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Luis Chavez, a familiar face to customers of Alva's Market, left early Friday morning with his wife to arrive a couple days ahead of the start of the world-famous Boston Marathon, an event that attracts 35,000 runners from around the world. Chavez first came to Alva as a Northwestern student from Beaver, Oklahoma. His high school running credentials were impressive with a state championship in track his junior year, and a state championship in cross-country his senior year. His high school...
An Alva family lost their home to fire Sunday night. Luckily they were not home when the blaze erupted. The Alva Fire Department was notified at 9:36 p.m. of a well-involved structure fire at 1041 9th Street Sunday, April 8. A neighbor to the north was outdoors and heard breaking glass and smelled smoke. He determined the trailer house was on fire and called 911. The first fire engine arrived at the residence at 9:40 p.m. to find the trailer house fully involved. Alva Fire Chief Kirk Trekell...
ALVA, Okla. – It was a tough start of the week for Alva High School baseball as they suffered a pair of home losses against Tonkawa and Newkirk on Monday and Tuesday, respectively. On Sunday, the original schedule was altered as the Goldbugs were supposed to host Newkirk on Monday, followed by a trip to Seiling on Tuesday. However, the change allowed back-to-back home games prior to heading to Midwest City for the always tough Bill Tipton Classic at Carl Albert High School. No. 14 Alva s...
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State baseball picked up a crucial Great American Conference series win over Southern Nazarene University after splitting Monday's doubleheader at Myers Stadium. The Crimson Storm rallied for three runs in the 8th to take a 7-4 win in Game One, but the Rangers bounced back in a big way as starter Matt Goertzen threw a two-hit shutout to lead the Red and Black to an 8-0 victory. Game 1 With runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings, Southern Nazarene jumped out to an ear...
DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern got back in the win column in a big way on Thursday afternoon, downing Henderson State 8-1 at the Southeastern Tennis Complex. The win lifts the Savage Storm to 7-11 overall on the year and 4-1 in Great American Conference play. Luisa Auffarth and Maria Martinez avenged a one doubles loss by cruising to an 8-1 win over HSU's Thea Minor and Mariah Bartlett to make the match 1-1. India Shiaelis and Diana Budnik would put the Storm in front 2-1 with an 8-4 win over Lorraine Banimataku and Lorish Puluspene and SE w...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas Tech women's tennis moved into a tie for third in the Great American Conference standings with a 5-4 win over Harding on Thursday. NEXT UP Arkansas Tech (10-5, 3-2 GAC) will return to action on Saturday, April 14, as the Golden Suns host Henderson State to close out the regular season. The match is scheduled to begin with doubles play at 2 p.m. HOW IT HAPPENED Arkansas Tech took the first lead of the dual, with a win at No. 3 doubles from Megan Bell and Teresa Sanchez. The victory is the duo's second in just t...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - Harding women's tennis came up one match short Thursday in a 5-4 loss to Arkansas Tech in Great American Conference action. The loss dropped Harding into a third-place tie with Arkansas Tech at 3-2 in conference matches. Harding concludes its GAC season Friday against Oklahoma Baptist in Oklahoma City. Harding's No. 1 doubles team of Arisa Takanashi and Laura Golubic earned the Lady Bisons' lone doubles point. Singles victories came from Takanashi (No. 1), Hana Folse (No. 4) and Paulina Kostka (No. 6)....
DURANT, Okla. — Henderson State got off to a great start against Southeastern Oklahoma State on Thursday by winning No. 1 doubles, but the Savage Storm won the remaining eight contests to take the match from the Reddies 8-1. The No. 1 doubles team of Annie Shannon and Sydnee Parker got the Reddies' lone win of the day against the defending Great American Conference champions, as they cruised past SOSU's Sandra Reljic and Nina Sergeev, 8-2. The win is the duo's sixth No. 1 doubles victory this season and their fourth win in the last five m...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A team of inspectors from the international chemical weapons watchdog was on its way to Syria on Thursday to begin an investigation into a suspected chemical weapons attack near the capital that has brought the war-torn country to the brink of a wider conflict, amid Western threats of retaliation and Russian warnings of the potential for "a dangerous escalation." The fact-finding mission from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was expected to head to Douma, where the suspected attack took place and w...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A team of inspectors from the international chemical weapons watchdog was on its way to Syria on Thursday to begin an investigation into a suspected chemical weapons attack near the capital that has brought the war-torn country to the brink of a wider conflict, amid Western threats of retaliation and Russian warnings of the potential for "a dangerous escalation." The fact-finding mission from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was expected to head to Douma, where the suspected attack took place and w...
