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Early voting begins Thursday, March 31, for voters in Waynoka Public School District, City of Waynoka and Town of Freedom, located in Woods County. Voters who will not be able to make it to the polls on Election Day, have the option of voting early at their County Election Board. Woods County Election Board Secretary Holly Blevins said early voting is open to all voters. “You do not need to provide an excuse to vote early. Oklahoma allows early voting for all elections conducted through the State Election Board – from school board and mun...
Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, April 5, to decide a number of issues. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Woods County Election Board Secretary Holly Blevins recommends voters with questions about their eligibility or polling place call before Election Day. “We provide a number of additional services to voters on Election Day, so it can get very busy. If you have any questions, we strongly suggest you call or come by the week before Election Day if possible. If you find that you do have a question on Election Day, h...
During their meeting on Monday, the Woods County commissioners approved the use of the courthouse lawn for the annual Alva Fire Department Easter Egg Hunt. The egg hunt is Saturday morning, April 16. Present for the meeting were commissioners Randy McMurphy, David Hamil and John Smiley. The commissioners also discussed the Farmers Market opening. County Clerk Shelley Reed said the market will open on Saturday, June 4, at 7 a.m. on the north side of the courthouse parking lot. A carport for the...
On April 5, Waynoka citizens will head to the polls to weigh in on a new school bond. The $1.7 million bond, if passed, would allow the school to build a bus barn and ag barn, along with a lean-to on the south edge of the school farm. It will allow more space for students to “showcase their animals.” “This bond is for a bus barn and ag barn to have our local show in,” said Superintendent Scott Cline. The bigger area will allow enough space to really put an animal through its paces for the judges.” The FFA will use it also, Cline said....
On the April 5 ballot this year is a question of whether the Freedom town clerk should be appointed or elected. The reason for the question appearing on the ballot, said trustee Michelle Shelite, was to find a town clerk who meets the state's requirements for eligibility, but to do so in a way that removes the requirement that that person live within town limits. The statute that controls qualifications for elected office include these items: Must be a resident of Freedom Must be registered to vote in Freedom In the case of trustees, they must...
After 10 years of serving on the Burlington School Board, Aaron Smith took his seat at the table for the last time at the March meeting last Thursday. Superintendent Kevin Brown and the board thanked Smith for his years of service with kind words and a special acknowledgment. Brown did not file to run again, however Lindsey Callison did. She will take her seat for the first time at the April meeting and attended this meeting as a guest. All the other board members attended as President Terry Graham called the meeting to order. They are: Robert...
Samuel Moran, junior, was chosen as the Aline-Cleo March Student of the Month. His school philosophy is, "If I can learn to want to learn more in life, I have succeeded in school." He thinks his school is unique because the teachers strive to help students and their sense of humor is one of a kind. Samuel says his inspiration is, "God." His favorite quote is, "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." ~ Albert Einstein Samuel is the...
After 10 years of serving on the Burlington School Board, Aaron Smith took his seat at the table for the last time at the March meeting last Thursday. Superintendent Kevin Brown and the board thanked Smith for his years of service with kind words and a special acknowledgment. Brown did not file to run again, however Lindsey Callison did. She will take her seat for the first time at the April meeting and attended this meeting as a guest. All the other board members attended as President Terry Graham called the meeting to order. They are: Robert...
The three-day investigation began with a burglary report in Carmen. Then another burglary was added and that was topped off by a report of assault with a vehicle. Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Deputy Diego Gutierrez was notified Saturday, March 19, that Riley Cowan called the sheriff’s office about 8:42 p.m. to report someone had broken into his brother’s home located at 117 N. 2nd in Carmen. He said he and his brother James believed the person responsible might be Evan Kingcade. James and Riley...
Aline-Cleo TSA students attended this year's regional conference held in Alex, Oklahoma. For the competitions at Regionals, students must place in the Top Ten to qualify for the state conference, which will be in Norman April 13-15. The Aline-Cleo Middle School students qualified for state in the following events: Jozlin Campbell got second place in Career Preparation, Christopher Chandler placed fourth in Creed, Amy Wallace placed fourth in Cybersecurity, and Amy Wallace and Payton O'Neil got...
Voters will go to the polls Tuesday, April 5, in the board of education and special elections. Alfalfa County voters in two school districts will be voting. There are no school board races in Woods County. Cherokee School District voters will be choosing between Amber K. Wilhite and Heather Collins for Office No. 2 on the school board. Timberlake school board candidates for Office No. 2 are Kodee Shaklee Nickel and Justin Barney. In addition, registered voters in the Burlington school district...
Memorial services for John Preston Small will be 2 p.m., Thursd ay, March 31, 2022, at the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangements are under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva, Oklahoma. John Preston, "Press" as he was known by most, son of J.W. and Ruth (Vore) Small was born on April 14, 1952, in Enid, Oklahoma. He passed away at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on March 26, 2022, at the age of 69 years, 11 months, and 13 days from complications caused from contracting...
Walter Lee "Walt" Tillotson, 77, of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at Kiowa District Manor, Kiowa, Kansas. He was born on January 10, 1945, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, the son of Merle Tillotson and Hazel (Hogan) Tillotson. On February 14, 1964, he married Pat S. (Thompson) Tillotson in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. She preceded him in death on November 20, 2015. Walt was a roustabout in the oil fields and a grader operator for Eagle Township. He was a member of the First Assembl...
