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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 Logan Wade Hicks, 22, Cherokee, has been...
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 8:06 a.m. – Caller advised someone had moved and damaged her white dual axle utility trailer that was parked on her property. 10:19 a.m. – Medic needed for a female that was dizzy with symptoms of a stroke or heart attack. 1:39 p.m. – Report of a neighbor dog that was off its leash and was trying to get out of the fenced in yard in the 500 block of Oklahoma. 3:18 p.m. – Medic needed for a male with heat exhaustion. 8:57 p.m. – Report of girls sitting on the bridge east of town on Greer. 8:58 p.m. – Report that a gas meter...
Kacey Ferguson of Waynoka, Oklahoma, was installed as the 2021 Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association President during the 118th OKFDA Convention and Expo on Monday, April 26, 2021. The convention was held at the Tulsa Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center where funeral homes throughout six districts of Oklahoma's 77 counties were represented. Ferguson is the second female president to preside over the Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association following in the footsteps of her grandmother, Irene...
Joe Hadwiger of Cherokee, Oklahoma, was honored as the 2021 Producer of the Year, a title sponsored by Livingston Machinery Company and supported by Manitou Group. As the winner of the prestigious award, Hadwiger received a new Manitou 840 telehandler with attachments for free for one year. The Producer of the Year contest was created to recognize outstanding agricultural leaders with extensive history in the farming industry. After being nominated by his peers, undergoing a committee-selection process to identify the top three finalists,...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa man and three U.S. Postal Service carriers have been charged with participating in a methamphetamine drug conspiracy, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. A federal grand jury in Tulsa indicted Kamau Jahi Williams, 42; Erick Scott, 49; Christine Conner, 54, all of Tulsa; and Shawn Boike, 46, of Skiatook, with drug conspiracy, acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson said in a statement. The defendants made initial federal court appearances Tuesday. Prosecutors allege that Williams orchestrated the conspiracy with the other t...
Dale and Vicki Logsdon of Alva, Oklahoma, announce the engagement of their daughter, Alyssa Logsdon, to Josh Mize, son of Troy and Kelli Mize of Yukon, Oklahoma. Alyssa is a 2006 graduate of Alva High School, 2010 graduate of Northwestern Oklahoma State University, and a 2015 graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine where she earned her medical degree. She is currently a neuroradiology fellow at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. After completion in June 2021,...
Gordon Hall Voss was born December 3, 1939, to Emerson and Bernice Zrust Voss and passed away June 3, 2021. Gordon attended Goltry Public Schools graduating in 1958. In 1964 he graduated from Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine. In 1967 Gordon and Jan Tyner were married and were blessed with two sons, Ty (Tracy) and Dru (Sandie). His grandchildren are Katie, Austin, and Jack and he has one great grandchild, Ari. Gordon invested his intellect and time in others and was rewarded with their respect regarding his ability to...
Kendra Beth Hada, daughter of Jeanette (Storie) and Dudley Brown, was born November 29, 1957, in Lubbock, Texas. At the age of 63, she was called home by her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on June 11, 2021, with the love of her life, Alan Hada, by her side. Kendra's life in Alva began in 1970 where she started seventh grade at Alva Junior High. On March 6, 1976, she married her high school sweetheart Gilbert Alan Hada at the College Hill Church of Christ. She then graduated with the Class of 1976...
Melvin Wayne Joy, 87, retired middle school teacher, was born January 23, 1933, in Amorita, Oklahoma, to John Joy and Alma (Hoff) Joy and passed away Saturday, December 12, 2020, at Parkside Homes in Hillsboro, Kansas. Melvin is survived by his son Danny Joy (Toni Pankin) of Corvallis, Oregon; daughter Lori Harding (Martin) of Wichita, Kansas; grandchildren Bethany (Charles) Prevedelli of Wheatland, California, Matthew Joy of Corvallis, Oregon, Andrew Harding of Wichita, Kansas, Kendall Joy of Corvallis, Oregon and Carrie Harding of Wichita, Ka...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A five-year veteran of the Wichita police department was charged Tuesday with sexual exploitation of a child, police said. The Sedgwick County District Attorney's office charged Officer Thomas Wallace, who was placed on unpaid administrative leave after the charges were filed, Wichita police spokesman Charley Davidson said in a news release. A Sedgwick County Sheriff's office investigation into a different Wichita police department employee last year led to information that Wallace might be stalking a woman he knew, D...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Jury selection began Tuesday in the second-degree murder trial of an Oklahoma man accused of crashing his pickup truck into a group of high school cross country runners, killing three and injuring five. Cleveland County District Attorney Greg Mashburn said opening statements could begin as early as Wednesday in the trial of 58-year-old Max Leroy Townsend. Townsend, of Tuttle, is facing three counts of second-degree murder and multiple counts of fleeing the scene of an accident. If convicted, he faces up to life in p...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will struggle to vaccinate residents and thousands of families will lose extra food aid because top Republican legislators on Tuesday ended a state of emergency for the coronavirus pandemic, one of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's top aides said. Will Lawrence, the governor's chief of staff, said Kansas won't be able to use its National Guard to distribute vaccines or personal protective equipment. He said it's "just going to be more difficult" for state agencies to address COVID-19. Senate President Ty Masterson a...
