Articles from the December 24, 2023 edition
Sorted by date Results 1 - 22 of 22
Woods County real estate transactions
Real Estate Transfers Book 1356 page 410: Kendrick Woolfolk conveys unto Wade L. Wilson and Taylor Wilson. Lots 15 and 16, Block 15, City of Alva, OT Subdivision. Warranty deed. Book 1356 page 426: Meier Land Company LLC conveys unto High Plains Bank...
Woods County court filings
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...
Woods County Communication logs
Thursday, December 14, 2023 During this day were four traffic stops, one controlled burn and three reports of cattle out. 9:58 a.m. – Report of a traffic complaint on Sunset Drive. 10:43 a.m. – Welfare check needed. 2:25 p.m. – Report of a theft...
Grow and Share OHCE holds Christmas candy recipe swap at December meeting
Grow and Share OHCE held its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. on Dec. 12 in the home of Janet Cunningham, who served as hostess. All members brought finger foods to share with the group. President Cunningham called the meeting to order. Eight...
Menus for week of Dec. 25–29
Menu for Woods County Senior Citizens Monday – Closed. Merry Christmas! Tuesday – Club sandwich with lettuce, tomato, onion and pickle, cream of broccoli soup, crackers, pineapple with topping (diabetic: no sugar added pineapple) Wednesday – Chick...
By 
Let's all remember the real reason for the season
Please tell your children that it is not just about the gifts. Ideally, load your family up and go to a church service somewhere this morning. If you don't have a regular church, pick out the one that...
Is the fact we have problems proof that God loves us?
It goes without saying that we often view our problems as a negative aspect of our lives. Taking it one step further, we then often bring God into the situation by implying, or in some instances...
The heartache season
It’s arrived – the Holiday of holidays for many, the month-long season of excitement, fun and anticipation. But there is another perspective on the Christmas season, and it’s not one of joy and famil...
DONNA RAE CLARK
Donna Rae (Hoopes) Clark was born November 27, 1944, to Raymond and Dorothy Hoopes in Anthony, Kansas. A devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed peacefully surrounded by loved o...
Outside groups spent $2.3 million on Oklahoma elections in 2023
Politically involved nonprofits and committees without contribution limits spent $2.3 million to influence Oklahoma voters in 2023, rivaling the $2.95 million candidates put toward campaign expenses. State ethics rules cap candidate committee...
Last 4-H Sewing Club meeting held Dec. 19
Woods County OHCE, along with the OSU Extension Office and Woods County 4-H, concluded their last Sewing Club meeting for 2023 on Dec. 19. The following 4-H members participating in one or more of...
Teresa Sutter appointed to state library board
Alva Public Library Director Sandra Ott treated library board members and staff to a catered holiday meal Tuesday. Teresa Sutter of Alva, new state library board member, was a special guest. Sutter...
OSU introduces Oklahoma Hydronet to improve water management
Oklahoma State University researchers have partnered with other state and federal entities to improve the management of water resources across the state. "We're trying to create a world-class water mo...
Alva City Council approves food vendor ordinance
A food vendor ordinance tabled by the council in November was revisited on Monday. City Business Manager Stephen Ford said the ordinance was the same as the one in November except that permit fees had been changed to a flat $25 per year. He said the... Full story
AEDA accepts bid for Hatfield Aquatic Center
Monday night, the Alva Economic Development Authority (AEDA) approved the base bid by Ascend Commercial Builders for the Hatfield Park Aquatics Center. The $4,990,000 bid only covers the basics.... Full story
Alabama woman with rare double uterus gives birth to two children
DORA, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman with two uteri and two cervixes has given birth to two babies after carrying one of them in each uterus. Kelsey Hatcher of Dora, about 28 miles (45.06 kilometers) northwest of Birmingham, gave birth to two girls o...
One person killed, another injured in shooting at Florida shopping mall
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A man died in a shooting Saturday at a shopping mall in central Florida in which the victim was apparently "targeted" for the attack, police said. Ocala Police Chief Mike Balken told reporters Saturday evening that the man was k...
Israel strikes 2 homes, killing more than 90 Palestinians. Biden says he didn't request a cease-fire
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 90 Palestinians, including dozens from an extended family, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on two homes in Gaza, rescuers and hospital officials said Saturday, a day after the U.N. chief warned that nowhere is s...
US tensions with China are fraying long-cultivated academic ties. Will the chill hurt US interests?
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the 1980s, Fu Xiangdong was a young Chinese virology student who came to the United States to study biochemistry. More than three decades later, he had a prestigious professorship in California and was conducting promising r...
Paramedics were convicted in Elijah McClain's death. That could make other first responders pause
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two Denver-area paramedics were convicted Friday for giving a fatal overdose of the sedative ketamine to Elijah McClain in 2019 — a jury verdict that experts said could have a chilling effect on first responders around the cou...
Americans beg for help getting family out of Gaza. "I just want to see my mother again,' a son says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fadi Sckak has already lost his father to the violence in Gaza. He wants to help his mother escape that fate. "I just want to see my mother again, that's the goal," said Sckak, a university student in Sunnyvale, California. The 2...