Virginia Lee Hubbard (Norris) was born on November 14, 1924, and died in Alva, Oklahoma, on March 29, 2022. She was the youngest daughter of George and Ramona Norris. Virginia worked for many years at Western Electric in Oklahoma City. Later she attended nursing school in Lawton, Oklahoma, and was proud of her accomplishments as licensed practical nurse. She practiced at several hospitals in Oklahoma and Virginia. Survivors include her long time friend Shirley Himelrick, her beloved cat, Lacey,...
Stan was born on October 2, 1951. He stepped into eternity on Saturday, March 26, 2022. Claremore, Oklahoma, is where his life began. He lived on a farm with his two siblings, Carolyn, and Steve and their parents, until he finished eighth grade. Stan had a happy childhood, roaming the countryside on his bike, with his brother. They had chores to do, but when those were done, he was free as a bird! Life was much simpler then. From the time Stan was a small boy, he seemed to hear drum beats in his mind. That came out in an annoying finger...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican governors in Oklahoma and Arizona both signed bills into law on Wednesday that prevent transgender girls and women from competing on female sports teams, joining more than a dozen other states with similar laws. Flanked by more than two dozen young female athletes, including his 14-year-old daughter Piper, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed the measure, dubbed the " Save Women's Sports Act." "This bill, the Save Women's Sports Act, to us in Oklahoma is just common sense," said Stitt, a first-term Republican who i...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Wednesday passed a measure to overturn three communities' policies that could help immigrants stay in Kansas illegally, highlighting an issue the GOP is likely to push in the governor's race. The bill is a response to an ordinance enacted last month by Wyandotte County, a Democratic stronghold. The ordinance provides local identification cards for immigrants and other residents and declares that the county won't help the federal government enforce immigration laws absent a threat to public safety. L...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's says Kansas won't enforce a federal mandate that nursing home workers get vaccinated against COVID-19, acknowledging Wednesday that it conflicts with an anti-mandate state law she signed four months ago. Nursing home workers must still get vaccines, but the federal government will charge Kansas nearly $349,000 a year to have federal teams survey nursing homes for compliance. Kelly announced the policy this week with conservative Republican legislators pushing to limit the restrictions that s...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Several hundred workers at a Kellogg's plant that makes Cheez-Its won a new contract that delivers more than 15% wage increases over three years after 1,400 workers at the company's cereal plants went on strike for nearly three months last fall. The wage and benefits improvements that 570 workers at the Kellogg's plant in Kansas City, Kansas, secured this week are the largest that have been seen in that location by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, it said Wednesday. U.S. companies are struggling to fill t...
LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) — Volunteers picked up a record amount of trash from New Jersey's beaches last year, with plastic items dominating the haul, and bizarre castoffs including male enhancement pills, a set of braces, a glow-in-the-dark condom and a Turkish Airlines hygiene kit found on the sand as well. The Clean Ocean Action coastal environmental group released its annual report Wednesday on the result of the prior year's beach sweeps. Over 10,000 volunteers picked up over half a million items along the state's 127-mile (204-kilometer) c...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces bombarded areas around Kyiv and another city just hours after pledging to scale back operations in those zones to promote trust between the two sides, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday. The shelling — and intensified Russian attacks on other parts of the country — tempered optimism about any progress in the talks aimed at ending the punishing war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he stressed to U.S. President Joe Biden that the war is at a "turning point." He thanked the U.S. for an addit...
Severe storms that included at least two tornadoes injured several people, damaged homes and businesses and downed power lines in Arkansas, Missouri and Texas overnight before moving to the Deep South. No deaths had been reported from the storms as of Wednesday evening, officials said. A tornado that struck Springdale, Arkansas, and the adjoining town of Johnson, about 145 miles (235 kilometers) northwest of Little Rock, about 4 a.m. injured seven people, two critically, said Washington County, Arkansas, Emergency Management Director John...
A brain disorder that leads to problems with speaking, reading and writing has sidelined actor Bruce Willis and drawn attention to a little-known condition that has many possible causes. A stroke, tumor, head injury or other damage to the language centers of the brain can cause aphasia. A brain infection or Alzheimer's disease can trigger it. Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, wounded in a 2011 shooting, has aphasia from that injury. The National Aphasia Association estimates 2 million Americans are affected and nearly 180,000 get the disorder...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday she will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, giving Democrats at least one Republican vote and all but assuring that Jackson will become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. Collins met with Jackson a second time this week after four days of hearings last week and said Wednesday that "she possesses the experience, qualifications and integrity to serve as an associate justice on the Supreme Court." "I will, therefore, vote to confirm her to this position," Collins said. C...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief of the U.S. Capitol Police told lawmakers Wednesday it was his recommendation to move forward with a phased-in reopening of the U.S. Capitol as his agency works to overcome attrition after the January 6 insurrection and hiring delays because of the pandemic. The testimony before a House subcommittee underscores that persistent security concerns are playing a major role in restricting the public's access to the Capitol, an increasingly sore point with lawmakers from both parties who are urging a return to normalcy a...
