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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 Jean A. Dahlben vs. Heirs of James Ray Andree:...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 9:55 a.m. Controlled burn south of Burlington. 10:36 a.m. Controlled burn on Cleveland Road and County Road 700. 11:30 a.m. Officer had a traffic stop at the Dollar General. 11:38 a.m. Civil papers served 1:14 p.m. Caller advised of cattle out on Lambert Road. 2:10 p.m. Caller spoke with deputy about her sister-in-law threatening to beat her up. 3:34 p.m. Caller advised they had several batteries stolen lately and recently he had one stolen out of a wheat truck. Message taken for deputy. 4:08 p.m. Alva police officer...
December 17, 2018 Kiowa EMS responded to a call on Fifth Street. Deputy Rogers responded as backup. Deputy Rogers and Medicine Lodge EMS responded to a medical call on Oak Street. Sheriff Small provided escort for Medicine Lodge EMS transfer to Hutch. December 18, 2018 Medicine Lodge EMS responded to call on Tri City road. Sheriff Small provided backup to Medicine Lodge Police Department on Jefferson. December 19, 2018 Medicine Lodge EMS responded to a call on U.S. Highway 281. Medicine Lodge EMS transported patient to Pratt. Medicine Lodge...
All members of the Burlington School Board were present as President Terry Graham called the Dec. 17 regular meeting to order including: Allison Armbruster, Robert Hill, T.J.Rockenbach and Aaron Smith. Also attending were Superintendent Dr. Stacey Croft, Principal Lane Pruett and Minutes Clerk Tamre McGinnis. Burlington resident April Kisling attended the meeting as she will soon take a seat on the board. She is the only person who filed for Seat No. 4 that was held by Allison Armbruster many years, so no election is needed. Armbruster did not...
A quorum was determined at the Woods County Equalization Board meeting Wednesday, Dec. 19. Those present included board members Chris Olson, Joe Shirley and Bob Seivert. Others in attendance were Woods County Clerk Shelley Reed, Assessor Renetta Benson, Ben Hurley and Jerry Wisdom of TASC, and Sandridge representative Jeff Merritt (call in). Minutes from the last special meeting, held Nov. 14, were approved. The next agenda items regarded formal appeal to the equalization board from Sandridge Exploration and Production LLC, Sandridge Midstream...
With all members present, the Woods County Excise Board's regular meeting Wednesday, Dec. 19, began with the approval of the minutes from a special meeting on Nov. 14. The monthly appropriations were motioned for approval by Olson and Shirley. • District 1 Highway Cash: $167,881.39 • District 2 Highway Cash: $168,061.95 • District 3 Highway Cash: $168,881.39 • District 1 CBRI Fund-105: $14,483.45 • District 2 CBRI Fund-105: $14,483.48 • District 3 CBRI Fund-105: $14,483.48 • Enhanced 911: $22,866.47 • Assessor’s Fee: $264 • County Clerk’s Lien...
Graveside service for James “Jimmy” Duane Harman will be Thursday, December 27, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Karoma Cemetery near Goltry. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Helena. Viewing will be Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oline condolences may be made at www.lanmanmemorials.com....
Sometimes I wonder if people are tired of our reports on my husband Lynn’s cancer. But we keep getting comments from those who say they really appreciate the updates. It’s been enlightening to learn how many of our friends and neighbors have experienced or are going through cancer treatments. I recently read a book that said while we’re eliminating or lowering the incidence of most diseases, the number of cancer cases is still increasing. It’s now second following heart disease in the number of...
Medicine Lodge varsity basketball team played Belle Plaine Dec. 18, losing 52-91. Players turned in the following stats: Medicine Lodge Dakota Bayliff – 9 Theron Wedel – 7 Garrett Burden – 11 Cason Liebst – 4 Tyce Lonker – 4 Deven Leis – 6 Dasik Clouse – 7 Micah Dvorak—2 Devon Cox—2 Belle Plaine Gooch – 33 Carriker – 3 Zimmerman – 2 Wiseman – 7 Osgood – 5 Bible – 6 Jilton – 22 Sturgeon – 13...
This Christmas season, the Waynoka FFA chose two angels from the community tree. Each member donated $10 toward the items to give to the angels. Kori Allison volunteered to go pick out the items. Then the members wrapped the gifts and delivered them to the drop-off location. This was a great opportunity for the FFA to give back to the community. The FFA also participated in the Santa Day Christmas Parade on Thursday, Dec. 20. They decorated a trailer with lights, a Christmas tree, a snowman and...
