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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has been found guilty of capital murder in the 2018 killing of his pregnant girlfriend. A jury convicted Devonte Dominique Wash, 31, of Kansas City, Kansas, on Monday for the death of 23-year-old Ashley Harlan, of Olathe, and her unborn child, prosecutors for Johnson County said in a statement. Wash faces life in prison without parole when he's sentenced on June 24. Police said Harlan was found shot to death at her grandfather's home. She was about 20 weeks pregnant with Wash's child when she died. Wash c...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The ice has gone out on the Tanana River, bringing to an end this year's Nenana Ice Classic, one of Alaska's most famous guessing games. Ice classic manager Cherrie Forness said the game ended at 6:47 p.m. Monday. The game involves placing bets on when the ice will break up and move out on the Tanana River, and it ends when a tripod moves far enough down the river to trip a clock, Anchorage TV station KTUU reported. The tripod is hooked to a rope and lever that trigger the stopping of the clock when it moves far e...
A leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision suggests the country's highest court could be poised to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, allowing individual states to more heavily regulate or even ban the procedure. WHAT DOES 'ROE V. WADE' REFER TO? Roe v. Wade is the name of the lawsuit that led to the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion in the United States. The majority opinion found an absolute right to abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy. WHO WERE ROE AND...
REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The endangered California condor returned to soar the skies over the state's far northern coast redwood forests on Tuesday for the first time in more than a century. Two captive-bred birds were released from a pen in Redwood National Park, about an hour's drive south of the Oregon border, under a project aimed at restoring the giant vultures to their historic habitat in the Pacific Northwest. The two male condors were moved into staging area at late morning and a remotely controlled gate was opened. After a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday blasted a "radical" Supreme Court draft opinion that would throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling t hat has stood for a half century. The court cautioned no final decision had been made, but Biden warned other privacy rights including same-sex marriage and birth control are at risk if the justices follow through. Chief Justice John Roberts said he had ordered an investigation into what he called the "egregious breach of trust" in leaking the draft document, which was dated t...
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces Tuesday began storming the steel mill containing the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol, Ukrainian defenders said, just as scores of civilians evacuated from the bombed-out plant over the weekend reached relative safety and recounted days and nights filled with dread from constant shelling. Osnat Lubrani, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, said that thanks to the evacuation effort, "101 women, men, children and older persons could finally leave the bunkers below the Azovstal s...
TROY, Ala. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday credited the assembly line workers at a Javelin missile plant for doing life-saving work in building the antitank weapons that are being sent to Ukraine to stifle Russia's invasion as he made a pitch for Congress to approve $33 billion so the U.S. can continue to hustle aid to the front lines. "You're allowing the Ukrainians to defend themselves," Biden told the workers, his podium flanked by Javelin missile launchers and shipping containers. "And, quite frankly, they're making fools of the R...
The WNBA will honor Phoenix star Brittney Griner with a floor decal and allow the Mercury to pay her without it counting against the team's salary cap, the league announced Tuesday. The All-Star center remains in Russia after being detained following her arrival at a Moscow airport on Feb. 17. Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges that allegedly contained oil derived from cannabis, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. She has a hearing set for May 19. The Biden administration determined...
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday let Johnny Depp move forward with his libel suit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, after the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star rested his case. Heard's lawyers had asked the judge to dismiss the case, arguing that Depp had failed to make his case as a matter of law and that no reasonable jury could find in his favor. But the judge, Penney Azcarate, said the standard for dismissing a case at this point in the trial is exceedingly high, and that the case should be allowed to move forward if Depp has p...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The body found inside a barrel on the newly exposed bottom of Lake Mead after the lake's level was depleted amid drought is that of a man who was shot, police said Tuesday. The killing probably happened between the mid-1970s and the early 1980s because the victim was wearing shoes that were manufactured during that period, said homicide Lt. Ray Spencer, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. The barrel was found Sunday in the Lake Mead National Recreational Area by boaters who informed authorities. Drought has dropped the w...
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. Felony Filings Kirby Tyler McNary, 36, Alba, Missouri, has...
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 7:39 p.m. – Report of a reckless driver on OK-11 and County Road 630. Wednesday, April 27, 2022 12:02 p.m. – Woods County advised of a reckless driver on US-64. Thursday, April 28, 2022 6:58 p.m. – Report of an assault at the Carmen Park. Deputy had one male in custody. Friday, April 29, 2022 6:12 a.m. – Report of a vehicle vs deer accident 3 miles south of Cozy Curve. 11:55 a.m. – Caller advised that a person was taking stuff out of a house and the subject doesn’t live there. Advised the subject is now driving aro...
Mandatory redistricting efforts have caused some precinct boundaries to change. As a result, some voters will be assigned to new polling places, Stephanie Jantz, Alfalfa County Election Board secretary, announced today. Precinct boundary lines must be evaluated every ten years following the redistricting of congressional, legislative, and county commissioner districts. Redistricting occurs following the federal census to ensure that the population in the various districts is equal. Jantz said new voter identification cards, along with polling...
