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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. Felony Filings Billy Leroy Cook, 42, Jet, has been charged wi...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 5:30 a.m. Reporting party (RP) requested ambulance for a 68-year-old male who was possibly having a heart attack. He was breathing and talking and feeling pain down his left arm. Helena paged medic. Medic with patient en route to Bass Hospital. 10:36 a.m. Controlled burn 1 mile west of Ingersoll. 11:30 a.m. Tulsa County would like an officer to check and see if a vehicle was stolen. Officer advised. Officer advised everything was okay. 11:46 a.m. RP advised she and another party had an accident. Paged CFD and Cherokee...
Civil Filings U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee J.P. vs. Audrey L. Felio: mortgage foreclosure. City of Isabel vs. David Romine: debt collection. Limited Civil Filings Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC vs. Dawn A. Mackney: debt collection. Kiowa District Hospital vs. Sandy Doffer: debt collection. Small Claims Filings Ronald A. Stucky vs. City of Hardtner. Rural Waste Solutions LLC vs. Travis Leon McCauley. Rural Waste Solutions LLC vs. Travis G. McCauley. Traffic Filings George H. Beck Jr. has been cited for defective tail lamp on...
Stephanie L. Wheelock vs. Brandon H.T. Wheelock: marriage dissolution/divorce. Brenna L. May vs. Jerry L. May: marriage dissolution/divorce....
Bradley Brian Gordon and Auriel Damieta Najera, both of Alva: marriage license with certificate ($5). John Sidney Nunnally, IV, Cherokee, and Chancey leigh Campbell, Jet: marriage license with certificate ($5)....
Real Estate Transfers Book 142 page 283: Sylvester G. Williams, spouse of Donnamae Williams, grantor unto Ronald Domnick, grantee. Lots 4 and 5 in block 22 in the City of Kiowa. Quit claim deed. Book 142 page 284: Ronald L. Domnick also known as Ronald Domnick, a single person, unto Billy J. Duvall, grantee. Tract 1: lots 4 and 5 in block 22 in the City of Kiowa, Barber County, Kansas. Tract 2: All of lots 6, 7, 8 and 9, and part of lots 10, 11 and 12 described as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of lot 10, thence southwest along the...
May 15, 2017 Medicine Lodge ambulance transported patient from Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital to Pratt Regional Hosptial. Undersheriff Brewer investigated a traffic hazard on Tumbleweed Road. May 17, 2017 Undersheriff Brewer investigated an abondoned vehicle on Highway 8. Medicine Lodge ambulance transported patient from Elm Street to Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital. Undersheriff Brewer investigated an abondoned vehicle on Sumac Road. Medicine Lodge ambulance transported patient from north Walnut to Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital....
A Cleo Springs man was injured in a two-vehicle collision Sunday in Major County. Joseph Reed Barnhill, 23, of Cleo Springs was transported by Air-Evac to OU Medical in Oklahoma City where he was admitted in stable condition with head and trunk external injuries. The collision occurred at 1:26 p.m. on May 21 three miles north and two miles west of Cleo Springs. Barnhill was driving a 2008 Ford Escape southbound. Samantha Joe Culver, 21, of Fairview was driving a 1989 Buick Century eastbound. The highway patrol reports Barnhill failed to yield...
The Burlington Board of Education met for their May meeting at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15. President Terry Graham called the meeting to order with the following members present: Aaron Smith, T.J. Rockenbach and Robert Hill. Allison Armbruster arrived just after the meeting began. Others present were: Superintendent Glen Elliott, Principal Shane Feely and minutes clerk Tamre McGinnis. After an approximately 30-minute executive session later in the meeting, the board approved re-employment of non-certified personnel: Tamre McGinnis, Brenda...
A Jet man has been charged with manslaughter in Alfalfa County. Billy Leroy Cook, 41, of Jet has been charged with manslaughter – first degree, a felony. He is charged with causing the death of Rance McKee, 60, of Enid in a two-vehicle collision that occurred Dec. 27, 2016. This crime is punishable by imprisonment for not less than four years. According to court records, on Dec. 27 Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Justin Barney went to the scene at the intersection of State Highway 45 and County Road 710 approximately one miles west of G...
A felony charge has been filed against an Enid woman. Court documents allege she was involved in delivering contraband to James Crabtree Correctional Center (JCCC) at Helena. In that incident on May 10, Curtis Michael Riley, 25, of Enid was charged with a felony of bringing contraband weapons into a penal institution. Riley was also been charged with two misdemeanors: unauthorized entry into a prison and possession of tobacco in a penal institution or jail. According to court records, JCCC Chief of Security Jesse Barker received information...
Two people from Alva have been charged with child neglect in Alfalfa County. Corwyn Michael Shirley Madison, 26, and Mandy Lee Madison, 37, have been charged with felony child neglect. This crime is punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, or both such fine and imprisonment. According to court records, on April 28, about 5:15 p.m. Oklahoma State Park Ranger Ryan...
