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Action by the Alva City Council Monday, Dec. 18, moves plans for the Alva Arena project a step closer to completion. The council approved Resolution No. 2017-018 declaring the intent to consider approval of a project plan and creation of a tax...

Tax increment financing (TIF) is the difference between the amount of property tax revenue generated before TIF district designation and the amount of property tax revenue generated after TIF designation. TIF districts do not increase taxes. Revenue...

Tuesday the Oklahoma Water Resources Board approved funding for up to $2,635,000 for Alva water system improvements. The Alva Utility Authority will use the money to remove two aging 500,000 gallon water storage tanks and replace them with one 1.5...

An inmate at the Woods County Jail has been charged with a felony involving marijuana. Michael Lynn Freeman, 48, of Osage was charged Dec. 20 with bringing contraband (marijuana) into the jail. The felony is punishable by imprisonment in the state...

Drug charges have been filed in Woods County against an Enid woman who has been living in Alva. Shannon Cozette Grimes, 21, of Enid was charged Dec. 20 with maintaining a place for keeping and/or selling controlled substances, a felony. She was also...

A Cherokee woman is facing a felony drug charge following a buy set up through a confidential informant (CI). Angelica Leeann Johnston, 22, of Cherokee was charged in Woods County with distribution of controlled dangerous substance (marijuana), a...

Monday, December 18, 2017 2:32 p.m. Water leak on Jackson Road. Tuesday, December 19, 2017 4:13 p.m. Reporting party (RP) advised of a hit and run at Walmart. Wednesday, December 20, 2017 10:12 a.m. RP advised of a calf out 2 miles east of US-64 and...

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...

Tyler Joe Palmer and Ashley Lynn Wilhem, both of Turpin, have filed for marriage license (no counseling) ($50). Newel Ray Griggs and Dixie Lee Kimber, both of Alva, have filed for marriage license (counseling) ($5)....

Real Estate Transfers Book 1270 page 285: Tracy Walker and Sharon Walker, husband and wife, unto Eagle Corner RV, LLC. Lot 22, 23 and 24, all in block 20 in the Original Town of Freedom, State of Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 1270 Page 432: Martin...

Thursday, December 14, 2017 10:48 a.m. Man called about inmate information. 11 a.m. Woman called about visitation information. 1:05 p.m. Man called for a deputy. 1:58 p.m. Woman called about information. Friday, December 15, 2017 9:02 a.m. Man...

An Alva man has been charged with three drug felonies after law enforcement executed a search warrant at his residence. Court affidavits show 426 grams or 15 ounces of marijuana was seized. Jordan Lynn Flynt, 21, of Alva was charged Dec. 20 with (1)...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The top leadership of the Miss America Organization, implicated in an email scandal that targeted past pageant winners for abuse based on their appearance, intellect and sex lives, resigned on Saturday, with the outgoing p...

LONDON (AP) — Renowned conductor Charles Dutoit on Saturday denied serious accusations of sexual misconduct that have caused major symphonies in Europe, Australia and the United States to suspend relationships with him. Dutoit's office issued a s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has approved a plan to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine, a long-awaited move that deepens America's involvement in the military conflict and may further strain relations with Russia. Moscow responded angril...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Their tax bill triumph in the rear-view mirror, Republicans running Congress face a 2018 in which they'll need Democratic votes to get almost anything done. And that won't be easy. Short of a few must-pass items, divisions within b...

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin presented his vision for modernizing Russia on Saturday, while some of his challengers in next March's presidential vote were formally nominated for the race. Putin is running as an independent candidate, k...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has lost another attempt to put a hold on a requirement that it allow transgender people to enlist in the military starting on Jan. 1. A decision by the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D...