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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 Nicholas Brad Vanlandingham, Cherokee, 32, has...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017 3:20 a.m. Reporting party (RP) advised he saw six to eight kids along the highway trying to wave him down. He would like an officer to check it out. 6:19 a.m. RP advised there was a person walking in dark clothing north of the Lambert turn off on the east side. RP almost didn't see person. Deputy advised. Deputy made negative contact. 8:04 a.m. Controlled burn at Jefferson and County Road 720. 10:28 a.m. Controlled burn at 1 mile west of the Sale Barn. 10:55 a.m. RP advised he left his laptop out in his vehicle and it w...
Criminal Filings Kimberly D. Probst has been charged with theft of property or services; value less than $1,500 and interference with law enforcement office; obstructed misd warrant service or execution. Limited Civil Filings Credit Management Service, Inc. vs. Henry Bland: debt collection. Credit Management Service, Inc. vs. Mary Divine: debt collection. Credit Management Service, Inc. vs. Jessica Sanders: debt collection. Credit Management Service, Inc. vs. Chantille Fanning: debt collection. Midland Funding, LLC. vs. Mardena Jackson: debt...
Real Estate Transfers Book 142 page 433: Barbara E. Krug, also known as Barbara Krug, a single person, grantor, unto Anthony M. Farrar and Andrea M. Farrar, husband and wife, grantee. A tract of land located in the southeast quarter of section 35, township 30 south, range 12 west of the 6th P.M., Barber County, Kansas. Joint tenancy warranty. Book 142 page 435: Dewayne L. Wolgast, a single person, grantor, unto Dewayne L. Wolgast, Trustee or his successor in trust, under the Dewayne L. Wolgast Living Trust dated August 8, 2017. Lot 14 in block...
August 21, 2017 Medicine Lodge ambulance transported patient from west Second to Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital. Kiowa ambulance transported patient from Kiowa Manor to Kiowa Hospital. August 22, 2017 Medicine Lodge ambulance transported patient from Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital to Pratt Airport. Torrey Lonker, Cheney, driving a 2007 Ford Focus rolled her vehicle on northeast Albee. Over $1,000 damage, unknown injuries, investigated by Sheriff Small. Kiowa ambulance responded to south Sixth Street. No transport. Medicine Lodge ambulance...
A young woman from North Dakota was injured after being ejected from her vehicle as it rolled three times. The one-vehicle wreck occurred Monday just north of Freedom in Woods County. Kinzie Burnham, 19, of Bismarck, North Dakota, was transported by Air-Evac to St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City. She was admitted in stable condition with head, trunk internal, trunk external, arm and leg injuries. Burnham was eastbound on U.S. Highway 64 about 3:40 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28, a tenth of a mile west of Hughes Road and about 2.5 miles north of...
All members of the Kiowa District Hospital Board were present as President Pat Myers called the regular August meeting to order. They are: Miranda Allen, Jeff Miller, Jim Parker and Chantae Simpson. Hospital personnel attending were: CEO Margaret Grismer, CFO Janell Goodno, Hospital DON Heidi Courson, PA Melissa Stroh, RN Robyn Rooks, Manor DON Krisgina Fossoh. Representatives from Cohesive Healthcare (the management and consulting company the board entered into a three-year contract with in March) were also present: CEO Kathy Hammond, Project...
A man in jail awaiting trial on 12 felony sex charges now has two more felony charges. Lance Keith Shahan, 20, of Alva has been in jail in Alfalfa County since the 12 felony charges were filed in January. Those felonies involved a 12-year-old girl. In February and March a couple of misdemeanor charges for possession of contraband in a county jail were added. On Aug. 24, Shahan was charged with two felony counts of possession of contraband weapons by an inmate. He was also charged with a misdemeanor of malicious injury to property – under $...
Wow, reviewing the Kiowa, Kansas, Labor Day Celebration agenda, it looks like a jam-packed weekend of fun events. If you're from out of town come and rest from your labors – for Kiowa residents helping with it all, there doesn't look like much time to relax. Kiowa's Chamber of Commerce plans their 78th Annual Labor Day Celebration, probably known best for the free ham and bean feed at noon in Progress Park on Monday. Events Begin Saturday Morning The weekend kicks off Saturday morning with a flea market on Main Street and garage sales all a...
