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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 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. Felonies Filings Steven Clint Mathis, 38, Dover, has been...
Antonio Darnell Johnson, Helena and Shantika Robin Lynn Johnson: divorce ($252.14)....
Tuesday, April 11, 2017 8:32 a.m. Woods County advised of a controlled burn 2 miles north of Capron at County Road 490. 9:29 a.m. Reporting party (RP) advised of a controlled burn on County Road 560 between Bryan and Blaine. 10:07 a.m. Controlled burn ¼ mile west and ¼ mile north of Burlington. 11:11 a.m. Controlled burn on County Road 740 and Carter Road. 11:55 a.m. Controlled burn on County Road 590. 12:12 p.m. Controlled burn in the 600 block of Sixth Street in Carmen. 12:15 p.m. RP advised of problems with a renter who had moved out. A...
April 10, 2017 Medicine Lodge ambulance transported patient from south Cherry to Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital. Sheriff Small Deputy Suchy investigated found property. Deputy Paasch investigated an abandoned vehicle on Rattlesnake Trail. April 11, 2017 Medicine Lodge ambulance transported patient from Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital to Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. Undersheriff Brewer and Deputy Woods investigated an abandoned vehicle on Isabel Road. Deputy Paasch investigated a criminal threat in Lake City. Medicine Lodge ambulance...
A Lahoma woman was listed in stable condition Saturday after her car collided with a semi near Hennessey. Lou Ann Crump, 62, of Lahoma was pinned in her vehicle for approximately 40 minutes and was freed by the Jaws of Life by Hennessey Fire Department. She was transported by Air Evac from the scene to OU Medical in Oklahoma City where she was admitted for head, leg, arm, trunk internal and trunk external injuries. The semi, a 2018 Peterbilt pulling a tanker trailer caught on fire following the...
The ENDUI Prevention teams are continuing their proactive search for impaired drivers and will be conducting a DUI checkpoint April 20 in Alva, according to Trooper Allan Young, an impaired driving liaison with the Highway Safety Office. The checkpoint will coincide with regular patrols aimed at impaired drivers and several local and county law enforcement agencies will be taking part. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Woods County Sheriff’s Office, Alva PD and NWOSU PD will all be participating. Impaired driving is one of Oklahoma's deadliest c...
This school year, the Freedom Public Schools have been operating with a part-time superintendent and a full-time principal. A couple meetings ago, Superintendent Freida Burgess told the board she was experiencing some health issues and would resign at the end of the fiscal year. Monday night, Principal Michael Long's resignation was accepted by the board. That means the district will face a new year with totally new administrators. Long told the Newsgram that he was facing serious shoulder surgery in May that would require him to be bed-ridden...
On Saturday, April 22, the Hawley Volunteer Fire Department (HFD) will be conducting their 14th Annual Benefit Fish Fry. The meal will begin at 4:30 p.m. and end at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy a great meal. Parking will be at the church across the street to the east and Hawley Trolleys will be transporting our guests. The menu includes deep fried catfish, hush puppies, potato salad, coleslaw, baked beans and dessert and for the non-fish lovers, chicken strips will be available upon request. Donations will be accepted at the...
(From a contributed email.) 1. Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch, and you'll have to pee. 2. Law of Gravity: Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible place in the universe. 3. Law of Probability: The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act. 4. Law of Random Numbers: If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal; someone always answers. 5....
Law enforcement officials responded to a call about a domestic altercation in Cherokee on Saturday, April 8. They arrested Steven Clint Mathis, 38, charging him with a felony and three misdemeanors. According to court documents, Cherokee Assistant Police Chief Ryan McNeil responded to 115 W. Seventh about 8:20 p.m. A caller said officers were needed as soon as possible. When McNeil arrived, he could see into the house through the front door where he observed a man holding another man on the floor of the living room. McNeil asked dispatch to sen...
SAYRE – On April 14 at approximately 7:30 p.m. staff at North Fork Correctional Center (NFCC) saw a group of inmates enter a pod and start a verbal confrontation with a second group of inmates. The incident escalated, and homemade weapons were used by one group of prisoners during the physical confrontation. Staff responded, got the situation under control quickly and locked down the facility. As a result of the incident seven inmates were injured. Six prisoners were transported to a nearby medical facility in Elk City and one was t...
