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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A white Wichita Fire Department supervisor who texted a photo of himself wearing a sweater featuring a naked Black man has been suspended for three days without pay in the latest fallout over racist, sexist and homophobic texts and images exchanged by first responders in Wichita. The message was discovered during an investigation of inappropriate group texts shared by members of the Wichita Police Department and Sedgwick County Sherriff's office, but wasn't part of that batch of texts. Capt. Keith Niemann, who was p...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced his support Tuesday for his chamber's emerging bipartisan gun agreement, boosting momentum for modest but notable election-year action by Congress on an issue that's deadlocked lawmakers for three decades. The Kentucky Republican said he hoped an outline of the accord, released Sunday by 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans, would be translated into legislation and enacted. McConnell's backing was the latest indication that last month's gun massacres in Buffalo, New York, and U...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The first of them arrived outside the clinic past 4 a.m., before a steady rain fell and a scalding sun rose, and all along, they had prayed for a moment like this. It's abortion day at Planned Parenthood and, try as they might, those who lined the street hadn't had much luck changing any minds. Now, a patient pushes out of the center's doors, limply drags her feet across the parking lot, and heads straight into the arms of an anti-abortion counselor who, a short while earlier, asked her not to do what she came here for. O...
NEW YORK (AP) — Most stocks on Wall Street dipped Tuesday in their first trading after tumbling into a bear market on worries that high inflation will push central banks to clamp the brakes too hard on the economy. The S&P 500 fell 14.15, or 0.4%, to 3,735.48 as investors braced for the Federal Reserve's announcement on Wednesday about how sharply it will raise interest rates. It wobbled between losses and gains through the day after a couple big companies flexed financial strength with stronger profits and payouts to shareholders. The Dow J...
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. Misdemeanor Filings James Paul Sowter, Cherokee, 33, has...
Real Estate Transfers Book 880 page 881: B & J Hughes Limited partnership unto Benjamin W. Hughes Trust and Jean L Hughes Trust No. 1. A tract of land situated in blocks 76 and 93 of the first addition to the Town of Carmen, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Warranty deed. Book 880 page 889: B & J Hughes Limited partnership, unto Benjamin W. Hughes Trust and Jean L Hughes Trust No. 1. The west half of the southwest quarter of section 18, township 26 north, range 10, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Warranty deed. Book 880 page 895: Cynthia Hughes Eimen a...
Tuesday, June 7, 2022 During this day there was one traffic stop. 12:29 p.m. – Woods County request assistance for a medical issue in Waynoka. 9:25 p.m. – Report of a fire alarm going off at the Cherokee High School. All was okay. 11:51 p.m. – Medic needed in the 600 block of Maple for an elderly male vomiting and weak. Medic took the patient to Kiowa Hospital. Wednesday, June 8, 2022 During this day there were three traffic stops 1:51 p.m. – Medic needed in the 300 block of Main for a male having trouble breathing. Medic took the patient...
Despite having a short agenda, the commissioners of Alfalfa County spent a fair amount of time not only approving their large stack of regular business items (M&O payment warrants, blanket purchase orders, previous meeting minutes) but opening and reviewing six-month bids. Mike Roach, Jay Hague and Marvin Woodall voted to accept them but awarded nothing pending further study. The three men chose the two-year payment option for the FY 22-23 ACCO-SIF agreement resolution for Alfalfa County and then approved County Clerk Laneta Schwerdtfeger to...
When law enforcement arrived on the scene of a reported domestic incident, they took conflicting witness statements. Eventually the man was arrested and taken to jail while the woman refused medical help but later agreed to be checked out. Court records show on April 21 about 1:36 p.m. Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Deputy Gary Mast was contacted by dispatch stating there was a domestic situation in progress at the home of Cody Dalrymple in Nescatunga. The 15-year-old girl filing the report is the d...
"We were not wanting to let it die," Teresa MacKinney said. "We hated to see the Kiowa community lose this event,"Gayle McNett said. The duo officially grabbed the baton from Kiowa's Labor Day 5K Race founder Kent McBrayer. A few weeks ago McBrayer put a notice in the Newsgram that the race could no longer occur due to no one stepping up to assume the role as director of the 36 year event. McNett said she read that notice and decided "I want to step up." She texted her friend MacKinney with the...
"Fun." Jill Daughhetee used that word multiple times during her retirement interview with the Newsgram. Anyone who knows her would agree that Daughhetee made her band concerts fun; her classroom fun for students; and had fun with her co-workers through the years. Retired Elementary Principal Marcia Cantrell who also taught third grade about 23 years, commented on her co-worker, "Jill was dedicated to music education. She directed some of the most clever elementary vocal music programs I have ever seen. She used talent and humor and seemed to be...
