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PRYOR, Okla. – The 2022 ProRodeo regular season was one of the best of Coleman Proctor’s career. Roping with New Mexican Logan Medlin for the second straight year, Proctor battled his way to fourth in the heading world standings, earning $110,691 as he prepares to compete at his seventh National Finals Rodeo, set for Dec. 1-10 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. It’s just proof that the tandem has put together something special and why they’re in contention to battle for the elusive world championships. “Any time you’re making good...
There is an old European story about a traveler who came upon a barn where the devil had stored seeds that he planned to sow in the hearts of people. There were bags of seeds variously marked “Hatred,” “Fear,” “Doubt,” “Despair,” “Unforgiveness,” “Pride,” “Greed,” etc. The devil appeared and struck up a conversation with the traveler. He gleefully told the traveler how easily the seeds he sowed sprouted in the hearts of men and women. “Are there any hearts in which these seeds will not sprout?” the traveler asked. A melancholy look appeared on...
When I graduated from college I was three months shy of my 22nd birthday. I knew that I wanted to obtain education beyond my bachelor’s degree, but I had to work for a while to earn some money before I could pursue that. I moved back into my parents’ house and got my first regular full-time job. I had worked all through high school and college, but this job was different. First, it paid more than minimum wage; second, I did not have to work on Saturdays; and third, I had to wear a tie! I bec...
We are rapidly approaching my favorite holiday: Thanksgiving. It’s a day to give thanks for all of our blessings. Then there is the hunting. Now, I am not a dyed-in-the-wool hunter. I love to hunt, but more so I love to get out in nature and be able to take a few moments just to soak in God’s creation and abundance. I have a place to hunt that is just the most beautiful spot to me. It is the place that my great-great-grandfather homesteaded. He was foresighted enough to plant trees and haul water to them to get them started. Somewhere in a box...
“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, “Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens “Brown paper packages tied up with string, “These are a few of my favorite things.” These lyrics from “The Sound of Music” mention things for which we should be thankful and this is the season for giving thanks. Waking up each morning is the greatest privilege and a fear of dying is the greatest deterrent to living. Each day brings new challenges and Eleanor Roosevelt said we should do something eac...
We all have our temptations and trials that we go through, and we might ask ourselves, “How am I to escape or overcome?” In the Holy Scriptures, we know that we are encouraged to overcome our sins and temptations, but how does that work? Well, in I Corinthians 10:13 it says, “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.” Have you ever wondered just exactly what th...
Team Standings Knights of Columbus – 35 wins, 21 losses Dilly Dilly – 32 ½ wins, 23 ½ losses O'Bar – 30 wins, 26 losses Marshall's Oldtimers – 29 ½ wins, 26 ½ losses Rollin GoodTimes – 27 ½ wins, 28 ½ losses The Bowl Movements – 27 ½ wins, 28 ½ losses Holy Bowlers – 19 wins, 25 losses Livin' on a Spare – 21 wins, 35 losses Last Week's Top Scores Scratch Game Knights of Columbus – 831 Marshall's Oldtimers – 784 The Bowl Movements – 774 Scratch Series Knights of Columbus – 2389 The Bowl Movements – 2280 Dilly Dilly – 2268 Handicap Game Holy B...
At the Monday, Nov. 21, Alva City Council meeting, a resolution was approved to hold a nonpartisan general election next spring for the purpose of electing city officers. Seven officials for the City of Alva will be on the ballot in the April 4, 2023, general election. The filing period for candidates will be from 8 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Offices open for election include the mayor, city clerk, city marshal and four city council seats. Those elected will be serving a four year term to expire in 2027....
Five people from Alva were injured in a collision in Grant County Monday. Kimberly Bowling, 37, and Ki Bowling, 19, both of Alva, were hospitalized at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Kimberly was admitted in stable condition with leg and head injuries while Ki was admitted in stable condition for head and trunk internal injuries. Two juvenile female passengers, ages 14 and 4, and one male passenger, age 8, were treated and released for head injuries. Another passenger in the Bowling vehicle, Barbara Gamble, 76, of Tonkawa, was taken to...
Alva Mayor Kelly Parker shared some good news on grants for city projects at Monday’s Alva City Council meeting. The city applied for a large grant from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to help with the purchase of new water meters. Parker said they’ve been told the city will receive at least $800,000 that they will not have to pay back. There’s a good possibility the city will receive $200,000 more. The city has already advertised for bids on the water meter project, and those bids are due to be opened on Monday. Parker said if the l...
Armed guards were a fixture outside the marijuana growing operation in rural Oklahoma where four people were slain execution-style. The mail carrier "was met with guns pretty much all the time," Jack Quirk, the owner of the local paper, All About Hennessey, told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "Why are there guards anyway? You know, if it's a legit farm, what's the deal?" The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday that the suspect in the weekend killings, Wu Chen, was taken into custody by Miami Beach police and brought to...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) If you fish in your pocket or purse for a U.S. quarter today, there's a chance you'll see Wilma Mankiller's face. She was the Cherokee Nation's first female principal chief, and she inspired generations of Cherokees and young Native people like me. In 2022, Mankiller was one of the first women honored by appearing on a series of quarters, along with renowned poet and activist Maya Angelou and physicist and...
