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Breakfast Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday – Waffle with toppings, scrambled eggs, fruit, juice, milk Tuesday – Sausage biscuit, oatmeal, fruit, juice, milk Wednesday – Fruit pizza (yogurt, fruit, crust), cereal, fruit, juice, milk Thursday – Bre...

An argument in Waynoka last weekend escalated into a shooting that left one man dead and the other charged with his murder. Shawn Cox of Waynoka died from multiple gunshot wounds Saturday, Nov. 21. A first degree murder charge was filed against...

Oklahoma public school districts are bracing for additional funding cuts this school year and next, even as they currently struggle to teach students during a pandemic with fewer state dollars. Choctaw-Nicoma Park Public Schools began the school...

Lanny Leroy Corr was born May 24, 1943, in Alva, Oklahoma, and passed away on November 25, 2020, in Seiling, Oklahoma. Funeral services will be Monday, November 30, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Elm Grove Community Church, 53502 S. County Road 226, Chester,...

Thursday, November 19, 2020 12:22 p.m. – Report of a reckless driver in the 800 block of Church. 12:54 p.m. – Report of a civil stand by in the 900 block of Center. Friday, November 20, 2020 5:29 a.m. – Report of a missing horse north of Alva. 8:02...

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...

Osvaldo Eleazar Collins and Linda Susan Stewart, both of Oceanside, California: marriage license (no counselling) ($50)....

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Dezmon Jackson rushed for career highs of 235 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 21 Oklahoma State bounced back from a disappointing loss to rival Oklahoma to beat Texas Tech 50-44 on Saturday. Jackson had 36 carries in p...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tony Hsieh, the retired CEO of Las Vegas-based online shoe retailer Zappos.com, who spent years working to transform the city's downtown area, has died. He was 46. Hsieh was with family when he died Friday, according to DTP C...

ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say no one was hurt in an explosion and fire at a northeast Kansas distilling plant that was fined earlier this year over a noxious cloud of fumes that sent dozens to the hospital in 2016. Atchison Police Chief Mike...

LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Regents at New Mexico Highlands University have approved a new program that will offer students a certificate in industrial hemp entrepreneurship. Approval came earlier this month, but school officials say the program must s...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's education leaders are working on plans aimed at improving reading skills for the state's youngest students, hoping to reverse years of neglect that has stifled education achievement for decades. The Advocate r...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health officials reported a one-day record of more than 6,000 newly confirmed coronavirus cases Saturday, as experts warned the Thanksgiving holiday may make testing numbers erratic. The Oklahoma State Department of Heal...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A study that tests for parts of the coronavirus in sewage is giving public health workers advance notice of virus surges. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the City of Lawrence has been taking weekly sewage samples at b...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Small earthquakes have rattled Wichita for two straight days. The Wichita Eagle reports that a trembler on Thursday measured 2.7 on the Richter scale, while one on Friday had a magnitude of 2.6. The threshold for damage u...

BUENA VISTA, Ga. (AP) — Across the grounds of a South Georgia courthouse, scores of masked and socially distanced voters bowed their heads in prayer for the 260,000-plus Americans who have died from the coronavirus. Then Democratic Senate hopeful Rap...

Black Friday online sales hit a new record this year as pandemic-wary Americans filled virtual carts instead of real ones. Consumers spent an estimated $9 billion on U.S. retail websites on Black Friday, according to Adobe Analytics, which tracks...

Dolf Gielen, Colorado School of Mines and Morgan Bazilian, Colorado School of Mines (THE CONVERSATION) John Kerry helped bring the world into the Paris climate agreement and expanded America's reputation as a climate leader. That reputation is now...

PEARLINGTON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi coast science museum is limiting hours and planning to close for a few months because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Sun Herald reports that Infinity Science Center in Hancock County will be open on the w...

Jason Farley, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (THE CONVERSATION) COVID-19 has disrupted our daily lives, and it is poised to completely disrupt the holiday season. As people make holiday plans and think about ways to reduce the risks to...

NEW YORK (AP) — "Jeopardy!" record-holder Ken Jennings will be the first in a series of interim hosts replacing Alex Trebek when the show resumes production next Monday. Producers announced Monday that Jennings, who won 74 games in a row and c...