Menu for Woods County Senior Citizens Monday – Spaghetti with meatballs, Italian vegetables, garlic bread, tossed salad with dressing, applesauce (diabetic: unsweetened applesauce) Tuesday – Oven-fried fish, tarter sauce, coleslaw, tater tots, cor...

Last month members of the Alva Airport Commission agreed to let Airport Manager Derrick Courson lower fuel prices to 50 cents over the price paid for bulk fuel. Those prices seem to be paying off with more aircraft stopping in Alva to fill their...

Construction of the Alva Arena could be underway by next spring. Plans for the venue took a giant step forward Tuesday when financing was approved. The pandemic put plans on the backburner for much of the year as the Alva Arena Authority waited for...

The Alva City Council will meet Monday, Dec. 21, at 6:30 p.m. Instead of meeting in the City Hall council chambers, the council will be meeting in a classroom of the Alva Recreation Center where they will have more space for social distancing. Since...

Northwestern Oklahoma State University will close for the holiday break beginning Wednesday, Dec. 23. All Northwestern locations and offices will reopen Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Northwestern’s 16-week spring semester classes will begin on Monday, J...

The first session of the 58th Legislature is now just a few weeks away, and preparations continue at the Capitol. I am very happy to share that I’ve been asked by Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat to continue to serve as chair of the Senate Agr...

EDMOND, Okla. – A blistering second half again lifted the Fort Hays State women’s basketball team to a road victory. After breaking away from Newman last Saturday with a 31-point third quarter, the Tigers did more of the same on Tuesday against Cen...

Friday, December 11, 2020 7:21 a.m. – Report of a reckless driver. 3:21 p.m. – Medic needed in Medford. 6 p.m. – Medic needed. 10:18 p.m. – Welfare check needed at Forth Street and Oklahoma Boulevard. Saturday, December 12, 2020 7:59 a.m. – Medic...

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 obtai...

Real Estate Transfers Book 1310 page 1023: Aran Lee Cook conveys unto Shawna Beth Cook: Section 7, township 24N, range 15W, NE4. Quit claim deed. Book 1311 page 129: Rodney A. Mesenbrink and Stacy Ashworth convey unto Rodney A. Mesenbrink Revocable...

Visitation with family present for Anthony Lovelace will be held on Monday, December 21, 2020, from 9 a.m. to noon. The memorial service will then follow at 2 p.m. where Anthony keeps his cattle on the land owned by Judy Trekell-Kirby. A procession...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley remembered two specific moments right after the No. 12 Sooners won their sixth consecutive Big 12 championship. There was the uncertainty of what was next when players were sent home after one s...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Labors officials say local governments have shed thousands of jobs in New Mexico amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Department of Workforce Solutions on Friday announced that the overall statewide unemployment rate has fallen t...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Two men have been charged after being accused by authorities of fraudulently applying for small business loans intended for coronavirus relief in Oklahoma, according to federal prosecutors. Authorities allege Rafael Maturino, 4...

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona public and charter schools will face a $266 million budget deficit because the state gives money to remote learning schools at a lower rate than they do to in-person schools. The state Department of Education has released data...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health officials say while the state has taken an important step with the start of vaccinations to combat the coronavirus pandemic, there is still "a long road ahead of us." Oklahoma has received all of its initial a...

QUINTER, Kan. (AP) — A sheriff in a northwestern Kansas county that has been hard-hit by the pandemic has died of the virus. The Gove County Sheriff's Office described Sheriff Allan Weber as an "extraordinary public servant" in a Facebook post Friday...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, Oklahoma spent about $87 million on personal protective gear and medical equipment, much of it going to companies that were quickly formed as states scrambled to buy items such a...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Multiple earthquakes rattled Wichita on Saturday, with the largest measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale. That makes the trembler the largest on record in the city in the last five years, although its still is considered r...