Severe storms moved through Oklahoma around sunrise Thursday, spinning off two tornadoes and high winds that damaged ...

The Trump administration and Louisiana officials have lifted another decades-old school desegregation order, part of a campaign to end court mandates they describe as outdated. A federal judge on ...

As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis' streets Thursday over the fatal shooting of a woman the day before by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal ...

Federal immigration agents shot and wounded two people in a vehicle outside a hospital in Portland on Thursday, a day after an officer fatally shot a woman in Minnesota, authorities said. The shooting ...

A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically drew to a close ...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's efforts to remake Head Start, ordering it to stop purging words it associates with diversity, equity and inclusion from grant ...

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority on Tuesday approved spending nearly $500,000 to repair six bridges that were struck by a truck carrying an oversized load. The agency’s governing board approved paying ...

It has been 65 years since the American Heart Association found higher death rates among heavy cigarette smokers. As early as 1964, the U.S. Surgeon General reported a link between smoking and lung ...

April 2025 in Alva opened with a city council election. May brought state track winnings and graduation. June wheat harvest experienced rain delays, and the long-awaited swimming pool opening on June ...

About six months ago I wrote an article on the old saying, “forgive and forget.” Today I want to write a follow-up to that ...

Please be advised that Renetta Benson, county assessor, and /or deputies will be at the following places on the dates named, to take assessments for the purpose of listing for taxation all assessable ...

Funeral services for Dan Egner will be Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 2 p.m. at Alva Church of God. Burial will follow at Short Spring Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at ...