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Mayor Bill Watson called the November meeting of Kiowa's City Council to order following a prayer and flag salute. All members were present, including President Brian Hill, Janet Robison, B.J. Duvall, Jason Thayer and Tom Wells. City Administrator Ty Piper and City Clerk Cady Tucker also sat at the council table. Robison announced that the city of Kiowa turns 150 in 2025. She's ordered banners, etc., for this milestone year. The city has upgraded the city generator to be RICE Compliant. The quote to do so was “up to $40,000.” As the quote wen...
Northwestern Oklahoma State University's Department of Social Work has been awarded a $40,000 grant by the Child Welfare Professional Enhancement Program Student Payback Fund Grants to establish an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Training Academy. This academy will financially support university course work, training opportunities for social service professionals and offer a paid practicum experience in IECMH for a senior social work student. Infant and early childhood mental he...
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 obtained by anyone during regular hours at the Alfalfa County Courthouse. The Newsgram will not intentionally alter or delete any of this information. If it appears in the courthouse public records, it will appear in this newspaper. Civil Filings Amerihome Mortgage Company LLC vs. Cassandra Roth,...
The 19th annual Ranger Research Day saw its highest participation since 2017 on Nov. 22 in the J.W. Martin Library on the Northwestern Oklahoma State University-Alva campus. Aubrey Runyan (Groom, Texas, senior) and Eli Runyan (Claremore senior), with "Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal Among Parents for Their Children" in the nursing section, received top marks from the judges out of 36 projects entered by 60 participants. Graduate and undergraduate students created poster presentations of academic r...
Northwestern Oklahoma State University's employees were honored during the annual Employee Service Recognition Ceremonies Nov. 20-21. Ceremonies took place in Alva and Enid to honor employees who work at Alva, Enid and Woodward campus locations. Dr. Jason Wickham, professor of chemistry, received the John Barton Distinguished Teaching and Service Award. "The purpose of this award is to honor distinguished teaching as well as service to the university, local, state and national organizations,"...
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 During this day: four traffic stops. 7: 39 a.m. – Medic needed at James Crabtree Correctional Center for a male in respiratory distress. The medic took the patient to Bass Hospital in Enid. 8:32 a.m. – Report of a fraud. 5:40 p.m. – Report of seven head of cattle missing from two different fields, and this wasn’t the first time it has happened. Caller stated he found fresh four-wheeler tracks. Caller wants to make a report. Deputy was advised. 5:57 p.m. – Medic needed in the 100 block of Murray for a 78-year-old femal...
Real Estate Transfers Book 150, page 406: James Patrick Carpenter conveys unto James Patrick Carpenter Trust. A tract of land in the northeast quarter of Section 12, Township 30 south, Range 12 west of the 6th PM, Barber County, Kansas, etc. Quit claim deed. Book 150, page 408: Doreen Sue Carroll and Ricky Dean Carroll convey unto RPE LLC. Lots 13, 14 and 15 in Block 20 in the City of Sharon, Barber County, Kansas. Quit claim deed. Book 150, page 409: Killeen Investments LLC conveys unto Brandon Lukens. Commencing 645 feet south of the...
As scammers develop new ways to steal money and identities, banks and credit card companies are working on newer, more sophisticated software to detect those scams. I really appreciate all the time and money they put into protecting people’s assets. I really do! But sometimes those safeguards can be very frustrating. For example, what’s wrong with someone attempting to make an online payment on a telephone company bill? Sure it was larger than normal, past due by two or three months, and it was...
Funeral services for Wilford "Willie" Arndt were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at Marshall Funeral Chapel in Alva with Rev. Mike Bartley officiating. Burial followed in the Waynoka Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home. Wilford Lawrence, son of the late Lawrence Perry and Zelma Leatha (Arb) Arndt, was born September 16, 1932, at White Horse, Oklahoma, and passed away peacefully surrounded by family November 26, 2024, at Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 92 years...
Warren Mansfield Burleson, 83, of Cherokee, Oklahoma, was born on September 4, 1941, to Clyde and Bertha Burleson in Cherokee, Oklahoma, and passed on October 30, 2024, surrounded by family in Enid, Oklahoma. Warren graduated from Byron-Driftwood. After graduation, Warren pursued a career as a truck driver for Sand & Gravel, a family business, as well as other trucking companies. He was also a farmer, rancher and custom harvester. He was a member of the Corinthian Lodge 307 and First Baptist...
Today, Dec. 4, is the final filing day for open offices on boards of education in Oklahoma. Filing concludes at 5 p.m. Alfalfa County The Alfalfa County Election Board reports that Allan Poe has filed for the unexpired term of Office 4 on the Cherokee School Board. Paul Michael filed for the full term of five years in Office 5 at Cherokee. Levi Johnson filed for Timberlake School’s Office 5. Cristyn O’Neil filed for Office 5 in the Aline-Cleo School District. As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, no one had filed for Office 5 on the Burlington School Boa...
Mike Roach was back from vacation to join fellow Alfalfa County commissioners Garret Johnson and Nate Ross for their Monday morning meeting. The trio took care of the usual business: previous meeting minutes (Roach abstained), maintenance and operation warrants for payment, and blanket purchase orders. Being the month's beginning, it was time for monthly paperwork, including officer reports, the Court Clerk Records Management and Preservation report, appropriations and allocation of taxes from motor vehicle and alcoholic beverage sales. All of...
