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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 obtained by anyone during regular hours at the Alfalfa County Courthouse. The Alva Review-Courier will not intentionally alter or delete any of this information. If it appears in the courthouse public records, it will appear in this newspaper. Traffic Filings The following individuals were cited for...
Brandon Carrie Brown passed away on December 26, 2019, at the age of 42, at his home in Freedom, Oklahoma. He was born November 28, 1977, in Lakin, Kansas, the son of Deborah (Martin) and Johnny Brown. He got his GED while in Ulysses, Kansas, after working other jobs and decided it was time to get it. He started working and traveling with a carnival at an early age. After he came back home, he worked as a semi driver and traveled some more. His last job was at Cargill Salt after he moved to Free...
Colby Lynn Tackett, Alva, and Chelsey Marie Ketterman, Cherokee: marriage license with certificate. ($5) Bobby Ray Gould and Tiffany Diann Ward, both of Cherokee: marriage license with certificate. ($5)...
Real Estate Transfers Book 852 page 693: Andrea L. (Herren) Horn, Successor Trustee of the Ramona O. Herren family Trust, unto Taylor D. Waugh and Katelyn M. Waugh, husband and wife. The northwest quarter of section 16, township 25 north, range 10, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Joint tenancy warranty deed. Book 852 page 695: A. Annett Keller and John Keller, wife and husband, unto Taylor D. Waugh and Katelyn M. Waugh, husband and wife. The northwest quarter of section 16, township 25 north, range 10, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Joint...
Tuesday, December 24, 2019 1:02 a.m. – Caller advised a Gray Honda Civic with Colorado tags was driving the wrong with on Highway 412 and turned north onto Highway 58 into Alfalfa County. OHP advised no troopers in the area. Caller advised the subject was entering Helena and stopped on 4th Street. Officer advised car was in the drive way and subject was in the house. 2:21 p.m. – Caller advised their 15 year old ran way from home. 4:08 p.m. Deputy advised he made contact with DHS and juvenile will be placed with his aunt and uncle. Wed...
Civil Filings Wells Fargo bank vs. Cody L. Mitchell: mortgage foreclosure. Limited Civil Filings LVNV Funding LLC vs. Debra Powell: debt collection. Portfolio recovery Associates LLC vs. Teresa Rogge: debt collection. Microwave Vision Group vs. Radiofrequency Safety International Corp: debt collection. Small Claims South Central Welding LLC vs. Dusty Graves. Traffic Stop Filings Paul Daniel Buholz has been cited for maximum speed limits. ($177) Joey Laruen Casey has been cited for maximum speed limits. ($285) Andrew J. Corr has been cited for...
Real Estate Transfers Book 145 page 19: Dean L. Lyman and Jean E. Lyman, husband and wife, unto Casey Mahon. The east 70 feet of lots 5, 6, and 7 in block 11 in Highland Addition to the City of Medicine Lodge. Quit claim deed. Book 145 page 20: Garrett M. Lohmann and Emily C. Lohmann, husband and wife, unto Garrett M. Lohmann and Emily C. Lohmann, Trustees, or their successors in trust under the Garrett M. Lohmann and Emily C. Lohmann Living trust. The south half of the northwest quarter and the south half of section 35, township 33 south,...
December 23, 2019 Barber County Sheriff's Office (BASO) responded to a bank alarm in Sharon. Medicine Lodge Police Department (MLPD) responded to a bank alarm on E. Kansas. Kiowa Police Department (KWPD) responded to a motorist assist on Main Street. BASO responded to cattle out on Gyp Hill Road. BASO did a VIN inspection on Pageant Road. BASO responded to cattle out on Catalpa Road. MLPD investigated an accident on South Iliff. BASO investigated a dog call in Sharon. BASO responded to cattle out on Gerlane Road. BASO did a welfare check on...
Last week, Alfalfa County commissioners gathered the day after Christmas to hold their weekly meeting, joined by county clerk (Laneta Unruh) and administrative assistant Nancy Lambert. With an empty gallery, Jay Hague, Stan Tucker and Marvin Woodall started by reviewing minutes from their last meeting, along with blanket purchase orders and maintenance and operation payment warrants. All were approved. In road crossing permits, commissioners signed off on two for District 3 totaling $2,125. Several agenda items warranted renewal for the new...
Funeral services for Bob McCray were held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 17, at Marshall Funeral Home Chapel, Alva. Interment followed in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Bobby "Bob" Alan McCray, Sr. 81, passed away Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, at Share Medical Center in Alva. He was born Oct. 1, 1938, in Stillwater. His parents were Calvin and Ruby McCray and he has one brother, Jack McCray, and one sister, Rachael Prestwood. Bob attended and graduated fro...
George Herman Rhoades, 86, entered into this world to Bertha and Charles Rhoades on February 3, 1933, in Wilsey, Kansas, and departed from his loved ones on December 29, 2019, and is resting in Jesus's love. George attended school in Hardtner, Kansas. After school George worked a variety of jobs before serving in the U.S. Navy as a fireman from May 26, 1950, until he was honorably discharged on December 4, 1953. George then moved back into the Hardtner area and worked in construction, carpentry...
Guy Papon, 95, resident of Fredonia, Kansas, passed away December 26, 2019, at the Kiowa District Hospital, in Kiowa, Kansas. He was born August 23, 1924, at Coyville, Kansas, to Peter and Edith Papon. Growing up he spent a lot of time fishing and hunting at the farm. The family later moved west of Lafontaine, Kansas, and spent his entire life at this farm where he especially took pride in his corn crops. He raised cattle and hogs over the years and enjoyed hunting and fishing with the kids. He...
