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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. Civil Filings Quiken Loans Inc, Detroit, Michigan, vs....
Monday, August 5, 2019 During this day were three traffic stops. 10:37 a.m. – Caller needed to talk to the sheriff about people trespassing on his property. Caller advised they were surveyors making things on his property and wanted to know what he could do about them. 1:20 p.m. – Caller advised he had an unwanted person living in his house. Caller thought they were on meth and had meth in his house. Caller wanted him gone. 5:47 p.m. – Caller advised of a driver in a utility truck headed east on U.S. Highway 64 who was all over the road. Vehic...
Limited Filings Onemain Financial Group LLC vs. Ryan Kramer: debt collection. Synchrony Bank vs. Steven Johnson: debt collection. Synchrony Bank vs. Vida Ruiz: debt collection. Credit Management Services Inc. vs. Patricia Anderson: debt collection. Traffic Filings Charles Waylan Arndt has been cited with maximum speed limits ($207). Loretta Kay Blodgett has been cited with maximum speed limits ($177). Cliffton D. Cauthrone has been cited with maximum speed limits ($159). Alfredo De La Torre has been cited with maximum speed limits ($159). Jodi...
Real Estate Transfers Book 144 page 381: Matthew A. Swonger and Jessica E. Swonger, husband and wife, unto Britney Carrillo, a single woman. The north 77.2 feet of lots 4 and 6 in block 54 in the City of Kansas. Warranty deed. Book 144 page 389: Burton G. Smith and Janet L. Smith, husband and wife, to Burton G. Smith and Janet L. Smith, husband and wife. A tract of land located in the southwest quarter of section 6, township 35 south, range 10 west of the 6th PM. Quit claim deed. Book 144 page 394: David C. Eckert, a single person, unto Leesa...
August 5, 2019 Barber County Sheriff Office and Medicine Lodge Police Department (BASO and MLPD) responded to a suspicious person on northeast Northstar Road. BASO responded to cattle out on Lasswell Road. BASO did a VIN inspection on southeast Northstar Road. KWPD an accident on Drumm Street. BASO responded to cattle on Tri City Road. MLPD responded to a citizen assist on U.S. Highway 281. BASO responded to cattle on Gyp Hill Road. KWPD and BASO responded to a domestic disturbance or Chickasaw on Hardtner. August 6, 2019 Kiowa Police...
Voters in Alfalfa County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the Sept. 10 Special Election for the Aline-Cleo SD I-04 should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Kelly Stein said today. Although the county election board can accept applications for absentee ballots until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4, Stein urged voters who want to vote by absentee ballot to apply early. Absentee ballot application forms are available at the county election board office located at 602 W. 5th St., Ste 3, Cherokee. An online version of the...
Commissioners in Alfalfa County welcomed back representatives from NextEra Energy during Monday morning’s meeting for an update on the Skeleton Creek wind farm project that was due to start this month. Elinore Beitler, project manager, along with co-worker Terry Bryant, initially visited with commissioners back in April when they introduced the huge NextEra Energy project. Skeleton Creek was planned to be located in the northwest corner of Garfield County and the southeast corner of Alfalfa County originally, but mitigation with Enid’s Van...
The Freedom School Board met Monday, Aug. 12, for a regular meeting. The whole board was in attendance, along with Principal Michelle Shelite and newly appointed Interim Superintendent Bryant Weber. Among their actions Monday night, the board approved changes to the class schedule – notably, class will start at 8:15 a.m. instead of 8 a.m., and end at 3:45 p.m. instead of 3:30 p.m. Superintendent Weber, in his Superintendent's Report, updated the board on upcoming conferences and events, such as the OSSBA Conference Aug. 23-25, athletics and t...
This meeting, originally scheduled for May, was postponed due to inclement weather. Popular storyteller Ginger LaCroix will be the special guest speaker at the annual salad supper hosted by the Nash Christian Women's Fellowship on Aug. 19, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Nash Christian Church. Special music will be performed by some of the youth at the church. Those attending the event will be served dinner by the members of the Nash CFW. All are welcome to attend. RSVP to Judy Wilkins, 580-839-2256. If no answer, please leave a m...
Dean and Charlene Berg of Helena, Oklahoma, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a reception on Sunday, Aug. 18, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Helena United Methodist Church located at 5th and Kingman streets in Helena. Verlin Dean Berg and Betty Charlene Smith were married on Aug. 15, 1959; they have lived their entire life in the Helena community. The reception will be hosted by their children, Paula (Phillip) Burkes of Helena and Charlie (Robin) Berg of McWillie. The Bergs have...
At the Woods County Excise Board Aug. 12 meeting Monday morning, Vice-Chairman Chris Olson, Joe Shirley and Bob Seivert discussed transfering funds of $18 that should have been deposited in the General Gov fund and not the Emergency Management fund. The excise board also transferred $2,165 that should have been deposited in the General Gov fund and not the Emergency Management fund....
