguez worked as an accountant for Chesapeake Energy since 2007 and for the last two years as internal audit manager. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma Price College o...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus in Oklahoma surged to a new high on Tuesday, a day after Gov. Kevin Stitt announced new restrictions on bars and restaurants and required masks to be worn in state buildings in hopes of slowing the spread of the virus. The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported 1,381 hospitalizations, surpassing the previous record of 1,279 set Friday. Stitt on Monday said bars and restaurants statewide must space all tables six feet apart and close in-person service at 11 p.m. Th...
Many of the nation's brightest prospects in the most recent recruiting class didn't necessarily select the most obvious schools. Kentucky, Duke and Kansas have landed many of the notable one-and-done performers over the last decade. But according to composite rankings of recruiting sites compiled by 247Sports, those three schools landed only two of the top 12 recruits in this year's freshman class: Kentucky guards Brandon Boston Jr. (No. 5) and Terrence Clarke (No. 8). In the meantime, four of the top seven players chose Oklahoma State,...
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Kansas health officials on Tuesday urged communities to take stronger action as more hospital rooms are devoted to caring for coronavirus patients and hundreds of doctors, nurses and other workers are quarantined, leading some surgical procedures to be delayed. Hospital emergency departments in at least two communities were holding coronavirus patients while waiting for space or staff to treat them elsewhere. The CEO of a northeast Kansas health system called the local spread of the virus "uncontrolled." Teresa Ellis, t...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall resigned Tuesday following an investigation into allegations of verbal and physical abuse, ending a tenure that soared to the Final Four and crashed on the eve of the upcoming season. Marshall, who has long been known for his combustible sideline persona, came under scrutiny when former player Shaq Morris claimed he'd been struck twice by his coach during an October 2015 practice. Morris also claimed that he'd seen Marshall choke assistant coach Kyle Lindsted, who soon departed to b...