A Cherokee man wound up with drug charges after his girlfriend asked law enforcement to remove illegal drugs from a residence and vehicle. According to court documents, the woman told OBN Agent Brandon Powell that she had been a user but was trying to quit. She said she didn’t want to be around her boyfriend as long as he was using and she just wanted him to get help. On Aug. 21 Alfalfa County Sheriff Rick Wallace told Powell someone was in his office and wanted to give drug information. Powell arrived and interviewed the woman. She told him s...
The Northwestern Rangers kick off the 2017 football season this evening at Ouachita Baptist in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. The game was moved up a day due to anticipated problems from Hurricane Harvey. Kickoff is at 5 p.m. Matt Walter is in his third year as NWOSU head coach after improving the team’s record to 4-7 last year. The Rangers would really enjoy a win tonight as the last time they defeated OUA was in 1996. This is the tenth meeting of the two teams. The Tigers hold a 6-3 advantage in t...
(Not written by me, but cute and one could apply any name of car.) This was written with driving in the UK in mind but you should get the general idea. The other day I was cruising along as usual coming onto one of my motorways, which was very busy with inferior cars. First off, I couldn't believe that the volume of traffic DIDN'T slow down for me AT ALL as I came off the slip road! I had to squeeze into a barely big enough gap between two cars in order to get onto my motorway! The driver of...
The Alva community has attracted a new convenience store and eating establishment on the east side of town next to Atwoods. Brinden Shepherd, one of the partners of this family business, is a Blackwell resident, graduating from BHS in 1966. He saw college time at Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa and Oklahoma State University. Shepherd's grandfather started Shepherd Oil Company in 1949. Shepherd said, "I'm the third generation. My dad is still the owner: I, my brother and brother-in-law are...
The Burlington Board of Education met for their regular August meeting at 8 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 21. Board President Terry Graham called the meeting to order with members present including: Allison Armbruster, Aaron Smith and Robert Hill. Member T.J. Rockenbach was absent. Superintendent Glen Elliott, Principal Lane Pruett and Minutes Clerk Tamre McGinnis also attended. With school in session, Elliott reported student enrollment is at 160. He said the mobile building for elementary classrooms has not yet arrived due to fire marshal...
At 7:25 p.m. a week ago Tuesday, two Kiowa teens who are friends were taking a ride in a UTV two nights before school was starting. They were southbound on Eighth Street. Desiree Doherty was driving the UTV and attempted to make a left turn onto Rumsey Street. The KHP report said Doherty lost control and rolled the vehicle. Doherty, age 15, is a sophomore at South Barber High School. Her friend Bryn Rathgeber, age 16, is a junior at SBHS. Doherty had serious head injures. The KHP commented that she was not wearing a helmet. Both girls were...
Five Alva High School senior girls competed Sunday afternoon for the Miss Alva title, which entitles the winner to represent Alva High School in NWOSU's Cinderella Competition. Master of Ceremonies for the program was Brickman Bradt. Alaina Hurst, voted winner by judges Angela Lyon, Charlie Burns and Riley Faulkner, was crowned by last year's winner, Kimberly Stuck, before a crowd filling about 75 percent of Memorial Auditorium. Hurst also won the poise category of the competition. First...
What started as a motorcycle fun run to raise money to buy toys for children at Christmas turned into a sad time for two of the riders. The group started in Alva on Saturday morning. They gathered at Radio Shack in Alva as Gary Brown is part of the group. Alva Review Courier Publisher Lynn Martin took their picture before they left. The plan was to return to the Moose Lodge in Alva that evening. According to the Barber County, Kansas, sheriff's report, the accident involved two men. They are Frank Lambert of Enid who was driving a 2001 Honda...
SWOSU (0-0, 0-0 GAC) at Arkansas-Monticello (0-0, 0-0 GAC) Saturday, Sept. 2, 6:00 pm Monticello, Ark. (Cotton Boll Stadium) Setting the Scene - The 108th season of intercollegiate football at Southwestern Oklahoma State University begins on Saturday night as the Bulldogs head to Arkansas for a Great American Conference battle against the University of Arkansas at Monticello - This weekend marks the beginning of the seventh season of competition in the GAC, which was established for the 2011-12 athletic year - SWOSU and Arkansas-Monticello have...