NEW YORK (AP) — Don't accuse the TSA of catnapping on the job. When an alert agent at New York's John F. Kennedy airport noticed tufts of orange fur poking out of a slightly unzipped suitcase, it gave him pause. As the bag went through the X-ray unit Nov. 16, the Transportation Security Administration agent was in for a surprise: Inside were four paws and a tail belonging to a feline stowaway. "On the bright side, the cat's out of the bag," a TSA spokesperson tweeted Tuesday. The passenger was paged to return to the ticket counter after the c...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Firefighters in Alaska got an unusual request for assistance last weekend from the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, but it wasn't your mundane cat-stuck-in-a-tree situation. "They were looking for some help getting a moose out of a basement," said Capt. Josh Thompson with Central Emergency Services on the Kenai Peninsula. The moose, estimated to be a 1-year-old bull, had a misstep while eating breakfast Sunday morning by a home in Soldotna, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage. "It looks like the moose h...
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — A Walmart manager pulled out a handgun before a routine employee meeting and began firing wildly around the break room of a Virginia store, killing six people in the nation's second high-profile mass shooting in four days, police and witnesses said Wednesday. The gunman was dead when officers arrived late Tuesday at the store in Chesapeake, Virginia's second-largest city. Authorities said he apparently shot himself. Police were trying to determine a motive. One employee described watching "bodies drop" as the assailant f...
MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Ten days after four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in their rooms, police said Wednesday they still have not identified a suspect or found a murder weapon, and they continued asking for tips and surveillance video. Moscow Police Capt. Roger Lanier told a news conference his department is putting all of its resources into solving the case and that investigators are prepared to work through the Thanksgiving holiday. Authorities gave no indication that they're any closer to making an arrest, but they did s...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Deanne VanScyoc said she dropped to the floor behind a pool table at Club Q and called 911 as the first shots rang out just before midnight, hitting people at the bar. VanScyoc was facing the entrance from behind a glass wall when the shooter came in, she said. The shooter turned right and fired a single shot toward the bar, then three more in rapid succession, then a flurry of shots. As pop music pounded and a strobe light flashed, VanScyoc saw the shooter, in body armor, move in a crouch down a ramp, rifle at e...
NEW YORK (AP) — The company tasked with locking down the assets of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX says it has managed to recover and secure $740 million in assets so far, a fraction of the potentially billions of dollars likely missing from the company's coffers. The numbers were disclosed on Wednesday in court filings by FTX, which hired the cryptocurrency custodial company BitGo hours after FTX filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 11. The biggest worry for many of FTX's customers is they'll never see their money again. FTX failed because i...
Alva, Oklahoma - The Rangers faced off against the Thunder Tuesday in their first home game of the season. Northwestern was able to collect their second win of the season as Manhattan Christian answered back to Northwestern at the start of the first but the Rangers were able to slowly pull away and lead the rest of the game. Jason Douglas-Stanley and Malik Parsons led offensively with 19 points each followed closely by Brian Free with 18 and Chance Love with 17. Love led defensively as well with 11 rebounds, picking up a double double for the...
ALVA, Okla. – The Lady Rangers continued their play Tuesday at home against Friends University, another non-conference team. Northwestern strung together a 5-0 run in the first and an 8-0 run in the second for a hefty lead the entire game before winning by 34 points over Friends. Faith Simpson and Nikya Orange set the pace on offense for the Rangers with 13 points each followed closely with 12 from Carly Craig. Camille Thomas led defensively with 8 rebounds. Talayah Thomas collected 5 assists. First Quarter Talayah Thomas opened up scoring f...
JOPLIN, Mo. – Northwestern Oklahoma State Women's Cross Country closed out their 2022 season with the NCAA Regional meet in Joplin. The Rangers finished 35th in the meet with two runners in the top 200. “The women competed hard today and ran very consistent moving up in race distance which is hard to accomplish. Emily Smith did a wonderful job leading the team today,” stated Coach Sterlin Broomfield. Emily Smith led the way for Northwestern finishing 191st with a total time of 25:11.24 with an average mile time of 6:45.2 finishing first for t...
JOPLIN, Mo. – The Rangers men's cross country team closed out their 2022 season with the NCAA Central Regional Championship meet Saturday after traveling to Joplin for the meet. Northwestern finished 27th overall in the meet with six placing in the top 200. "The men's team performed with more depth and at a level this program has not seen in its previous NCAA history. We are delighted with the progress the program has made as we look to the next season,” stated coach Jill Lancaster. Northwestern Men's Cross Country made school history aft...
BUFFALO, Okla. (AP) — A 30-year-old man was killed and an Oklahoma sheriff's deputy was wounded during a Thanksgiving morning shooting in the northwest of the state, authorities said. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said it's investigating the shooting in Buffalo between sheriff's deputies and a man who had attempted to enter a building with a shotgun and later opened fire on the deputies. Harper County Sheriff's deputies were called around 6:30 a.m. Thursday to a residential part of the town of about 1,000 people, which is 180 m...
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — First-year guard Gradey Dick scored a season-high 25 points to help No. 3 Kansas beat North Carolina State 80-74 in Wednesday's Battle 4 Atlantis opener, giving coach Bill Self a successful return to the bench after a four-game suspension. Dick had 18 on six 3-pointers in the first half before going 1 for 8 from the field after halftime. Jalen Wilson added 19 points and 11 rebounds for the reigning national champion Jayhawks (5-0), who blew an eight-point halftime lead and a nine-point second-half lead before g...
NEW YORK (AP) — Don't accuse the TSA of catnapping on the job. When an alert agent at New York's John F. Kennedy airport noticed tufts of orange fur poking out of a slightly unzipped suitcase, it gave him pause. As the bag went through the X-ray unit Nov. 16, the Transportation Security Administration agent was in for a surprise: Inside were four paws and a tail belonging to a feline stowaway. "On the bright side, the cat's out of the bag," a TSA spokesperson tweeted Tuesday. The passenger was paged to return to the ticket counter after the c...
