OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) and the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Law Enforcement Commission (ABLE) have announced the results of the bi-annual Underage Access to Alcohol Purchase...

Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ has publicly criticized one of the state’s largest pension funds for taking an exemption to a new law forbidding state pension funds from doing business with financial companies perceived to be hostile to the oil and...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Better safety could be coming to Oklahoma children with the launch of the ProtectOK app for reporting safety threats. Created by the State of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma School Security Institute, the app allows Oklahomans to easily...

In what appeared to be an effort to shorten the Alva City Council meeting, Mayor Kelly Parker announced a deadline for discussion of a proposed ordinance for licensing of food trucks and other itinerant merchants. The council was about 15 minutes... Full story

Alva Church of God Alva Church of God is located at 517 9th St. in Alva. Sunday morning Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. with Worship Service following at 10:30 a.m. On Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m., “The Chosen” series will be shown. Young adults...

“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). When is it easiest to be thankful? When things are going good, right? While it might be easier to praise God when you are most happy...

Something that is easier said than done is to love one another. Loving someone you like or already love is easy, but loving someone that you don’t know or even don’t like, is another story altogether! Our lives as Christians are a little more...

We are celebrating my favorite holiday: Thanksgiving. What about Christmas or Easter, you might ask? They are certainly near the top of the list. How could the day we celebrate our Savior’s birth and his ascension to Heaven not be really high on...

Students of the Charles Morton Share Trust Division of Nursing received a perfect score for their research project at the 18th annual Ranger Research day at the Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s Alva campus. Tiffany Goss, Garber senior;...

The consent agenda is a way for public bodies to lump together some routine items and vote on them together. At the Alva City Council meeting Monday night, Nov. 20, the consent agenda was separated into minutes and claims due to a problem.... Full story

At Monday's Alfalfa County commissioner meeting, Nate Ross, Mike Roach, and Garret Johnson took care of their usual orders of business, approving the previous meeting minutes, M&O payment warrants, and blanket purchase orders. After that, County...

The 17th Annual Barber County Cattlemen’s Trade Show and Social will be held on Saturday evening, Dec. 2, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Parish Hall in Sharon, Kansas. The trade show and social hour will open at 5 p.m. with meal at 6 p.m. Concluding the...

In a regular meeting Monday that lasted a (potentially record-breaking) whole six minutes, the Freedom Board of Education approved a one-time stipend of $800 for full-time support and full-time certified staff and administration. Members present...

Mayor Bill Watson opened Kiowa City Council’s Nov. 13 meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer. All members were present, including Janet Robison, B.J. Duvall, President Brian Hill, Jason Thayer and Tom Wells. City Administrator Sam...

Menu for Woods County Senior Citizens Monday – Meatloaf with catsup topping, mashed potatoes with brown gravy, carrots, hot roll, applesauce (diabetic: unsweetened applesauce) Tuesday – Beef stroganoff, mixed vegetables, cauliflower, garlic...