Memorial services for Marvin Guthrie will be 2 p.m. Saturday, January 4, 2020, at the First Baptist Church in Waynoka with Rev. Ken Hansen officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Waynoka. Marvin Thomas Guthrie, son of the late Reuben McKinley and Edna Violet (Root) Guthrie, was born April 12, 1930, at Woodward and passed away December 21, 2019, at Alva, at the age of 89 years, 8 months and 9 days. Marvin grew up in Woodward, graduating high school in 1949....
Recently I came across an autobiography written by my father-in-law. Luther was a prolific writer, mainly for religious publications. He was also a broadcast engineer, owned and operated a radio station and preached for small congregations. Several evenings after work, I read through the 27 page autobiography describing his childhood, his marriage and career. Each topic was covered in brief one or two paragraph form. He includes significant events in his life, some funny anecdotes and some of...
All members of the Burlington School Board were present as President Terry Graham called the December meeting to order including: Robert Hill, April Kisling, T.J. Rockenbach and Aaron Smith. Also present was Superintendent Dr. Stacey Croft and Minutes Clerk Tamre McGinnis. No guests attended. Superintendent Croft congratulated Rockenbach who will serve another five-year term on the school board. He was unopposed during the filing period for school board seat No. 5 in December. There's no need for a school election. Construction of the new bus...
Janell Goodno is now chief executive officer (CEO) of Kiowa District Hospital in Kiowa, Kan. The KDH Board of Directors made the announcement that Goodno accepted that position in December after serving as the KDH chief financial officer (CFO) and administrative assistant since 2011. She has more than 15 years of rural healthcare experience in finance and administration. A graduate of South Barber High School, Goodno earned a bachelor's degree from NWOSU and will complete her MBA in healthcare a...
Kiowa District Hospital's December board meeting was called to order by President Pat Myers with all members present including: Miranda Walz (via cell phone), Chantae Simpson, Jeff Miller and Jim Parker. Others present included: outgoing CEO Robert Whitaker; CFO and incoming CEO Janell Goodno. At the beginning of the meeting, Myers read a letter explaining the change in leadership from a special meeting Dec. 10. Whitaker is employed by Cohesive Healthcare Management and Consulting Services and will reportedly be relocated within Cohesive. KDH...
The Woods County Fair Board Election is scheduled for Jan. 21. The Woods County commissioners passed the election resolution during their Dec. 30 meeting. The filing period will be Jan. 13-17 at the Woods County Clerk’s office. The nine-member fair board has an election each year for three of the member seats. Those on the board whose seats are up for election are Cody McMurphy, District 1; Brooke Meyer, District 2; and Kevin Pingelton, District 3. The commissioners waited a week so they could study the six month bids determining who will p...
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (AP) — Alarms went off in Jack Wilson's head the moment a man wearing a fake beard, a wig, a hat and a long coat walked into a Texas church for Sunday services. By the time the man approached a communion server and pulled out a shotgun, Wilson and another security volunteer were already reaching for their own guns. The attacker shot the other volunteer, Richard White, and then the server, Anton "Tony" Wallace, sending congregants scrambling for cover. The gunman was heading toward the front of the sanctuary as Wilson s...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Wanting a sharp performance after four so-so outings, Brady Manek and Oklahoma produced one Monday night against Texas-Rio Grande Valley. Manek, a junior forward, scored a career-high 29 points and grabbed seven rebounds and Oklahoma cruised to a 91-72 win over the Vaqueros in the Sooners' penultimate nonconference game of the basketball season. Kur Kuath added 17 points, eight rebounds and two blocked shots and Austin Reaves scored 12 points for Oklahoma (10-3), which used its considerable size advantage to dominate i...
DENVER (AP) — A man sentenced to death for killing a Texas couple camping in Oklahoma nearly 20 years ago won a chance on Monday to prove he should be spared the death penalty over questions about why his lawyer didn't tell jurors of the client's brain damage. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ordered that a federal court in Oklahoma hold a hearing to review why Edward Leon Fields' lawyer did not present evidence of his brain damage to jurors during his sentencing trial in the 2003 killings of Charles and Shirley Chick of Hurst, T...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans in two Midwestern states where GOP-controlled legislatures have gun-rights majorities are proposing measures aimed at preventing the U.S. government or other states from taking guns away from residents whom the courts deem a danger to themselves. Neither Oklahoma nor Kansas has "red flag" laws through which relatives or police can obtain a court order to remove firearms from someone's possession. However, the proposals in those states also would prevent local city and county governments from enacting such l...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A woman who was injured when two Oklahoma City police officers opened fire last week on a gun-wielding man was wounded as a result of the officers' gunfire, police said Monday. Police initially said that 55-year-old Rolana Keeler was shot by her abductor, Elroy Barber, following a two-hour standoff with police outside a fast food restaurant. Barber, 60, died at the scene of the Christmas Eve shooting. Keeler was treated and released from a local hospital. Police now say it appears Keeler was hit by fragments from an o...
DUNCAN, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says it is investigating the death of a Stephens County jail inmate. The OSBI said Raymond Smith, 31, died Saturday at a hospital in Duncan where he was taken after his cellmates reported that Smith had become disoriented while in a jail cell. The OSBI said an ambulance was called when Smith's condition worsened and he was taken to Duncan Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Smith had been arrested earlier in the day for driving with a suspended license and was b...
