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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 Newsgram 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 Keandre L. Johnson, Oklahoma City, 22, has been charged...
Tuesday, January 10, 2023 During this day were 10 traffic stops. 9:32 a.m. – Medic needed on Kiowa Road for female having heart problems. Medic took the patient to St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid. 9:14 p.m. – Report of a dog chasing people at 9th St. and Massachusetts. Wednesday, January 11, 2023 During this day was one traffic stop. 9:23 a.m. – Welfare check needed in the 200 block of 5th Street. 4:11 p.m. – Welfare check needed in the 700 block of Grand Ave. Thursday, January 12, 2023 During this day were five traffic stops. 9:47 a.m. – Welfare...
Criminal Filings Dalton William Adams has been charged for aggravated indecent liberties with child; offender greater than 18 fondle child less than 14. Joshua Newton Smart has been charged with criminal trespass. Paul Wagner has been charged with four counts of battery. Civil Filings First State Bank Alva State Bank & Trust vs. Michael Allen Rosenberge: other contract. Wells Fargo Bank vs. Mack H. McMurray: mortgage foreclosure. Jason C. Larkin vs. Cynthia R. Regier: other real property. Limited Filings Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital and...
Real Estate Transfers Book 148 page 94: Robert W. Christensen and Cynthia E. Christensen Revocable Trust convey unto John D. Platt. The northwest quarter of section 9, township 32 south, range 11 west of the 6th PM. Quit claim deed. Book 148 page 101: Meri Lynn Miller-Kahle and Rick A. Kahle convey unto Midwest Land Management. The northeast quarter and the east half of the northwest quarter of section 19, and the west half of the northwest quarter and the southwest quarter of section 20, township 33 south, range 12 West of the 6th PM, Barber...
National Blood Donor Month has taken place each January since 1970. The campaign was created to inspire donors to continue to give during the harsh winter months and to celebrate current donors. Unfortunately, only three percent of the eligible population currently donates blood. Our Blood Institute is asking everyone to make giving blood part of their New Year’s resolution. Local Blood Drives • Waynoka High School Cafeteria – Jan. 19, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. • Cherokee High School Auditorium Lobby – Jan. 26, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. • First Christian C...
As adults, we know personal challenges come whether we like them or not, but how many willingly take them on? How many would voluntarily sign up for a weeklong academy made to test their strength, endurance and skill? That is the question the Oklahoma Highway Patrol is asking high school juniors as the OHP's 49th Cadet Lawman Academy April 1 application deadline approaches. Bob Young, son of Trooper Billy G. Young who was killed almost 45 years ago in the line of duty, met with juniors at Alva...
Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) presented Waynoka EMS with a $1,250.00 check Monday, Jan. 9, to help fund a critical first responder program serving northwest Oklahoma. PSO is distributing $15,000 in funding to eight first responder agencies around its North Central Energy Facilities, which includes three wind farms that produce enough energy to power 440,000 homes. The Sundance Wind Farm is located in Woods County. "At PSO, nothing is more important than safety," said PSO External...
Bessie Irene (Helmley) Colson, 93, passed away on January 1, 2023 in Lebanon, Missouri. She was born to Charles and Belle (Webb) Helmley on June 24, 1929 in Kiowa, Kansas. Bessie and her brother and sister attended a country school three miles from their farm. Her high school years were at Kiowa High School. She attended three years of college in Emporia, Kansas, before returning home to Kiowa, where she worked at the newspaper office. While working at the newspaper, she met her husband, John Co...
Our deadline to formally file legislation for the upcoming First Session of the 59th Legislature is fast approaching. I wanted to take a moment to describe several of the bills I intend to file this year. One bill would allow 14-year-olds to be licensed to drive on their family farm and to and from work or school. Many of our farm kids already drive vehicles on the family farm or ranch. This just makes it legal and adds the privilege to drive to and from school or work. This would act as a...
Here’s a quick reminder: U.S. Postal Service rates will increase on Jan. 22. The cost to mail a letter weighing one ounce or less will go up from 60 cents to 63 cents. This week is a good time to buy stamps since the USPS now uses the “Forever” stamps. They’ll still work after Jan. 22, and you save three cents each. Have you seen the videos of an individual approaching a shopper offering two choices? The shopper can have $50 cash or choose to give $100 cash to a random shopper. In most cases,...
Authorities searching for the body of a missing 4-year-old Oklahoma girl have found the remains of a child, but have not yet identified them as Athena Brownfield, who authorities say was beaten to death Christmas night, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday. "The remains will be transported to the Medical Examiner's Office in Oklahoma City for positive identification," according to an OSBI statement. "This is a active homicide investigation and until the remains are positively identified, the OSBI will not be commenting...
