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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 Jared Orie Tullis, Enid, 46, has been charged...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health officials could begin vaccinating people in the second phase of the state's distribution plan as early as next week and expect nearly 175,000 high-risk Oklahomans to be vaccinated by the end of the year, the state's health commissioner said Tuesday. Dr. Lance Frye said about 21,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine have already been distributed to front-line health care workers in all 77 counties since last week, and the first shipments of the newly approved Moderna vaccine started arriving in the state on M...
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 During this day were seven traffic stops and one controlled burn. 8:06 a.m. – Report of an accident on OK-8 and south of Garvin Road. No transport needed. 9:15 p.m. – Caller advised someone dropped a bag of trash on her porch in the 600 block of Grand and ran off. She wanted an officer because she was freaked out. Wednesday, December 16, 2020 During this day were two traffic stops and two controlled burns. 7:28 a.m. – Caller advised she had an accident and everything is okay. 10:41 a.m. – Caller advised of a dog tha...
Monday, December 7, 2020 Barber County Sheriff's Office (BASO) performed multiple VIN inspection. Medicine Lodge Police Department (MLPD) responded to citizen assist in Isabel. MLPD and BASO responded to EMS call on N. Iliff. MLPD and BASO responded to bank alarm on S. Iliff. BASO and MLPD responded to request to speak to officer on N. Orchard. MLPD responded to accidental 911 call on S. Main. BASO responded to request to speak to officer. BASO responded to motorist assist on K-2. MLPD responded to request to speak to officer on Hibbard...
With Christmas quickly approaching and the year coming to an end, the commissioners of Alfalfa County took time to award six-month bids. Jay Hague, Stan Tucker and Marvin Woodall (Mike Roach, who will be seated as commissioner of District 2 in January, was in the gallery to observe the bid awarding process), pored over the material and, more often than not, awarded the vendors who came in with the lowest bids. Some items were awarded based on availability. Cement and mileage/labor/stay-in-place forming Alva Concrete and Enid Concrete Rebar and...
Burlington's Board of Education unanimously approved the resignation of Dr. Stacey Croft as superintendent effective June 30, 2021. This action was taken at the board's Dec. 14 meeting with President Terry Graham calling the meeting to order. Members include Robert Hill, April Kisling, T.J. Rockenbach and Aaron Smith. Also attending were Croft, Principal Tim Bart and Minutes Clerk Tracy Granados. Croft told the Newsgram, “I am retiring after 32 years in education. I'm ready to spend more time with my family ... grandchildren.” She added, “I'...
In last week's Newsgram, the story “Cherokee School Board: High school goes virtual; super warns of possible staff cuts” incorrectly reported that school board member Desiree Gibson was present. She was absent. We regret the error....
A couple was in the process of moving to a farm south of Helena when they were involved in an auto accident. This left them unable to work on the property for several weeks. A neighbor contacted them to say it appeared someone broke into their property and items were possibly missing. On March 12 about 3 a.m. Ronna and Roderick Vance contacted Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Deputy TJ Rockenbach, and they met at the property on Beckham Road. The Vances said they had many items stored in a large metal shed on the north side of the property. They also m...
Bernie Arganbright, a Cherokee resident, left her earthly home at the age of 78 on December 16, 2020, in Alva. Graveside services were held Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at 2 p.m. at the Cherokee Municipal Cemetery Pavilion with Brother Tom Cooksey officiating. Arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home Inc. of Cherokee. Online condolences may be made at www.lanmanmemorials.com. Bernadette Jean Hatfield was born in Anthony, Kansas, to William Benjamin Hatfield and Martha Charlene Clark Hatfield on April 18, 1942. Bernie, as she was known to family and...
Justice Sequoya Smith was born November 12, 1971, in Frankfurt, Germany, to Spencer and Mary Smith. He departed this life on December 16, 2020. He was a graduate of South Barber in 1990. In 1993 he earned his BA from Oklahoma Christian University. He moved to Japan where he taught English for the next seven years. He returned to the States and received his MBA from Oklahoma State University in 2002 and went to work for the Air Force. Justice loved to travel and signed his e-mails as "the...
Celebration of Life Service for Wayne Maul, 82 of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma, will be at a later date in Cleo Springs. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Anderson-Burris Funeral Home and Crematory. Milford Wayne Maul was born September 26, 1938, in Loveland, Colorado, to Henry and Amelia Lahren Maul and passed away Friday, December 18, 2020, in Fairview, Oklahoma. Wayne graduated from high school in Colorado and then enlisted in the US Navy, serving from from April 1958-1963. After...
Olla Mae Abbott, 90, a resident of Kiowa, Kansas, for 59 years, was a Godly woman. Through her love for the Lord she raised her children and grandchildren to know God. She was a charter member of Kiowa Southern Baptist Church and was a blessing to those around her. On December 18, 2020, she was called home to her Lord and Savior, no doubt welcomed with warmth and love. Olla Mae was born August 13, 1930, to Ollie and Mildred Miers on a small farm near Chelsea, Oklahoma. Five years later her...
