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Despite thunderstorms during the night, the 125th Spring Commencement at Northwestern Oklahoma State University was held outdoors on Saturday morning, May 4. Temperatures were chilly under an...
January Rotary Students of the Month honored
Mason Nutter Mason Nutter is the son of Bryan Nutter and Tabitha Nutter. He is a member of Art Club in high school and attends automotive technology classes at Northwest Technology Center. The only...
March Rotary Students of the Month honored
Daylon Malone Daylon Malone is the son of Ethan Wharton and Anita Wharton. Activity outside of school is being a referee for flag football. He plans to play basketball in college. The best advice he...
Randy McDaniel to be guest speaker at AHS commencement
The Alva High School Commencement will be May 19 at 3 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. The guest speaker will be Randy McDaniel. McDaniel is a senior vice president with BancFirst. He is the former state treasurer and served 12 years in the...
Report of suspicious vehicle leads to arrests
A man called to report a suspicious vehicle driving on County Road 370 and Logan Road in Woods County. The time was 12:57 a.m. on Monday morning, April 29. The vehicle was going west on Logan Road toward the dead end where the man lives. He said he...
Suspect questioned in burglary, arson of Lite-N-Nite
A suspect has been identified by law enforcement in the burglary and arson at the Lite-N-Nite convenience store that occurred early Tuesday morning. Alva Fire Chief Bryan Miller said District...
Voter registration deadline approaches
May 24 is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the June 18 Primary and Special County Election, Alfalfa County Election Board Secretary Stephanie Jantz said today. Jantz said that persons who are United Stat...
Two South Barber students place in Top 5 at state forensics
South Barber Forensics Coach Meagan Henry missed the state forensics meet last weekend. That's because her young son Torin, age 4, ended up having an appendectomy. With a few "pep talk" phone calls...
South Barber graduating class of 13 earned over $163,000 in scholarship money
Sunday afternoon 13 graduates marched into the South Barber High School gymnasium in Kiowa, Kansas, to receive their diplomas. Their former teacher and now one-year Principal Steven Neal described...
Hope Jordan pages for Rep. Newton at Capitol
Hope Jordan, a senior at Cherokee High School, paged for Rep. Carl Newton the week of April 29. House pages run messages to legislators while they are in the chamber debating policy and voting on...
Alfalfa County commissioners approve monthly paperwork
The beginning of May brought with it lots of paperwork for the Alfalfa County commissioners. Garret Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross approved monthly items like appropriations and tax allocations for alcoholic beverages and motor vehicles, monthly...
Woods County Commissioners proclaim OHCE Week
The Woods County Commissioners declared this week, May 5-11, as OHCE (Oklahoma Home and Community Education) week in the county. Visiting Woods County OHCE members listened as Commission Chairman Rand...
KDH offers wider, less claustrophobic MRI; annual meeting May 28, 6 p.m.
March was a good month for Kiowa District Hospital (Healthcare). The Physical Therapy Department is doubled from the same time in 2023. Their MRI truck features a wider, larger MRI machine that relieves that claustrophobic feeling for some patients;...
Two charged in theft of firearms
Two women from Cherokee have been charged in the theft of guns and money from an Ingersoll residence. Court records show on April 23, Jerran Waugh contacted law enforcement about missing firearms from his house. Alfalfa County sheriff’s deputies C...
2024 Northwestern Commencement set for May 4
Spring commencement exercises at Northwestern Oklahoma State University will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 4, at Ranger Field. Mark Brace, president of BancFirst Lawton and a Northwestern graduate from 1982, will be speaking at the...
Bank It donates almost $10,000 to Alva Fire Department
Bank It: A Habit of Helping Foundation donated $9,893.08 to the Alva Fire Department for Bank It's first quarter CommUNITY Vision. Of that donation, Alva State Bank matched $3,750 of its customers...
Woods County treasurer receives Advanced I and Advanced II certifications
Woods County Treasurer Rachel Spellman-Hughes recently achieved Advanced I and Advanced II certifications for county treasurers through the County Training Program (CTP). CTP is part of the Oklahoma...
Four Alva FFA members qualify for the State Speech Contest
The Alva FFA Speech Team is State Contest bound! The Northwest Area FFA Speech Contest was held at the High Plains Technology Center in Woodward on April 30. The Alva FFA team brought six students...
City council approves Apprentice for IT upgrade
In a March 7 special meeting, the Alva City Council heard a presentation from Apprentice Information Systems. The company was one of the two responding to a request for proposals. The City of Alva has a lot of different computers in a lot of differen...
Handcuffed man escapes custody, now facing charges
According to Alva Police, a young man being arrested for domestic assault escaped custody, leading to a foot pursuit. He managed to elude officers but was located later and taken to jail. Court records show on Thursday, April 25, at 3:05 a.m. Alva...
Social sciences department inducts students into honor societies
Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s Department of Social Sciences inducted new members into its international honor societies. These honor societies recognize student academic accomplishments in the social science department’s programs each yea...
Garner earns 2024 deSERVING Ranger Award
Ashley Garner, senior social work major at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, has been honored with this year's deSERVING Ranger Award from the Service-Learning and Civic Engagement (SL/CE)...
President of BancFirst Lawton to deliver 2024 commencement address
Northwestern Oklahoma State University alumnus Mark Brace, president of BancFirst Lawton, will deliver the commencement address at his alma mater during the University's spring commencement ceremony...