Kiowa Mayor Brandon Farney called the monthly meeting of Kiowa's City Council to order April 10. All members except Brian Hill were present including: Bill Watson, R.L. Simpson, Russell Molz and Tom Wells. City Administrator Lou Leone was also seated at the council table along with City Clerk Marlo Rugg and City Attorney Laurel McClellan. Council members covered a full agenda from a presentation for a major water line improvement project to signing a settlement agreement with Alfalfa Electric Cooperative. The latter was discussed in executive...
If you're ready for ropin', steer wrestin', a parade, entertainment, dancin' and some old fashioned fun, be in Kiowa, Kansas, this weekend. Mosey up to Progress Park early Friday evening for a grilled burger and certain-to-be-pioneer-themed entertainment. Plan on spending the morning in downtown Kiowa. Start with a hearty breakfast at the Masonic Lodge. Then drop by the Historical Society Bake Sale at the Chief Theater. See Kiowa's Historical Museum that will be open in the morning and afternoon. Don't miss dropping into Jamie Terwort's Art Stu...
No doubt. The late Robert Hyde is beaming at the fact his friends raised enough money to award four $1,000 scholarships to Burlington and South Barber students who are continuing their education following high school graduation. Two seniors from each school will receive a $1,000 scholarship based on the essay they write. Students are to write about their plans after high school and where they see themselves in 10 years. This year the students are to include why Hyde would feel they are...
Republican state Treasurer Ron Estes will represent the Kansas 4th congressional district replacing Mike Pompeo, who President Donald Trump named as CIA director. The special election was held Tuesday, April 11. Sedgwick County, Kansas, (which includes Wichita) was the only county carried by Democrat James Thompson. Thompson led by 414 over Republican Ron Estes, who carried the other 16 counties to win the seat. Overall, Estes had 53 percent to 45 percent for Thompson. Barber County Election Deputy Amy Sill provided county-wide election...
It's Apple Blossom Festival time in the Old West town of Ambrosia, and all the townsfolk are looking forward to the celebrations. But something – or rather, someone – is rotten and wants to spoil everything. The evil Hagloe Crab and his sidekick, Roxbury Russet, are planning to swindle sweet Honey Gold and Granny Smith out of their properties. Will the handsome sheriff, Adam S. Pearmain, and his near-sighted deputy, Ben Davis, be able to save the day? Find out in this hilarious melodrama fil...
Adam Wayne Hooper, 44, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away Monday morning, April 17, 2017. Adam was born in Oklahoma City to Mary Kay and John David "Benny" Hooper on February 6, 1973. He spent his youth in Oklahoma City where he loved anything sports. Adam graduated from Mount Saint Mary's High School in 1991. Adam attended Northern Oklahoma College at Tonkawa, graduating in 1993 with an associates of arts degree in broadcasting. Alva became his next home, where Adam graduated from...
Friends and relatives of Jerry Dean Davis (1939-2017) are invited to join Jerry's family in an informal and fond remembrance of him on April 26th at 2 p.m. in the Church of Christ Fellowship Hall in Helena. Personal recollections and anecdotes will be appreciated....
Funeral service for Lloyd Tidwell will be Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at 1 p.m. at Kiowa United Methodist Church with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home Inc. of Kiowa. Burial will follow at Riverview Cemetery, Kiowa, Kamsas. Online condolences may be made at www.lanmanmemorials.com. Lloyd’s parents moved to Kiowa, Kansas, from the Faulkner Area north of Cora and Teagarden, Oklahoma, in February 1922. He was born on June 21, 1922, west of Kiowa on a farm by the little Mule Creek. He was the third son born to Lawrence and Helen Tidwell. He p...
Patricia "Pat" Ann Jones Graves, 82, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away on April 12, 2017, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, surrounded by family. She was born May 4, 1934, the daughter of Leo Augustine Jones and Margaret Elizabeth Brockman Jones. She was preceded in death by her parents, stepfather Russell Williams, husband Bob, grandson Cheyenne Patrick Graves, and sister Leona Marie Jones Young. She is survived by her eight children: Suzie (Bruce) Reynolds (of St....
Funeral services for Ray Dennis Lau will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 20, 2017, at Town and Country Christian Church with Pastor Paul Cole officiating. Interment will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20, 2017, at the Canton IOOF Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Ray Dennis Lau, son of the late Alvin and Viola Eleanora (Steigman) Lau, was born August 10, 1946, at Clinton, Oklahoma, and passed away April 16, 2017, at Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 70 years, 8 months...
