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A couple from Carmen has been charged with child sexual abuse. Charles William Woods, 44, and Erica Dawn Woods, 43, both of Carmen, have each been charged in Alfalfa County with sexual abuse – child under 12, a felony. This crime is punishable by imprisonment not exceeding life, or by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, or both such fine and imprisonment. Court records show on Dec. 8, 2021, Alfalfa County Sheriff Rick Wallace told District Attorney’s Investigator Steve Tanio he...
South Barber's FFA fed a calf fry dinner to approximately 120 patrons at their annual Work Auction/Dinner. The work auction and donations brought over $31,000, FFA Chapter Advisor Tommy Hutson said. The money will go in the FFA's activity account for chapter operations. Hutson expressed gratitude for the community's generosity to their organization....
Alfalfa County commissioners breezed through their short agenda Monday morning. Mike Roach, Jay Hague and Marvin Woodall got through approving the maintenance and operation payment warrants, blanket purchase orders, and the last meeting's minutes. There was a road-crossing permit, but there was no charge since it was for a utility. Afterward, County Clerk Laneta Schwerdtfeger spoke with commissioners about the American Rescue Plan Act federal funds. During a meeting he was at recently, Hague...
The Aline-Cleo TSA Chapter attended a mini-conference in Edmond at the Santa Fe High School on Feb. 19. Students competed in a multitude of events and placed in a majority of them. The middle school placed first in Video Game Design, which included Christopher Chandler and Jozlin Campbell, and third in Challenging Technological Issues, which included Amy Wallace and Payton O'Neil. High school students Elizabeth Wallace and Samuel Moran placed third in Video Game Design and third in Debating Technological Issues, while Samuel Moran placed third...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A House committee in Oklahoma on Wednesday approved an abortion ban that would implement an enforcement mechanism similar to a new Texas law considered to be the nation's most restrictive abortion law in decades. The House Public Health Committee passed the measure by a party-line vote and sent it to the full House, where it's likely to pass. The bill prohibits physicians from performing abortions and allows private citizens to pursue civil actions of up to $10,000 against doctors and others who aid a woman in obtaining a...
The discovery of human remains that could possibly be victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma show that the search for mass graves should continue, researchers said. A report submitted Tuesday to Tulsa's committee overseeing the search said one body, believed to be a Black male in his mid-to-late 20s, is a possible massacre victim and had three gunshot wounds with two bullets recovered from the remains, including one from the head. "Further assessment and understanding of the burial population may be yielded by the forthcoming DNA...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt is planning to award a state-record $15 million to electric vehicle manufacturer Canoo to help support the company's planned investment of more than $560 million in new facilities in Oklahoma, the Tulsa World reported. The newspaper reviewed contracts from the Oklahoma Department of Commerce that show the state money from the governor's Quick Action Closing Fund will back Canoo's commitment to provide 1,500 jobs at a factory in Pryor, Oklahoma, and 700 jobs at two facilities in Oklahoma City a...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican elected officials across the U.S. are criticizing President Joe Biden over his energy policies and urging his administration to do more to ramp up domestic production as a way to help wean the nation and its allies off oil from Russia. The sanctions imposed on Russia for its war with Ukraine so far do not include oil and gas exports from the country, a step that would severely hurt Russia's ability to generate revenue. Oklahoma's Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt and Ohio's GOP U.S. Sen. Rob Portman urged Biden this we...
The discovery of human remains that could possibly be victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma shows that the search for mass graves should continue, researchers said. A report submitted to Tulsa's committee overseeing the search said one body, believed to be a Black male in his mid-to-late 20s, is a possible massacre victim and had three gunshot wounds with two bullets recovered from the remains, including one from the head. Forensic anthropologist Phoebe Stubblefield said Wednesday that DNA could provide circumstantial evidence...
