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Real Estate Transfers Book 874 page 111: Now or Never Outfitters LLC conveys unto Andrew Green, Christopher Bryan and Abette Bryan. All of lots 13 through 24, inclusive, Block 23 in the Original Town of Helena, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Joint tenancy warranty deed. Book 874 page 115: Melinda Gay Myers and Sherry Dale convey unto Linda S. Myers and 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 874 page 122: Donald L. Arganbright...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man will be sentenced in November after being convicted earlier this month of beating a friend to death with his bare hands. Steven M. Speakman, 37, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of 33-year-old Haley A. Collins, of Bel Aire. Court affidavits say Speakman and Collins, who were friends and former roommates, got into an argument that turned physical in a Dillons parking lot. The affidavit said Collins had refused to give Speakman a ride home, The Wichita Eagle reported. Dillons employees w...
Marriage License Filings Skylee Glenn Fox and Karen Sue Lange, both of Cherokee: Marriage license ($50)....
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 Monica Ann Holland, Carmen, 24, has been...
Monday, August 9, 2021 6:52 a.m. – Medic needed for a female having a seizure. No transport needed. 8:54 a.m. – Report of a fight between mother and daughter. Daughter pulled a knife on the mother’s fiancé and his hand was cut. The mother advised the daughter is locked outside beating on the door. The daughter was taken to Share Medical Center in Alva. Tuesday, August 10, 2021 10:59 a.m. – Report of two small fires in the ditch 4 miles west of Jet on US-64. 12:11 p.m. – Medic needed for male that was having trouble breathing and feeling li...
At Monday's meeting, Alfalfa County commissioners Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague, and Mike Roach modified requisitioning and receiving officers. One was for the name change of County Clerk Laneta Unruh's name to Laneta Schwerdtfeger. The others were for Mike Roach and Jennifer Hensley as requisitioning officers for the ARP Fund-General, and Marvin Woodall and Laura Hague as receiving officers for ARP Fund-General. Grinding and milling on a one-mile stretch on Garvin Road in District 3 were green-lighted by commissioners. They signed that paperwork...
About 3:15 p.m., Monday, Aug. 9, the first fire was set on a garage in Kiowa, Kansas. That was the same day as the August meeting of Kiowa's City Council at 7. During staff reports at the meeting the fire was mentioned and assured by officials it was under investigation. After the meeting the fire re-lit around 10:05 p.m., according to Kiowa Police Chief Travis Peterson. Chief Peterson said the unattached garage that burned was located at 610 Drumm Street and owned by Randy Lohmann. The other unattached garage that ignited was located at 611...
Two Enid men who were charged following an attempt to elude officers now face another string of charges. A story in the Aug. 4 Newsgram reported on two men charged in the theft of oilfield copper and equipment. An alert oilfield employee spotted a pickup pulling a trailer that appeared to contain oilfield parts. He followed until an Alfalfa County deputy caught up and stopped the vehicle. On Aug. 2 in Alfalfa County, Neal Scrimsher, 50, of Enid, was charged with three felonies: (1) knowingly...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The parents of a 3-year-old boy who died after a procedure to pull teeth at a Wichita dentist's office filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday. Angel Zapata and Nancy Valenzuela, of Scott City, argue in the lawsuit that their son, Abiel Zapata Valenzuela, did not receive adequate care during the appointment on July 6. The lawsuit says Abiel's mother was told by two dental offices in southwest Kansas that he needed to have two teeth pulled because of a gum infection, KSNW-TV reported. She took him to Tiny Teeth Pediatric in W...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Republican legislators in Kansas are accusing Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's administration of illegally spending at least $86 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds by not getting their approval first. Kelly's office on Tuesday did not immediately respond to a letter from Senate President Ty Masterson, House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr. and the chairs of the House and Senate budget committees. In the letter sent Monday, the lawmakers threatened to "explore all necessary legal actions" if she does not seek approval from l...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police are investigating a shooting death at a birthday party in south Wichita. Police say Robertino Gomez, 25, of Wichita, was killed at the party Sunday evening. A suspect, 42-year-old Marcello Ibarra, was arrested and is being held in the Sedgwick County jail. Gomez was shot after he went to check on Ibarra, who had decided to leave the party, police said. He died at the scene. Police are "still investigating the motive," Officer Trevor Macy said. Ibarra, of Wichita, is facing possible charges of second-degree murder, a...
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former high school athletic trainer in Junction City has been sentenced to two months in a county jail and three years' probation for sending obscene photos and text messages to an underage student. Brandon Martino, 30, was sentenced Monday in a Geary County courtroom after pleading no contest last month to a single count of sexual exploitation of a child, television station KSNT reported. Martino's license to serve as an athletic trainer was suspended in July by a state licensing board after an investigation f...