PHOENIX (AP) — Caving to demands from teachers who have protested low pay and school funding shortfalls for weeks, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey rolled out a proposal Thursday promising a net 20 percent raise by 2020 and pledged to push the proposal through the Legislature in the coming weeks. The Republican governor's announcement came after more than a month of protests at the state Capitol and at schools across Arizona that were followed by a strike threat early this week. Teachers were encouraged in part by successful teacher walkouts in West V...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey blasts President Donald Trump as unethical and "untethered to truth" in a sharply critical new book that describes Trump as fixated in the early days of his administration on having the FBI debunk salacious rumors he insisted were untrue but could distress his wife. In the forthcoming book, Comey compares Trump to a mafia don and calls his leadership of the country "ego driven and about personal loyalty." He also reveals new details about his interactions with Trump and his own d...
WASHINGTON (AP) — When House Speaker Paul Ryan announced his retirement decision, he did so on his own terms. The political fallout may not be so easy to control. Ryan's relinquishing of one of the most powerful positions in Washington left Republicans reeling Thursday over not just who will replace him but whether Ryan's lame-duck status will jeopardize the GOP's pitch to voters and donors, and worsen their chance of keeping the majority. Control of the House was already at risk in a tough midterm election. Voters are fired up amid rising o...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a striking reversal, President Donald Trump has asked trade officials to explore the possibility of the United States rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, a free trade deal he pulled out of during his first days in office as part of his "America first" agenda. Trump's request comes as he faces pressure from farm-state Republicans anxious that his protectionist trade policies could spiral into a trade war with China that would hit rural America. Trump spent the 2016 presidential campaign ripping into the m...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown is crystal clear that his National Guard will help President Trump go after drugs and thugs on the Mexican border, but not immigrants. Drawing that line may be hazy. Brown's pledge of 400 troops allows the president to boast that governors in all four border states back his mission to send the Guard on its third large-scale deployment since 2006. It helped bring commitments from Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas to about 2,400 troops — above the low end of Trump's target of sending 2,000 to...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Facing mounting calls to resign following sexual misconduct allegations, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens appears to be taking a cue from President Donald Trump as he fights for his political survival amid a #MeToo movement that has felled dozens of other prominent politicians and public figures. Referencing events in Washington, D.C., Greitens is using similar wording as Trump to denounce accusations of unwanted sexual aggression as "lies" and "fake charges" and the investigations into his alleged wrongdoing as a "politic...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Aiming to quell concerns before what is likely to be a narrow confirmation vote, Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo vowed on Thursday to ramp up efforts against Russia in "each place we confront them." But he ducked and dodged when asked whether he supports President Donald Trump's pounding criticism of the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Pompeo, now Trump's CIA chief, tread carefully when confronted with several of the president's controversial and undiplomatic statements, focusing i...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Voters in Alaska's largest city have become the first in the U.S. to defeat a so-called bathroom bill referendum that asked them to require people to use public bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender at birth. Anchorage voters turned down a proposition that would have repealed part of a city ordinance that allowed people to use public bathroom and locker rooms according to their gender identity and would have instead required them to use those facilities according to their gender at birth. Voting by m...
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The day before Bill Cosby's chief accuser was to take the witness stand at his sexual assault retrial, a former model and TV personality on Thursday gave jurors her own harrowing account of being drugged and raped by the comedy star in 1982. Janice Dickinson, one of five other accusers who testified against Cosby, told jurors that the comedian gave her a pill he claimed would ease her menstrual cramps but instead left her immobilized and unable to stop an assault she called "gross." "I didn't consent to this. Here was '...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday put off a final decision on possible military strikes against Syria after tweeting earlier that they could happen "very soon or not so soon at all." The White House said he would consult further with allies. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned such an attack carried the risk of spinning out of control, suggesting caution ahead of a decision on how to respond to an attack against civilians last weekend that U.S. officials are increasingly certain involved the use of banned chemical weapons. B...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — When Oklahoma second-grade teacher Cyndi Ralston heard her state representative berate teachers for walking out of the classroom and marching on the Capitol, she knew she'd be running against him in November. Rep. Kevin McDugle, an ex-Marine Corps drill instructor, chastised teachers in a video he posted on Facebook for failing to thank lawmakers after he and other Republicans voted in favor of tax hikes to fund a teacher raise. "I'm not voting for another stinking measure when they're acting the way they're acting," R...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some say it's a fight between West and South. Or who might win an endorsement from President Donald Trump. Or a test of who can woo conservatives. But one thing was clear Thursday: Any maneuvering in the brewing showdown between California Rep. Kevin McCarthy and Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise for House speaker was occurring below the radar, and the leading players were choosing their words carefully. "I've heard from none of the candidates, and all of the mentioned candidates are not just friends, they're close friends," s...
NEW YORK (AP) — Eight months before the company that owns the National Enquirer paid $150,000 to a former Playboy Playmate who claimed she'd had an affair with Donald Trump, the tabloid's parent made a $30,000 payment to a less famous individual: a former doorman at one of the real estate mogul's New York City buildings. As it did with the ex-Playmate, the Enquirer signed the ex-doorman to a contract that effectively prevented him from going public with a juicy tale that might hurt Trump's campaign for president. The payout to the former P...
