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Happy Birthday To Dec. 1: Sharon Harris, Randy Wilson, Shawn James, Connie Wise Dec. 3: Ramona Burkhart, Oren Leon Howland Dec. 4: Lori Sample, Francis Melkus, Lyndon Province, Katie Blunk Dec. 5: Donnie Wehrenberg, Sharon Walker, Shelly Province...

Northwestern Oklahoma State University Artist-in-Residence Anna Valdez is offering a Christmas-themed art workshop Saturday, Dec. 3, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Graceful Arts Center in downtown Alva. The event is open to the public, and the cost...

Parents who are in the divorcing process, people thinking about divorce, concerned friends or family members may attend a Co-Parenting For Resilience class to be held on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 6:30 p.m. in the conference room of the Woods County...

In the Nov. 20, 2016, edition of the Alva Review-Courier and the Nov. 24, 2016, edition of The Freedom Call, the Woods County court filings listed a civil filing. It was stated: The Bruce L. Stansberry vs. The Phillip Schultz and Carol vs. Jerry...

Sunday, Nov. 27, was the first Sunday of Advent. The order of services was: Prelude by Joy Ware Opening Prayer given by Shirley Wagner Opening chorus “Emmanuel, Emmanuel” Call to Worship by Julie Russell Hymn of Praise “Come, Thou Long-...

Filing begins Monday, Dec. 5, for the annual school board elections in Oklahoma. Three positions on the Freedom Board of Education will be on the ballot. Those open are positions No. 2, 4 and 5. Candidates may file at the Woods County Election Board...

Monday, Dec. 5: Last day of Book Fair in library, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6: 6:30 p.m. High school girls and boys basketball at Darrouzett Friday, Dec. 9: High school girls and boys basketball vs. Medford at Freedom Monday, Dec. 12: 4 p.m....

The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Art Society (NAS) is making big changes for the 14th annual art show set for Sunday, March 5, through Friday, March 31, 2017, in the J.W. Martin Library. “Every year our members discuss how we can make our a...

WICHITA, Kan. — Deshon Portley scored a game-high 16 points for Southern Nazarene in an 87-57 loss at Wichita State in an exhibition contest. Portley went 6-for-14 from the field, 4-for-9 in the first half, and added a pair of 3-pointers as well. J...

OKLAHOMA CITY (Nov. 29, 2016) – Through one half, the Oklahoma Christian Eagles found themselves in a place some might not have expected against Manhattan Christian (Kan.) – in a tight basketball game. But in the second half, the Eagles turned up...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — It's one thing to have a bad game and have to discuss it with dad. It's another when your father was a three-time all-conference defensive lineman at Oklahoma, the very school whose defense you anchored — or in Jordan Evans' cas...

Bob Stoops was a young defensive assistant when he joined new Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder's staff way back in 1989. Just winning a game was a big deal then for the Wildcats, who were coming off consecutive winless seasons and decades of...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger doesn't expect his Sooners to reach last year's Final Four-level status immediately with so many new faces. That's why he's fine with the baby steps they took on Tuesday. Freshman Kristian Doolittle s...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa-based Williams Cos. will close its office in Oklahoma City and plans to move most of the 400 jobs to Tulsa. The energy and pipeline company said in a statement Wednesday that most of the 400 employees are expected to move t...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Former state lawmaker and 2014 Democratic candidate for governor Joe Dorman says he won't run for governor in 2018. The Rush Springs Democrat released a statement Wednesday saying that while he's flattered to be considered a c...

LAWTON, Okla. (AP) — A Lawton man has been sentenced to life in prison in the shooting death of another man in March 2014. The Lawton Constitution (http://bit.ly/2gWfshM ) reports that 30-year-old Robert Long was convicted of first-degree murder i...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Construction of an American Indian cultural center near downtown Oklahoma City is expected to resume in the spring after the last of several obstacles are cleared. City finance director Craig Freeman said the Chickasaw Nation i...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Thirteen Oklahoma inmates are now eligible for execution dates after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a man convicted in 1999 double slaying. But executions remain on hold in the state as officials rework O...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is among a dozen people who have been added to President-elect Donald Trump's presidential transition team. In a statement released late Tuesday, Vice-president elect Mike Pence announced that Fallin h...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The rate of earthquakes in Oklahoma has dropped dramatically since late May, when the state limited wastewater injections into energy wells, an Associated Press statistical analysis shows. And a new scientific study says the state i...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Funeral services were held for a 27-year-old Wichita woman slain earlier this month before her newborn was kidnapped. Laura Abarca-Nogueda of Wichita was shot and killed Nov. 17 in her apartment in west Wichita. Her then 6...