Cherokee Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting Monday, Dec. 2, with three members – Curtis Goodwin, Shane Parker and Heather Collins – present and two absent. Busy Times at Cherokee Schools November was a busy month, despite Thanksgiving, Junior High and High School Principal Lane Pruett told the board. For the school’s Veterans Day assembly, Cherokee hosted Command Sergeant Major John Hernandez, the senior enlisted leader to the two-star adjutant general for Oklahoma, and Major Karissa Goeken of the U.S. Air Force. “Goeken inspir...
Santa Claus is coming to town. As the jolly old soul drops by many small towns, his sleigh will land in Kiowa for pictures and to hear the wish lists of the little girls and boys. You'll find Santa at Kiowa's Community Building from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Kids won't want to miss the cookie decorating. This Sunday, Dec. 8, the South Barber Area Chamber of Commerce invites you to Christmas in the Heartland from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Stores on Main Street will be open as well as a vendor show at the community building. People who pride themselves on their...
The Kiowa District Hospital Board of Directors held their Nov. 21 meeting in the Kirkpatrick meeting room. President Pat Myers called the meeting to order at 6 p.m., with members Marcia Cantrell, Kevin Wise and Jim Parker present. Chantae Simpson joined at 7 p.m. Other hospital personnel attending: CEO/CFO Janell Goodno, COO Philip Anton, HR Director Jana Mott, Business Office Manager Tara Girty, Financial Controller Courtney Larson, Hospital DON Robyn Whitaker, Manor DON Sydney Hamill, Manor ADON Kamri Theis, and Friends of the Hospital and...
Danny Jaso grew up in Kiowa, Kansas, working for many businesses and farmers as a kid. He graduated with the Class of 1968 and was known for being a friend to all and a friendly pool shark. Those are the memories of his sister Delores Moreno, who still resides in Kiowa. Moreno recalled the day Danny had a wreck that left him with a head injury: Dec. 24, 2008. He was 58 and going to see his son on Christmas Eve. Despite his diminished mental capacity from his injury, Delores said her brother...
Alva High School Assistant Principal Dalton Beeler is taking on the responsibilities of athletic director (AD) for the district. Superintendent Jeremy Brashears said it was decided to combine the AD positions for middle school and high school. Beeler will have the help of four assistant AD's: Coaches J.B. Kimberlin, Jeremy Jones, Ryne Wilson and Scott Baugh. Supt. Brashears made the announcement Monday during the Alva Board of Education meeting. Beeler will receive extra duty pay for this new...
WATONGA, Okla. (AP) — As the Watonga school system's Indian education director, Hollie Youngbear works to help Native American students succeed — a job that begins with getting them to school. She makes sure students have clothes and school supplies. She connects them with federal and tribal resources. And when students don't show up to school, she and a colleague drive out and pick them up. Nationwide, Native students miss school far more frequently than their peers, but not at Watonga High School. Youngbear and her colleagues work to con...
The U.S. government said Tuesday it has closed its investigation into an E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers after determining there is no longer a safety risk. The outbreak, which was first reported Oct. 22, sickened at least 104 people in 14 states, including 34 who were hospitalized, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. One person in Colorado died and four people developed a potentially life-threatening kidney disease complication. The FDA, which conducted the investigation along with the U.S....
NEW YORK (AP) — I'll get you, my pretty! And your little pygmy hippo, too! Forgive us the shameless attempt to link the fantasy hit "Wicked" to the delightful Moo Deng. But, hear us out — there's something the two have in common as the year draws to a close. Escapism. Whether we found it on the yellow brick road, or in videos from a Thailand zoo, or perhaps in unlikely Olympic heroes, we gravitated toward fantasy and feel-good pop culture moments this year. There were new trends, as always. "Brat summer" became a thing, as did "demure, min...
LONDON (AP) — Many of us have felt it, and now it's official: "Brain rot" is the Oxford dictionaries' word of the year. Oxford University Press said Monday that the evocative phrase "gained new prominence in 2024," with its frequency of use increasing 230% from the year before. Oxford defines brain rot as "the supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging." The word of the year is i...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The president of South Korea early Wednesday lifted the martial law he imposed on the country hours earlier, bending to political pressure after a tense night in which troops surrounded parliament and lawmakers voted to reject military rule. President Yoon Suk Yeol, who appeared likely to be impeached over his actions, imposed martial law late Tuesday out of frustration with the opposition, vowing to eliminate "anti-state" forces as he struggles against opponents who control parliament and that he accuses of s...
NEW YORK (AP) — Chad Chronister, Donald Trump's pick to run the Drug Enforcement Administration, said Tuesday he was withdrawing his name from consideration, becoming the second person selected by the president-elect to bow out quickly after being nominated for a position requiring Senate confirmation. Sheriff Chronister, the top law enforcement officer in Hillsborough County, Florida, said in a post on X that he was backing away from the opportunity, which he called "the honor of a lifetime." "Over the past several days, as the gravity of t...
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump's lawyers formally asked a judge Monday to throw out his hush money criminal conviction, arguing that continuing the case would present unconstitutional "disruptions to the institution of the Presidency." In a filing made public Tuesday, Trump's lawyers told Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan that anything short of immediate dismissal would undermine the transition of power, as well as the "overwhelming national mandate" granted to Trump by voters last month. They also cited President Joe Biden's r...