The Aline-Cleo Technology Student Association attended the State TSA Convention in Norman, April 13-15. The middle school students placed in the following events: Payton O'Neil and Amy Wallace placed 5th in Challenging Technology Issues Amy Wallace placed 7th in Children Stories Christopher Chandler placed 4th in Comic Book Design and 6th in Creed Kassie Irwin placed 4th in Digital Photography Kassie Irwin and Payton O'Neal placed in the top ten placing in Pin Design and in the top ten placing...
On Monday, the Alfalfa County commissioners proclaimed it Oklahoma Home and Community Education Week. OHCE is a statewide, county-based organization that partners with Oklahoma State University and OSU Extension. Members seek to develop leadership skills and strengthen families in their respective communities. OHCE members and county Extension educators work together to identify issues facing the county and use research-based information from specialists at OSU to help solve those problems. As...
Alva Board of Education members had a first look Monday at drawings of renovations for the high school cafeteria. A panel of high school students and teachers met several times to discuss ideas for the space. It was a definite consensus to take out the railing. Superintendent Tim Argo said the renovation is made possible with a surplus in the child nutrition account. This came about because lunches have been free to all students the past two years through the USDA. However, the school still...
With less than a month left before the legislative session must be completed per our state’s constitution, we’ve officially wrapped up voting on measures from the opposite chamber and will now shift our focus to approving or denying any amendments made on Senate bills from the House. We’ll also work on finalizing the Fiscal Year 2023 state budget and vote on executive nominations. These are folks who are recommended by the governor to serve on boards and commissions, and each one must be approve...
At the end of Monday’s Alva Board of Education meeting, Karen Koehn mentioned this is Teacher Appreciation Week. She offered a heartfelt “thank you” to all the school administrators present. It was a reminder that administrators, the majority of whom have teaching experience, are also responsible for teaching our children. Unfortunately, most of my school teachers are no longer with us so I can no longer thank them. But my memories of them linger. From Miss Agee, who introduced me to the halls...
Another deadline week has come and gone at the state Capitol. April 28 was the third-reading deadline for bills to advance from the opposite chamber. In total, the Senate ended up passing 242 House measures, while the House advanced 214 Senate measures. We started this session with 1,502 bills and joint or concurrent resolutions filed in the House and 797 in the Senate. We also had 1701 House measures and 796 Senate measures still available from the first session of the 58th Legislature. So only...
You'll soon be able to pick all the free fresh produce you need at home thanks to the efforts of many volunteers in the Kiowa community. Consider volunteering yourself. Earlier this year you might have read in the Newsgram about Kiowa businessman Jeff Bryan's plan to build a box garden and sell produce to the grocery store and local restaurants. He would give any profit to the South Barber Ministerial Alliance for the food bank. He changed those plans for this first summer. Bryan said this...
Sydney Wyatt, Cherokee, Oklahoma, has been selected as one of ten students to receive the Senior Honor Award for the 2021-2022 Academic Year at Wichita State University. The Senior Honor Award is among the highest honors a WSU student can earn. This highly competitive honor is awarded to students who demonstrate outstanding scholarship, leadership, involvement at WSU, and service to WSU and the surrounding community. As elite recipients, these graduating students are honored with a banquet in celebration of their successful accomplishments...
A man from Helena has been charged with sexual abuse of a child in Alfalfa County. Court records show Kirby Tyler McNary, 36, of Helena, has been charged with two counts of child sexual abuse and one count of sexual battery, all felonies. McNary was reported to have fled to Missouri. According to the affidavit on file, on April 18 Helena Police Chief Jim Dykes was notified by a woman that her 15-year-old daughter had been sexually assaulted by McNary. On April 20 Dykes observed a forensic...
South Barber Elementary is excited to implement a new Social Emotional Learning curriculum in the 2022-2023 school year, PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies) in the PreK-5th grades and EMOZI in grade 6. This curriculum is designed to provide teachers and students with tools to facilitate learning of self-control, goal setting, self-esteem, coping with anxiety and worry, inclusion, friendship, empathy and problem-solving skills. These skills translate into long-term benefits for...
Extension Educator Susan Holliday and a group of OHCE (Oklahoma Home and Community Education) members attended the meeting of the Woods County Commissioners Monday morning. Chairman Randy McMurphy read a proclamation declaring this OHCE Week in the county. He and Commissioners David Hamil and John Smiley voted to approve it. The commissioners approved a road crossing permit for Targa for natural gas. The crossing is located at 22-29-14 to 27-29-14 with a fee of $500. The location is north of Alv...
A felony domestic abuse charge has been filed against a man from Cherokee. Allen Joe Schneeberger, 35, has been charged with domestic abuse – prior pattern of physical abuse, a felony. This crime is punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not more than ten years, or by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or by both such fine and imprisonment. Court records show on April 18, Cherokee Police Officer Christopher Horstman was contacted by Kymberli Hamil w...
