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Alva police received a break in a theft case when someone brought a stolen item into the business from which it was taken. On Nov. 16 police took a theft report from Aaron Fuller, owner of Simple Mobile-Digital Repairs and FedEx Shipping Center,...

Happy Birthday To Dec. 16: Tawny Province, Chris Hull Dec. 17: Susan Burkhart, Brad Beer, Trevor Kurz, Alec Ferguson Dec. 18: Joshua Wise, Brian Murray, Corey Kay Dec. 19: Darin Harris, Amber Graff, Randy Nation Dec. 20: Julie Russell, John Fitzgeral...

Wednesday, Dec. 14: 3:30 p.m. 4-H meets Thursday, Dec. 15: 4:30 p.m. Junior high girls and boys basketball at Buffalo Thursday, Dec. 15: 6:30 p.m. High school girls and boys basketball at Buffalo Friday, Dec. 16: 4:30 p.m. Academic Meet Triad IV at...

The Woods County Industrial Development Authority (WCIDA) concluded their December meeting by entering into an executive session to talk with potential renters of the Westlakes building site (former Big Man building) on the west side of town. After...

The three Woods County commissioners agreed with Emergency Management Director Ethan Fiedler to get a battery backup power supply for their communications equipment rack at the repeater tower near Circuit Engineering on the west edge of Alva. The...

A scheduled meeting of the Woods County Fair Board could not be held Tuesday night, Dec. 13, when a quorum of members did not assemble. An agenda and financial report was available. Chairman Kevin Pingelton said that since a quorum was not present,...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Former Southeastern rodeo standout Kolton Schmidt posted a ninth-place finish at the 2016 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in the team roping held at the Thomas and Mack Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. He and partner Shay Carroll picked u...

CLAREMORE, Okla. – Rogers State built an early lead that grew to a 98-60 victory over Randall University Tuesday evening inside the Claremore Expo. The Hillcats slowly built an 11 point advantage over the opening 10:30 of play and didn't look back a...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Early projections are that the Oklahoma Legislature will have to grapple with a deficit of as much as $600 million in next year's budget, Republican Gov. Mary Fallin said Wednesday. Fallin said she expects a shortfall of b...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man convicted of defrauding a charitable organization run by former University of Arkansas football coach Frank Broyles has been sentenced to two years in prison. Kelly Nichols, 48, was sentenced Tuesday in Tulsa, t...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Recent data from a task force shows Oklahoma's prison population will increase by 25 percent during the next decade if no state legislative action is taken. According to the Oklahoma Justice Reform Task Force, Oklahoma's c...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal grand jury has returned a 23-count indictment against the former president and CEO of an Oklahoma bank that was closed by state banking regulators in January 2014, resulting in an estimated loss of $100 million. The i...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant apparently has no hard feelings toward Oklahoma City, despite the backlash he received after leaving the Thunder for the Golden State Warriors in the NBA offseason. Durant's foundation has donated $57,000 toward a...

TONKAWA, Okla. (AP) — Police have arrested a 13-year-old girl suspected of plotting a mass shooting at her northern Oklahoma high school. Acting on a tip, police in Tonkawa executed a search warrant Sunday at the girl's home and seized handguns a...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has affirmed the life prison sentence of a 31-year-old man convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a man in Glenpool. The court handed down the ruling Wednesday to R...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican Gov. Sam Brownback outlined a plan Wednesday for a scholarship program to attract new teachers to rural Kansas schools and suggested GOP legislators aren't being constructive in their criticism of how he's handled t...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Most Kansas Senate committees will have new leaders when legislators reconvene next month, and moderate Republicans will have more chairmanships. Senate President Susan Wagle announced the appointments of 12 committee cha...