Four Barber County students are among the 2,273 who completed an associate, bachelor's or graduate degree at Fort Hays State University in the spring 2019 semester. FSHU does not release degree until transcripts have been verified as having met all requirements for graduation. Graduates are listed with their degrees and majors and areas of concentration; Kiowa Kassidy Glynn Clark, Bachelor of Science in organizational leadership. Mikala Lyn Gillig, Bachelor of Science in medical diagnostic imaging (ultrasound). Medicine Lodge Brenna L....
It appeared to be an impasse for several hours, but near 1 a.m., as nerves were frazzled, hands massaged foreheads, eyes were rubbed – the three “no” votes became two and the Kiowa City Council approved a proposed 2020 budget to be published. This was at the regular August meeting of the Kiowa City Council Monday night with all members present including Mayor Bill Watson, president R.L. Simpson and councilmen Russ Molz, Brent Shaffer, Brian Hill and Tom Wells. City Clerk Trish Brewer and City Attorney Brandon Ritcha also sat at the table...
South Barber's Board of Education met Monday night for their regular August meeting with vice-president Bryan Quick calling the meeting to order in the absence of president Mark Pollock. All other members were present including: Melissa Simpson, Ryan Molz, Mike Miller, Mariah Doherty and Deb Helfrich. Seated at the head of the board table was Superintendent Dr. Mylo Miller and Deputy Board Clerk Luke MacKinney. Grade 7-12 Principal Brent Shaffer attended as did the new Elementary Assistant Principal Kaynette Scheck. The annual public budget hea...
At the Woods County commissioners' regular Monday morning meeting Aug. 12, commissioners John Smiley, David Hamil and Chairman Randy McMurphy approved transferring funds in the amount of $30,000 to purchase a Mack truck for District 3. The commissioners also approved action in District 3 to bid out ID#312-39 Cat Loader, as this item is surplus. Also present during the meeting were Rudy Briggs and Keith Dale, who met with the commissioners and discussed sandblasting the jail. The estimate for just sandblasting is $24,000. The commissioners...
Memorial services for Donald Smith will be 10 a.m. Saturday, August 17, 2019, at the First Presbyterian Church in Alva. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home. Donald Parker Smith, son of the late Ralph P. and Mabel (Parker) Smith, was born in the northeast corner of Woods County on August 19, 1933, and he passed away in Woodward, Oklahoma, on August 5, 2019, at the age of 85 years, 11 months and 17 days. Don grew up on the farm west of Alva and was the youngest...
Edwin J. McGarry passed away on August 12, 2019. Arrangements have been entrusted to Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at https://www.honoringmemories.com/bartlesville....
Naoma Ruth Cushenbery, 86, of Arkansas City, Kansas, died Sunday, August 11, 2019, at the Generations Home Plus of Arkansas City. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, August 15, 2019, at the First Baptist Church of Arkansas City. Burial will follow in the El Paso Cemetery of Derby, Kansas. The family will greet friends 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home. Naoma was born May 2, 1933, in Fairvalley, Oklahoma, to Henry Sam and Nora (Vincent) Devine. She was reared...
These are unofficial returns from the Woods County Election Board from the Aug. 13 election. The elections cannot be declared official until Friday at 5 p.m. City of Alva Proposition for City of Alva to issue $2.5 million in general obligation bonds to renovate, construct and equip a municipal aquatic facility at a rate not to exceed 10 percent per annum to become due in ten years. For the Proposition: 303 30.54% Against the Proposition: 689 69.46% City of Waynoka Proposition for the City of Waynoka to transfer and donate certain park land...
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MEDFORD, Okla. (AP) — No injuries were reported after a 3.4-magnitude earthquake shook a sparsely populated area of northern Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was recorded about 2:40 p.m. Tuesday about 8 miles (13 kilometers) south-southeast of Medford, about 93 miles (150 kilometers) north of Oklahoma City. It was recorded at a depth of about 4 miles (7 kilometers). No damage was immediately reported. Geologists say damage is unlikely in temblors below magnitude 4.0. Thousands of earthquakes in Oklahoma have been linked to u...
BELTON, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors in Texas plan to seek the death penalty for a professional MMA fighter accused in the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in a shallow grave in Oklahoma. The Bell County District Attorney's Office has filed formal notice to seek the death penalty against Cedric Marks, 45, District Attorney Henry Garza said Monday. Marks was indicted for the slayings of Jenna Scott, 28, and Michael Swearingin, 32, two friends who were killed on Jan. 3 at a residence in Killeen, Texas, about 127 miles (204 kilometers) s...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police in Oklahoma City say a suspect is in custody in connection with the early morning shooting death of a 20-year-old man at an apartment complex on the city's northwest side. Oklahoma City Police Sgt. Gary Knight says 24-year-old Mantraz Mentray Jones was taken into custody Tuesday during a traffic stop in south Oklahoma City following a manhunt that lasted several hours. Investigators say police found the victim, identified as Demetrius Andre Spratt, at about 2:35 a.m. Tuesday after responding to reports of a s...