ENID, Okla. (AP) — OAMJHSC is a long acronym for an old organization that hasn't always meant much to many in Northwest Oklahoma. Though for some Enid students, it has quickly come to mean more than was likely intended, and has pushed them to accomplish more than was perhaps expected. Participation in the Oklahoma Association of Middle and Junior High Student Councils has brought all three EPS middle schools, Longfellow, Emerson, Waller, together to lead, compete, cooperate and achieve as a team for the first time. "This year we went, truly, a...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Bama Companies Inc. puts a lot of dough in its dough. The exclusive pie supplier for all 14,000 McDonald's restaurants in the United States, the Tulsa food maker produces more than 2 million pies per day. Bama recently showcased its 50-year-plus partnership with the fast-food mega-chain by inviting local media to view how it manufactures the company's reformulated pastry. Working with McDonald's, Bama has removed artificial colors, preservatives and high fructose syrup from the pies. Officially relaunched in May, they now i...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma tribal leaders and members of Congress are applauding the final passage of bill that will end a blood-quantum requirement they have long considered discriminatory. The Stigler Act Amendments of 2018 were given final approval in the U.S. House last week, and the bill is now awaiting President Donald Trump's signature. The legislation applies to citizens of five Oklahoma tribes: the Chickasaw, Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole nations. It ends a requirement for holders of tribal allotment land from t...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — State officials say tourism is a growing economic force in Oklahoma. The Tulsa World reports visitors pumped $9 billion into the state economy over the past year. That's a 4.4-percent increase over the year prior. State tax collections from tourism have jumped by 20 percent since 2010. Oklahoma Department of Tourism numbers show that translates to more than 100,000 jobs, with a payroll of $2.3 billion. One small town has particularly seen the payoff. Osage County tourism director Kelly Brand says lodging tax revenue has d...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma sheriff is in stable condition after he crashed his cruiser into a tree during a police pursuit. Officials say Cotton County Sheriff Kent Simpson has been upgraded to stable condition and could be released as early as Christmas Day. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the 59-year-old Simpson was responding to assist with a stolen vehicle pursuit early Monday when he lost control of his cruiser on a gravel road and slammed into a tree. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Lawton and then flown by helicopter t...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — U.S. Census Bureau estimates show Oklahoma's population grew by 0.3 percent in the 12 months ending July 1 largely due to an increase in the number of births and more people from other countries moving to the state. The Tulsa World reports there were an estimated 3,932,640 residents in Oklahoma as of July 1, 2018, an increase of 10,728 from a year earlier. Oklahoma was the 33rd fastest growing state in the nation, behind Vermont and ahead of Maine. Nevada was the fastest, increasing in population by 2.1 percent. Oklahoma r...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas man's wish for two front teeth for Christmas is coming true. The Kansas City Star reports that a local church and friends helped raise money for Olathe man Evans Kamuru's dental implants. Kamuru wrote on Facebook that one front tooth broke off when he was using his teeth to cut tape and wrap presents last Christmas season. He says the other one broke in January when he was eating a waffle. Kamuru says both teeth had crowns and were weak. His friends created a group to help raise money for implants. Lenexa's G...
LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — With a scent machine that wafts grapefruit and vanilla fragrances through the air, guns displayed in cases similar to those found in jewelry stores and a high-end women's fashion boutique, the suburban Kansas City, Missouri, business that Bren and Mike Brown opened three years ago aims to take the women's gun store concept well past pink guns. "There's nothing like this across the United States," Bren Brown said as she walked around the 33,000-square-foot Frontier Justice store in Lee's Summit. Public radio station K...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov.-elect Laura Kelly will have the current superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol and the state fire marshal stay in their jobs after she takes office. Kelly has announced that Col. Mark Bruce will continue leading the patrol and Doug Jorgensen will continue serving as the state's chief fire safety official. Both were appointees of former Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. Bruce has been Highway Patrol superintendent since January 2015 and has worked for the agency for 29 years. Kelly called him a strong a...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Rep.-elect Steve Watkins has appointed members of his predecessor's staff and a state Republican Party official to key positions in his congressional office. The GOP congressman has announced that Jim Joice will serve as communications director. Joice has been the Kansas Republican Party's executive director. Watkins also announced that Bill Roe will be deputy chief of staff and Adam York will serve as legislative director. Roe was chief of staff to retiring Rep. Lynn Jenkins, and York was her deputy chief of s...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Allegations of violence between staff members and sexual relationships between workers and underage inmates at Kansas' only juvenile corrections facility were uncovered during a state audit prompted by allegations that a former superintendent of the center assaulted an employee. Auditors sought to contact 229 former and current employees of the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex in Topeka but only 48 responded. Of those, seven people reported being attacked or assaulted by other staff. Auditors also received three r...
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli warplanes flying over Lebanon fired missiles toward areas near the Syrian capital of Damascus late Tuesday, hitting an arms depot and wounding three soldiers, Syrian state media reported, saying that most of the missiles were shot down by air defense units. The TV, quoting an unnamed military official, identified the warplanes as Israeli. Lebanon's the state-run National News Agency earlier reported that Israeli warplanes were flying at low altitude over parts of southern Lebanon. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory f...
MOSCOW (AP) — The presidents of Russia and Belarus met in Moscow Tuesday for talks focused on an energy dispute that clouded ties between the two allies. Before sitting down with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko harshly criticized tax changes that left his country of 10 million people paying a higher price for Russian oil and gas. Putin had countered by saying that despite the changes, Belarus still paid much less than other countries for Russian energy resources. The Russian leader confirmed at the s...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) A pill containing millions of bacteria ready to colonize your gut might be a nightmare to many. But it may become an effective new tool for fighting disease. In many inherited genetic diseases a mutated gene means that an individual cannot make a vital substance necessary for their body to grow, develop or function. Sometimes this can be fixed with a synthetic substitute — a pill — that they can take daily to rep...