This may be a very different Christmas this year for many who are choosing to stay away from family gatherings because of the threat of illness. I know that may cause some feelings of loneliness or depression or even despair. But I want you to be encouraged. Over 2,000 years ago, in a little city named Nazareth in Galilee, things looked bleak as well. The Jewish residents were under brutal Roman rule at the time. A young virgin turned up pregnant, telling her fiancé she had been impregnated by the Holy Spirit. Likely thinking his betrothed...
I’m hearing a lot about how different Christmas celebrations will be this year. Recommendations are to keep the gatherings small, keep some distance between people, wear masks, wash hands frequently and maybe even meet outdoors. My family had a casual Christmas gathering at my daughter’s house Sunday. About a dozen of us spent some time together. All of the grandchildren were there except for the Connecticut granddaughter. We talked to her on a video call. Our menu consisted of takeout pizza fro...
It was a momentous week across the state and in Senate District 19 as the Covid-19 vaccine was delivered to Oklahoma. I received an invitation from Integris Bass Baptist Hospital CEO Finny Mathew to witness the first Covid-19 vaccinations administered to some of our frontline medical workers. What a joyous occasion to see a little light at the end of the tunnel. Many of you may recall taking part in the U.S. Census earlier this year. There was a major push for all Oklahomans to fill out their...
Well, hope you're happy, Mr. (or Miss) There Are Too Many Bowls guy (or gal). This long season through a pandemic has whittled the bowl lineup from the 43 games that were originally scheduled to fewer than 30. That's a lot less college football and there is no reason to be happy about it. Most of us will miss the Bahamas Bowl, with its track around the field. And the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, whatever that is and wherever it was to be played. It is understandable why so many teams were not keen on keeping this slog of a season going. Those that...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita city councilman who has been under fire for his role in a plot to frame the local GOP chairman for a false ad against a mayoral candidate has resigned. James Clendenin said Tuesday in a written statement that had "become a distraction" and that his resignation was taking effect Dec. 31. "It would be selfish and unproductive for me to continue in my council position if other events in any way diverted attention from the important city work that must go on," he wrote. Last month, the Sedgwick County district a...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly on Tuesday named the Kansas Department of Labor's deputy secretary as its top administrator as she works to find another, permanent leader for an agency that struggled for months to process a surge in claims from workers left unemployed by the coronavirus pandemic. Acting Secretary Brett Flachsbarth became the third person to lead the Department of Labor in less than seven months. Kelly's first labor secretary, Delia Garcia, resign in June amid problems with the system for distributing unemployment b...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is ending operation of a special drug-focused unit, calling its structure outdated as the department moves away from focusing on "low-level users." Sheriff's office spokesman Jenn Hethcoat told the Lawrence Journal-World that the decision to dissolve the unit that works with Lawrence police was finalized in November. Hethcoat says the office will continue to operate a special investigative unit but with a focus on crimes related to drug activity, "not low-level users who would benefit m...
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 45-year-old woman from Ulysses is dead after a crash involving a semi near Garden City. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports that Monica D. Walker died in the accident Monday night on U.S. 50 about nine miles east of Garden City. The patrol report said an eastbound semi crossed the center line and struck Walker's Lincoln MKZ. The driver of the semi was not injured. An investigation continues....
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A bank robbery suspect died after being chased by police in Kansas, but authorities didn't say whether he was shot by officers or died as a result of a crash. The robbery happened just before 4 p.m. Monday at Golden Plains Credit Union in Wichita. The suspect took an undisclosed amount of cash and drove away in a pickup truck, police said. Officers later determined the truck had been stolen. Police chased him and the suspect crashed into two police vehicles and two other vehicles. At least one officer fired shots, but a...
NEW YORK (AP) — A Delta flight out of New York City was halted after a Florida couple traveling with a Great Dane puppy fled the aircraft with the pet using an emergency slide, an airline spokesperson and authorities said Tuesday. The incident involving Antonio Murdock and Brianna Greco occurred on Monday as the jet was on a runway leaving for a flight from LaGuardia Airport to Atlanta, said the spokesperson, Morgan Durrant. Witnesses reported seeing a panicky Murdock force open a cabin door and jump out using the emergency chute leading to t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned 15 people, including a pair of congressional Republicans who were strong and early supporters, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad. Trump's actions in his final weeks in office show a president who is wielding his executive power to reward loyalists and others who he believes have been wronged by a legal system he sees as biased against him and his allies. Trump issued the pardons — not an unu...
NEW YORK (AP) — An election systems worker driven into hiding by death threats has filed a defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump's campaign, two of its lawyers and some conservative media figures and outlets. Eric Coomer, security director at the Colorado-based Dominion Voting Systems, said he wants his life back after being named in false charges as a key actor in "rigging" the election for President-elect Joe Biden. There has been no evidence that the election was rigged. His lawsuit, filed Tuesday in district court in Denver C...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is assailing the bipartisan $900 billion pandemic relief package that Congress just passed and is suggesting that he may not sign it. Trump complained in a video that he tweeted out Tuesday night that the bill delivered too much money to foreign countries, but not enough to Americans. The bill provides for a $600 payment to most Americans, but Trump said he is asking Congress to amend the bill and "increase the ridiculously low $600 to $2,000, or $4,000 for a couple. I am also asking Congress to get rid...