GENEVA, N.Y. (AP) — A rare framed photograph of Susan B. Anthony is being auctioned with a starting price of $5,000. The 20-by-16-inch (51-by-41-centimeter) photo was found in an concealed attic space in a building in Geneva, New York, after the property was sold in December. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported Tuesday that David Whitcomb, an attorney and now owner of the building, has worked with an antiques dealer to bring some 350 items that he discovered in the attic, including the historic photograph of Anthony, to auction. T...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tropical Storm Fred weakened to a depression and spawned several apparent tornadoes in Georgia and North Carolina on Tuesday as it dumped heavy rains into the Appalachian mountains along a path that could cause flash floods as far north as upstate New York. One death was reported — a Las Vegas man whose car hydroplaned near Panama City, Florida, Monday night and overturned into a water-filled ditch, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Fewer than 30,000 customers were without power in Florida and Georgia after the storm cra...
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Grace forced a temporary halt Tuesday to the Haitian government's response to the deadly weekend earthquake, feeding the growing anger and frustration among thousands who were left homeless. Grace battered southwestern Haiti, which was hit hardest by Saturday's quake, and officials warned some areas could get 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rain before the storm moved on. Intermittent rain fell in the earthquake-damaged city of Les Caves and in the capital of Port-au-Prince. The storm hit lat...
NEW YORK (AP) — Most people know him for "I Believe I Can Fly," the 1996 sing-along hit that became an inspirational anthem played at school graduations, weddings and in advertisements. Or possibly for a stinging parody by comedian Dave Chappelle. But starting this week, what prosecutors say was a not-so-secret dark side of R&B superstar R. Kelly will be presented in lurid detail for a jury in New York City. The federal trial comes after years of frustration among women who say they were sexually abused by the 54-year old singer, who v...
WASHINGTON (AP) — After struggling for months to persuade Americans to get the COVID-19 vaccine, U.S. health officials could soon face a fresh challenge: talking vaccinated people into getting booster shots to gain longer-lasting protection as the delta variant sends infections soaring again. As early as Wednesday, U.S. health authorities are expected to recommend an extra dose of the vaccine for all Americans eight months after they get their second shot, according to two people who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to d...
SUSANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters faced dangerously windy weather Tuesday as they struggled to keep the nation's largest wildfire from moving toward a Northern California city and other small mountain communities. Forecasters issued red flag warnings of critical fire weather conditions including gusts up to 40 mph (64 kph) from late morning to near midnight. The warnings came after the Dixie Fire grew explosively from winds spawned by a new weather system that arrived Monday afternoon. It was about 8 miles (12.8 kilometers) from S...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tim Tebow's comeback and NFL career are over. The Jacksonville Jaguars waived Tebow on Tuesday, parting with the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner who switched from quarterback to tight end in hopes of rejuvenating his pro football career. "We knew that was an uphill battle for Tim," said coach Urban Meyer, who recruited Tebow to nearby Florida. "Players loved him, locker room loved him, but it was the right thing (to do)." Tebow's blocking ranged from awkward to awful in Jacksonville's preseason opener against Cleveland on h...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Nestled between corn dog stands, animal barns and booths touting hot tubs and John Deere tractors, a Hy-Vee pharmacist and several nurses have been administering COVID-19 vaccines at the Iowa State Fair to anyone eligible that wants one. Their booth didn't have the long lines of more popular attractions, but by Monday more than 150 people had received a shot since the 11-day fair started on Thursday. More than 400,000 people attended the fair in its first four days. Still, in a state where only half of the population i...
Ezanullah, one of thousands of young Taliban fighters from the countryside who rode into Afghanistan's capital over the weekend, had never seen anything like it. The paved streets of Kabul were lined with towering apartment blocks, glass office buildings and shopping malls. The plush furniture inside the Interior Ministry was like "something I thought of in a dream," said the 22-year-old fighter from the country's mountainous east. He said he plans to ask his commander if he can stay. "I don't want to leave," he said. The encounter highlights...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban vowed Tuesday to respect women's rights, forgive those who fought them and ensure Afghanistan does not become a haven for terrorists as part of a publicity blitz aimed at reassuring world powers and a fearful population. Following a lightning offensive across Afghanistan that saw many cities fall to the insurgents without a fight, the Taliban have sought to portray themselves as more moderate than when they imposed a strict form of Islamic rule in the late 1990s. But many Afghans remain skeptical — and tho...
FIREBAUGH, Calif. (AP) — As temperatures recently reached triple digits, farmer Joe Del Bosque inspected the almonds in his parched orchard in California's agriculture-rich San Joaquin Valley, where a deepening drought threatens one of the state's most profitable crops. Del Bosque doesn't have enough water to properly irrigate his almond orchards, so he's practicing "deficit irrigation" — providing less water than the trees need. He left a third of his farmland unplanted to save water for the nuts. And he may pull out 100 of his 600 acres (24...
ROME (AP) — Archaeologists in the ancient city of Pompeii have discovered a remarkably well-preserved skeleton during excavations of a tomb that also shed light on the cultural life of the city before it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in AD 79. A skull bearing tufts of white hair and part of an ear, as well as bones and fabric fragments, were found in the tomb in the necropolis of Porta Sarno, an area not yet open to the public that is located in the east of Pompeii's urban center. The discovery is unusual since most adults were c...