South Barber's Board of Education held a special meeting the morning of May 18 to discuss non-elected personnel and student issues in executive session. Upon return to open session, the board voted to hire Clint Erikson as a middle school math teacher. Erikson previously taught science and coached track at South Barber in the approximate timeframe of 2001 to 2010. Superintendent Dr. Andi Williams said Erikson replaces Mary Ann Gillig, who is retiring. The board also approved to open a half-time certified position to support the large...
Kiowa Police Chief Steve Johnson said that three people were arrested on drug-related charges at a residence at 214 S. Fourth in Kiowa, Kansas, Sunday evening. After executing a search warrant, the Kiowa Police Department (KPD) with assistance of the Barber County Sheriff's Office arrested three individuals who Chief Johnson said were residing at the residence. They are: Chance Gantt, Vickie Gantt and Kristine Henson. Johnson said the cooperative effort of officers resulted in charges against the three ranging from possession of a controlled...
Ruth Ann Tucker Perkins, 80, of Cherokee, Oklahoma, passed peacefully with her husband, Larry Perkins, son Scott Perkins and son-in-law Joe Vargyas by her side on May 17, 2017, at St. Luke’s hospital in The Woodlands, Texas, after a brief illness. The celebration of Ruth Ann’s life will be held at 1:30 p.m., June 5, 2017 at the United Methodist Church, Cherokee. Reverend Robert Duran will be officiating. A private burial will follow at Pleasant View cemetery in Jet, Oklahoma. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Mike Chace, Strode Funeral...
Northwest Technology Center and I have agreed for me to hold another class regarding drones in the USA. The class will be Nov. 8 and 15 this fall. Two hours each night. It is not a full-fledged commercial licensing class like I took in January, which required 16 hours. The rules keep changing. When I taught the drone class in January this year, and in between the meeting weeks, many of the laws got changed, including required registration of all drones weighing more than .55 pounds. So I had to...
Competing in Class 1A at the regional level, the South Barber High School track team qualified six events for the Kansas state track meet starting this Friday in Wichita, Kansas. The event is at Wichita State University-Cessna Stadium. Head track coach for South Barber is Steve Roberts. He provided the following results for his team members who qualified for state from their performance at regionals. Cole Coggins placed fourth in 200 meters with a time of 24.43, and second in 300 meter hurdles with a time of 42.56. Gavin Doherty placed second...
Real Estate Transfers Book 813, Page 832: James M. Guffy and Carol A. Guffy; convey unto Danny J. Guffy and Amber N. Guffy. A tract of land in the SW/4 NW/4 of S22-T28N-R10W. Warranty Deed. Book 813, Page 850: E.L. and Betty Jo Metcalf Family, LLC; convey unto Logan Reinhart and Tiffany M. Gonzales. A tract of land located in the SE/4 of S23-T25N-R10W. Warranty Deed. Book 813, Page 899: Thomas Leroy Brown and Jimmie Lee Brown; convey unto Robert L. Brown and Marcia S. Brown, Trustees of the Robert L. Brown and Marcia S. Brown Revocable Trust....
Burlington High School's Class of 2017 will most likely never forget their graduation. It's not every graduate that can say their commencement was interrupted with a tornado warning and that they received their diplomas in the school's storm shelter. The best part is there was no damage. Fortunately for the graduation crowd, the school's storm shelter is actually the recently built state-of-the-art music room that is a safe room. Superintendent Glen Elliott said the transition from the...
Saturday morning, Kevin and Shelly Jackson celebrated the eighth-grade promotion of daughter Haley at the Alva High School Auditorium. However, after that happy start the day ended with near tragedy. According to Deanna Jackson, Kevin's mother, Haley awoke just before midnight to find a haze in her bedroom. When she got up to investigate, she saw flames and roused her parents. They quickly got out of the house and called for help. The Alva Fire Department received the call at 11:55 p.m. and...
Kiowa City Council had a full agenda at their May meeting. Last week the Newsgram had a story that covered the portion of the meeting regarding the city's application for a USDA loan and grant application process for a major water line replacement project and also an emergency generator at Kiowa's Community Building. A good audit of the city was also reported. The remainder of the meeting is reported in this article. The council opened bids for concrete to correct a problem at the baby pool at the city's swimming pool. The bids were also for...
A couple told the Alfalfa County sheriff and deputy that the husband stabbed himself in the shoulder. But officers were skeptical. Further questioning brought out a different story. Now the pair faces court charges. According to court records, Sheriff Rick Wallace and Deputy Loren Nusser responded to a domestic disturbance in Carmen about 11:20 p.m. on April 20. Cherokee Assistant Police Chief Ryan McNeil (who is also a reserve deputy) was also present. A neighbor contacted law enforcement to report screaming and crying from the residence. The...