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self proclaimed it a "great week" after tough wins over Oklahoma and Iowa State last week. It would be a spectacular week if the second-ranked Jayhawks get through this one unscathed. First up is a rivalry game with No. 13 Kansas State that is suddenly much tougher than anyone would have anticipated before the season. Even after the Wildcats (15-2, 4-1) had their nine-game winning streak snapped by TCU over the weekend, they are still just a half-game back of the Jayhawks and tied for second in the r...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man charged with threatening to kill a Kansas congressman is harmless, believing he has a special relationship with God and his weapons are "meteors and plagues," not "knives and guns," a defense attorney argued Tuesday during a federal criminal trial. The trial for Chase Neill, 32, began amid what authorities says is a sharp rise in threats to the nation's lawmakers and their families. Prosecutors say Neill became fixated on U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner and threatened to kill him in a June 5 voicemail left with the Republican...
Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man accused of fatally shooting nearly two dozen people in a racist attack at a West Texas Walmart in 2019. The U.S. Department of Justice disclosed the decision not to pursue capital punishment against Patrick Crusius in a one-sentence notice filed with the federal court in El Paso on Tuesday. Crusius, 24, is accused of targeting Mexicans during the Aug. 3 massacre that left dozens wounded and killed 23 people. The Dallas-area native is charged with federal hate crimes and firearms...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House brushed aside criticism Tuesday of its fragmented disclosures about the discovery of classified documents and official records at President Joe Biden's home and former office, saying it may withhold information to protect the Justice Department's investigation. Ian Sams, a spokesperson for the White House counsel's office, told reporters that the White House was releasing information as it deemed it "appropriate." Responding to criticism of the piecemeal disclosures, Sams said the White House was trying to b...
ROME (AP) — Matteo Messina Denaro's long record as a killer — turncoat mobsters said he'd boast of enough murders to fill a cemetery — greatly burnished his credentials among his peers as a major boss in the Sicilian Mafia. After 30 years eluding capture while still running much of the Mafia's affairs, he was arrested Monday at a Palermo clinic, where the convicted mobster was receiving chemotherapy. But while he was hustled off early Tuesday to a maximum-security prison on the Italian mainland, his capture is hardly expect to bring the demis...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Airplane passenger Sonu Jaiswal's 90-second smartphone video began with the aircraft approaching the runway by flying over buildings and green fields over Pokhara, a Nepalese city in the foothills of the Himalayas. Everything looked normal as Jaiswal's livestream on Facebook shifted from the picturesque views seen from the plane's window to fellow passengers who were laughing. Finally, Jaiswal, wearing a yellow sweater, turned the camera to himself and smiled. Then it happened. The plane suddenly appeared to veer toward its l...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A 39-year-old felon who overwhelmingly lost a bid for the New Mexico statehouse as a Republican paid for four men to shoot at Democratic lawmakers' homes in recent months, including one house where a 10-year-old girl was asleep, police said. The case against Solomon Peña, who had posted photos of himself online with Donald Trump campaign material, is one of dozens across the United States where people have threatened, and in some cases attempted to carry out, violence against members of Congress, school board me...
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the brink of hitting the nation's legal borrowing limit on Thursday, the government is resorting to "extraordinary measures" to avoid a default. Sounds ominous, right? But -- take a breath -- the phrase technically refers to a bunch of accounting workarounds. Yes, accounting. Because the debt cap limits the issuance of government bonds — a way the U.S. borrows money — these workarounds shift money among accounts and should keep the government open through at least June, according to a letter last week by Treasury Secretary...
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The World Economic Forum says billionaire Elon Musk wasn't on the guest list for the annual meeting of business executives, global leaders and cultural trend-setters in Davos, Switzerland — despite what the Twitter owner claims. Notables from European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen to actor Idris Elba are gathering in the ritzy Alpine town this week to talk about global issues ranging from war to climate change and technology's effects on security. Musk wasn't there, though he says he was invited. Forum spo...
BERLIN (AP) — Police in western Germany carried Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and other protesters away Tuesday from the edge of an open coal pit mine where they demonstrated against the ongoing destruction of a village to make way for the mine's expansion, German news agency dpa reported. Thunberg was among hundreds of people who resumed anti-mining protests at multiple locations in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia a day after the last two climate activists holed up in a tunnel beneath the village of Luetzerath l...
In a desperate effort to save a seabird species in Hawaii from rising ocean waters, scientists are moving chicks to a new island hundreds of miles away. Moving species to save them — once considered taboo — is quickly gaining traction as climate change upends habitats. Similar relocations are being suggested for birds, lizards, butterflies and even flowers. Concerns persist that the novel practice could cause unintended harm the same way invasive plants and animals have wreaked havoc on native species. But for the Tristram's storm petrels on...