A man from Ringwood was driving a 2002 Harley Davidson trike when it collided with a calf. Steven Shockley, 68, was pronounced dead at the scene. The collision occurred on Saturday, June 11, at 10:43 p.m. on OK-8, approximately six miles east of Fairview in Major County. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol report, Shockley was driving eastbound on OK-8 when the calf crossed the road heading north. Trooper Robertson investigated, assisted by Trooper Jech, Fairview Fire and Rescue, Major...
Now that the rain has stopped and temperatures are in the triple digits, wheat fields are drying out enough for harvest. We’ll be seeing more combines and wheat trucks on the roads so drive with caution. The yields from harvest are low but wheat prices are high so we hope the two will balance out. It’s been a tough year for farming with high prices on fertilizer and just about everything else. Increasing gas prices have added to the load for farmers and everyone in general. Gas station cle...
Milferd Schupbach was born in Burlington, Oklahoma, on July 11, 1922, the son of Sam and Rose Frieden Schupbach, and died peacefully at Kiowa District Hospital on June 12, 2022. He attended Burlington Schools, graduating in 1940. In 1942 he volunteered, joined the Air Force (Army Air Corp), and was stationed in the United States and Guam in the South Pacific. After he was discharged in 1946 he farmed until 1986 when he retired. In 1949 Milferd and Elna Mae Rathjen from Enid, Oklahoma, were...
Loyd Thomas Stout was born, the youngest son, to Harry O. Stout and Lydia Elliot Stout, on September 2, 1923, on a farm in Alfalfa County northwest of Lambert, Oklahoma. He passed away at the Kiowa Hospital District Manor on June 9, 2022 at the age of 98.5 years of age. He attended and graduated from Lambert School in 1941. His graduation class was the largest class to ever graduate from Lambert High School with 21 students. Loyd then enrolled in Northwestern State Teachers College in Alva....
Georgia Lee (Hildebrand) Martin was born on a farm in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, on January 7, 1922, and departed this life at age 100 years and 4 months. Her early life was spent on a farm claimed by her grandfather Hildebrand during the Cherokee Strip land rush run of 1893. She lived there with her parents Lee and Victoria and her brother Robert. She later grew up near the south Kansas community of Kiowa and graduated from Kiowa High School in 1939. She then attended Northwestern Teachers...
Georgia Maxine Hess was born, February 12, 1936, in Kay County, Oklahoma, daughter of Carl Preston Rash and Goldie Blanch (Smith) Rash. She spent her early childhood in Uncas, Oklahoma, before moving to Wakita, Oklahoma, where she graduated from high school. On June 17, 1955, Georgia was united in marriage with Roy Theodore Hess. After spending four years in California, while Roy served in the Army, they made their home in Waldron, Kansas, where they were blessed with four children: Max, Marty,...
Bobbie was born, June 15, 1935, in Washington, Oklahoma, to Irene and Russell Allen, and passed from this life on June 9, 2022 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 86. He owned and operated White Electric as an electrician for 30 years in Cherokee, Oklahoma. In his younger days he was a custom harvester. He had been married three times with the last being, Myrna Young, on November 30, 2000 in Miami. He attended the Bible Baptist Church of Cherokee. Bobbie is a retired Cherokee volunteer...
On June 1, Tayen Redgate, Hunter Durkee and Allison Blocker took a trip south to the EOSC Livestock Judging Camp. Throughout the camp they gave multiple sets over performance bulls, wether dams, and market hogs. They worked on formatting a set of reasons with the correct terminology while building their reasons vocabulary. Tayen and Allison each received a $400 scholarship for placing first in their individual groups....
Billie Rickard, 89, of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, died Monday, June 6, 2022, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born January 26, 1933, in Kremlin, Oklahoma, the daughter of Ora Sharkey and Ruby (Hayes) Sharkey. On August 6, 1956, she married Bruce Everett Rickard in Alva, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on November 23, 1997. Billie was a school teacher for 42 years and graduated from Oklahoma State University. She was a member of the First Christian Church,...
The Waynoka FFA hosted the "Best of the Best" Reasons Camp from May 23 to May 25. During this time there were many classes of breeding does, breeding ewes, performance bulls, simmental heifers, red angus heifers, market hogs, and breeding gilts evaluated. FFA and 4-H livestock judging teams traveled from Alva, Fairview, Kingfisher, Seiling, Shattuck, Vinita, and Waynoka to attend. Throughout the three days beginners had help from Marlie Farris and Todd Blocker learning how to memorize a set of reasons while also presenting them well. Brooke...
