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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House and Senate will convene Tuesday for a constitutionally mandated organizational day at the state Capitol where each body will formally vote for its leaders and seat its elected members. The House and Senate also are expected to adopt rules ahead of the new legislative session that begins Feb. 1. Gov. Kevin Stitt has issued an executive order requiring mask wearing inside state buildings, but the order technically doesn't apply to individual House and Senate members. The House and Senate are each p...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran said Tuesday that he will vote to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the Electoral College, breaking with President Donald Trump and others in the GOP trying to overturn the result. Moran's stance ahead of a joint session of Congress on Wednesday that is expected to confirm the Democratic president-elect's victory in November also puts Moran at odds with all of the other Republicans in Kansas' congressional delegation. Moran plans to seek a third Senate term in 2022. Trump's unfounded c...
David Roy Hughes, Larned, Kansas, and Loretta Jean Utterback, Cherokee: marriage license ($50)....
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma County's first-ever Black sheriff was sworn in on Monday. Republican Tommie Johnson III took the oath of office during a ceremony at his former high school. Johnson, who was elected in November, said the first issue he plans to tackle is finding funding to outfit deputies with body cameras. "What we're going to do is see where we can trim the fat at and get that accomplished because that is our first initiative and we will do everything we can to get that because it's good for the officers and it's good for the c...
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 Felony Filings Charity Ann Beckner, Enid, 37, has been...
Civil Filings John B. Forester Trustee vs. W.A. Newkirk Trusteeship: other real property. Limited Civil Filings Synchrony Bank vs. Stephen Allen: debt collection. Traffic Filings Jason Everett Beveridge has been cited for maximum speed limits ($165). Atilio Ignatius Lii Corte has been cited for maximum speed limits ($171). Connie F. Johnson has been cited for maximum speed limits ($183). Brandon L. Masters has been cited for maximum speed limits ($213). Adam Maxwell Thene has been cited for maximum speed limits ($189). Griffin Orion Winter has...
David Roy Hughes, Larned, Kansas, and Loretta Jean Utterback, Cherokee: marriage license ($50)....
Book 865 page 623: Nathan S. Mattison and Erika B. Mattison, husband and wife, conveys unto Nathan S. Mattison and Ericka B. Mattison. Lots 3 and 4 and the east half of the southwest quarter of section 31, township 29 north, range 11 WIM. Quit claim deed. Book 865 page 644: The Jet Utilities Authority conveys unto Town of Jet. All of grantors interest in the east 50 feet of lots 13 and 14, block 34, Town of Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 865 page 650: Earnest Dean Otte and Veronica Sue Otte, husband and wife, convey unto...
Tuesday, December 29, 2020 During this day there were two traffic stops. 11:02 a.m. – Report of fraud. Reporting party advised someone wrote a couple of checks on her account. 12:31 p.m. – Caller advised two black individuals that left Dollar General without playing for some of the items. Advised they were in a silver car. Officer found them at 4th Street and Grand. Officer had two adult males in custody. 7:12 p.m. – Medic needed for a female who fell and hit her head. Medic took the patient to St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid. Wednesday, December 3...
Book 145 page 480: Gerard D. Ricke and Carol S. Ricke, husband and wife, convey unto Ronald N. Ketzner, Joyce Ann Kerschen, Mary Short and Jane Ann Ketzner. The southeast quarter of section 1, township 32 south, range 11 West of the 6th PM. Quit claim deed. Book 145 page 481: Springer Farms 1877, LLC, conveys unto Andrew S. Rhea. The west half of the northeast quarter and the east half of the northwest quarter of section 10, township 33 south, range 12 west of the 6th PM. Warranty deed. Book 145 page 482: Andrew S. Rhea and Kathryn Rhea,...
The new year welcomed in new Alfalfa County District 2 Commissioner Mike Roach, who took the oath of office and was sworn in on Monday morning. He took his place at the table with Jay Hague and Marvin Woodall immediately after for their regularly scheduled meeting. The first item on the agenda was acknowledging his position, followed by the appointment of chairman and vice-chairman for 2021. Hague has served as chairman for many years, but the three men voted to put Woodall in that rank, with...
Please be advised that Renetta Benson, county assessor, and/or deputies will be at the following places on the dates named, to take assessments for the purpose of listing for taxation all assessable personal property, applications for new or changed homestead and additional homestead exemptions, and applications for agriculture sales tax exemption cards. Please bring your last year's assessment sheet with you. Waynoka (county shed – 1045 Grant Road), Jan. 11, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Freedom (county shed – 1103 Dusty Trail), Jan. 12, 9 a.m. to 11:...
Funeral services will be held at Wharton Funeral Chapel on Friday, January 8, 2021, at 2 p.m. with Rev. Mark Kinkel, pastor of Freedom First Christian Church, officiating. Burial will follow in Freedom Cemetery at 4 p.m. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com. Barbara Ann was born on January 8, 1935, to Nellie May (Sharp) and Merle Henry French in Freedom, Oklahoma. She passed away on January 5, 2021, in Amarillo, Texas, at the age of 85 years, 11 months and 28 days....