Real Estate Transactions Book 871 page 257: John S. McEarchern unto Hunter McEachern. The northeast quarter of section 32, township 26 north, range 9, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 871 page 296: Linda S. Myers unto Melinda Gay Myers. A tract of land lying in the southwest quarter of section 13, township 24 north, range 12 WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 871 page 306: Nathan Lukins Schrock, unto Salt Plains Outfitters, LLC. An undivided ¼th interest in and to lot 3, 4, and the south half of the...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A bankruptcy trustee's search to recover assets linked to one of the largest financial crimes in Minnesota's history has netted $722 million. Doug Kelley says his work to collect assets from Tom Petters' $1.9 billion Ponzi scheme is nearly done 13 years after the search began. A motion filed in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis last week shows the amount recovered and returned to victims and creditors, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported. "We can see the light at the end of the tunnel here," Kelley said. "It has been a l...
“A friend of mine said he is willing to put up a lot of money to help clean up eyesore properties around Kiowa,” Jeff Bryan, local businessman said. Bryan said that person who wishes to remain anonymous, and hopefully some other residents who want to help beautify their town will join the City of Kiowa in this effort. Bryan said they've worked out a plan to have the community donors pay one-third of the cost; the City of Kiowa pay one-third of the cost; and the owners of the eyesore properties pay one-third of the cost. Bryan said there is an...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A decades-old program at Sandia National Laboratories that focused on new innovations in airplane inspection will be taking flight elsewhere. The Albuquerque-based weapons research and development facility announced Tuesday that the Federal Aviation Administration Airworthiness Assurance Center will relocate to Wichita State University in Kansas. The program will be part of the university's National Institute of Aviation Research. Officials say the move follows structural shifts at both Sandia and the FAA. Sandia L...
Following the annual meeting, the Kiowa District Hospital Board met for their regular monthly meeting May 25 at the Community Building. Board President Pat Myers called the meeting to order with all members present: Marcia Cantrell, Jeff Miller, Jim Parker. KDH CEO/CFO Janell Goodno also sat at the board table. Other KDH personnel attending were: Dr. Paul Wilhelm, Business Office Manager Tara Girty; Hospital DON Robyn Whitaker; Quality Manager/Interim DON Brandy McKitrick; Rural Health Clinic Manager Lacey Volker; Comptroller Shannon Canaday;...
If your Fourth of July tradition is to go to Hardtner, Kansas, for the parade to enjoy the swimming pool have a pit BBQ sandwich and watch the fireworks extravaganza explode over the old Achenbach hospital lawn, it's time to make other plans. For 62 years, the tiny town of Hardtner has held a day-long Fourth of July celebration. At a Chamber of Commerce meeting Friday, they voted 14-6 to stop having the event. Hardtner's City Council met Wednesday. Friends of the Pool, a group that wants to try and reopen the nearly Olympic-size swimming pool,...
I never thought I’d enjoy a magazine called Popular Mechanics, but I subscribed because I could pass it on to my son-in-law and grandson. However, I’ve become a fan. Not only do they have some good articles on tool innovations, but they also write about unexpected topics. The May-June issue includes an article titled “The Case for the 59-Second Minute and Why It Could Wreck Us.” We know each day is 86,400 seconds long, except it really isn’t. That number is only an average. The Earth’s r...
The Woods County commissioners approved purchasing some equipment for two county fire departments at their meeting Monday morning. Waynoka Fire Department will receive four sets of bunker gear and lights for a tanker totaling $11,393. Greenleaf Fire Department will get $4,119 worth of smoke respirators. Emergency Management Director Ethan Feidler presented the information and said both departments had enough money in their accounts. On another agenda item, Feidler said the memorandum of understanding between Woods County Emergency Management...
Waynoka's school year ended with awards assemblies and a mix of excitement for summer and sadness at leaving friends and trusted teachers, Elementary Principal Patricia Burrow told the Waynoka Board of Education at its regular meeting Monday. “The teachers and staff worked extremely hard to make this past year successful and the end product was nothing less than excellent,” she said. “We will miss Mrs. Bixler, Mrs. Hofen and Mrs. Terrel, but wish them the best!” Summer camp has begun. Twenty-two students will enter first through third grades...
At the South Barber Board of Education June meeting Monday night, Superintendent Dr. Mylo Miller bragged on three students who were fifth graders last school year. Each of them earned a perfect score on the 5th Grade Science and Mathematics Assessment Program Spring State Testing. Their fifth-grade teacher was Krista Pollock. Assistant Elementary Principal Kaynette Scheck said how proud she is of these students whom she taught as fourth graders. The students are Farrah Fossoh, Adrienne Simpson...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Two people were critically injured early Tuesday in an apartment fire in Wichita, authorities said. Firefighters were called around 3 a.m. Tuesday to the complex near the Kellogg and Interstate 135 interchange, television station KAKE reported. Arriving firefighters discovered a person trapped in the burning apartment, and another person had jumped out the building to escape the flames. Both people were taken to a hospital with critical injuries. Firefighters said a pet cat also died in the fire, but crews were able to r...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration's suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana, who ordered that plans continue for lease sales that were delayed for the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska waters "and all eligible onshore properties." The decision is a blow to Democratic President Joe Biden's efforts to rapidly transition the nation away from fossil fuels and thereby stave off the worst effects of climate change, including catastrophic droughts, floods and wildfires. U...
Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police. "Don't do it!" a pursuing officer pleaded. The young man complied, releasing the bystander and tossing the gun, which skittered across the city street and then into the hands of police. They soon learned that the 9mm Beretta had a rap sheet. Bullet casings linked it to four shootings, all of them in Albany, New York. And there was something else. The pistol was U.S. Army property, a weapon intended for use against America's enemies, not on its streets. The...
