Northwestern Oklahoma State University Vice President of Athletics Brad Franz has announced the hiring of Jerry Partridge as ...

Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era ...

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers in a closed-door interview Wednesday that his team of investigators "developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that President ...

A new lighted nativity scene shines in Centennial Park along Main Street in Kiowa "and it is beautiful," Kiowa City Council ...

A posthumous memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein's best known accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, has sold 1 million copies worldwide two months after its release. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced ...

Cherokee FFA placed first in the school floats by making a snow man out of hay bales for their float the Cherokee Light Parade.

In a special meeting held at noon Friday, the Alva Arena Authority trustees voted to sign a one-year contract with Lawrence ...

The Woods County commissioners approved the regular cooperative extension agreement but took no action on relocating the OSU Extension Office to the Salt Fork Event Center. Commission Chairman Shane ...

Next year the timing of the lieutenant governor’s visit to the turkey hunt will be different. Usually, he arrives for the Thursday night meal and sometimes stays the night in Alva. For the 2026 hunt, ...

As the semester comes to a close and Christmas break approaches, Waynoka FFA members continue to find success both in and out of the classroom. On Saturday, Dec. 13, member Rholton Bouziden competed ...

Steven Clark Christensen, 68, of Kiowa, Kansas, passed away December 12, 2025, surrounded by his wife and children, after a long battle with cancer. Steve, the youngest of four siblings, was born on ...

Holiday celebrations and newspaper schedules sometimes clash. I’m used to this because my parents owned a newspaper in Missouri. Then I married into a family of radio broadcasters. There were even ...