Earnest Dean Rhodes, son of the late Garnie Lee and Phyllis Ann (Wanger) Rhodes, was born June 10, 1960, in Alva, Oklahoma, and passed away January 3, 2021, in El Reno, Oklahoma, at the age of 60 years, 6 months and 23 days. There will be a visitation with the family present from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, January 7, 2021, at the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel. The family will have a private graveside service at a later date. Earnest graduated from Alva High School. He lived most of his life in...
Graveside services for Glenda Arndt will be 2 p.m. Friday, January 8, 2021, with Rev. Ron Pingelton officiating. Interment will be in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. There will be a visitation with family present on Thursday, January 7, 2021, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Glenda Jo (Wimmer) Arndt, daughter of JoAnn Wimmer and the late Bill Wimmer, was born March 20, 1957, at Chanute, Kansas, and passed away January 5, 2021, at Alva, at the age of 63 year...
Graveside services for Max L. Morse, age 81, of Lahoma, will be 10 a.m., Saturday, January 9, 2021, at the Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Lahoma with Pastor Randy Foote officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. on Friday, January 8, at Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Max was born December 26, 1939, in Hopeton, Oklahoma, to Ray and Pearl (Ikler) Morse, and passed away Thursday, December 31, 2020, in Enid. Max was raised in Dacoma, Oklahoma, where he graduated from Dacoma High School...
Roy Arthur Copenhaver peacefully departed this earth on December 26, 2020, at his home in Longton, Kansas. Roy was born to Thomas Clifford and Grace (Stephens) Copenhaver on September 30, 1926, at the family's home in Aline, Oklahoma, and graduated from Dacoma High School. Roy was drafted into the Army during World War II and served from December 5, 1945, through January 31, 1947, primarily in Korea. He was awarded the WWII Victory Medal of Honor, and the Army of Occupation Medal. Roy was...
The Covid-19 pandemic consumed our lives in 2020. Before the new year rang in and as champagne corks popped, vaccines to combat the virus had already started being administered, thanks to President Trump's warp speed project for drug companies to create a vaccine against this contagious disease. At the Dec. 29 meeting of the KDH Board of Directors, CEO/CFO Janell Goodno announced that KDH had received enough vaccinations to give 41 shots, which they did. KDH is awaiting another round of vaccines. Clinic Manager Lacey Volker said the KDH clinic...
All across the U.S., newspapers are receiving complaints of slow postal delivery. The problem has increased recently with the seasonal surge in holiday mailing of packages and greetings. Covid-19 has also contributed to the issue with more people ordering products online. Then the government prioritized vaccine deliveries over the regular mail shipments. On top of all this, post offices are experiencing shortages of staff with more employees on quarantine. We can generally count on our local...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Due to a combination of contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals within the Southern Nazarene women's basketball program, the Crimson Storm have fallen below the Great American Conference minimum for healthy student-athletes – seven – and will not be able to compete in their first three conference games. The Southern Nazarene at Northwestern Oklahoma State game on Thursday, the East Central at Southern Nazarene game on Saturday and the Oklahoma Baptist at Southern Nazarene game on Monday have been postp...
It was an extra-special early Christmas present (well, actually two presents) for Justin and Taylor Binder of Kiowa, Kansas. They were blessed on Dec. 22 with twins who weren't supposed to arrive for six more weeks. When Taylor told Justin that “something doesn't feel right” and he should come to the house, Justin said the first-time parents decided they ought to be proactive and head to Wichita where they were to deliver their babies at Wesley Hospital. “Ten hours later the twins came along,” Justin said. He said his wife got along great d...
On Monday, Jan. 4, additional charges were filed in the burglary of property belonging to Ronna and Roderick Vance. Charity Ann Beckner, alias Charity Ann Wade, age 37, of Enid, has been charged in Alfalfa County with grand larceny and burglary in the second degree, both felonies. Grand larceny is punishable in the state penitentiary for a term of not more than two years or in the county jail for a term not to exceed one year, by a fine not to exceed $1,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and restitution. Burglary in the second degree...
Oklahoma Covid-19 numbers have increased to 34,004 according to the Tuesday, Jan. 5, report from the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH). Woods County has the highest number of current active cases in the Newsgram coverage area and surrounding counties. Woods County has had 1036 positive cases, five deaths and 866 recovered for a total of 165 active cases as of Tuesday. Alfalfa County has had 960 cases with four deaths and 889 recovered for a total of 67 active cases of Covid. In the surrounding area, Woodward County has 123 active...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two Oklahoma lobbyists have agreed to pay $115,000 in penalties as part of a settlement announced Tuesday by the Oklahoma Ethics Commission. The settlements by the commission were reached with lobbyists James Milner and James McSpadden, who both served as treasurers of the Oklahoman's for Healthy Living political action committee. According to the settlement agreements, the PAC accepted and distributed illegal corporate contributions and failed to disclose those contributions as required by law. Under the agreements, Milner...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Republican-led Oklahoma House on Tuesday rejected an attempt by Democrats to require members to wear masks on the House floor and take other steps to minimize the spread of the coronavirus. The House and Senate each convened for a constitutionally mandated organizational day to formally elect its leaders and seat its elected members. They also voted to adopt rules ahead of the new legislative session that begins Feb. 1. During discussion of the new House rules, Democratic leader Rep. Emily Virgin proposed several amendm...
