Joe Parsons attended his first meeting as a member of the Alva Airport Commission Monday evening. In the absence of the ...

An innovative technology grant for $4,000 received by the Alva Public Library is paying for added equipment in their "maker" ...

The Oklahoma Department of Education wants to replace students’ state tests with benchmark assessments and allow alternatives to the ACT in high school, such as the SAT and Classical Learning Test.

A man fleeing immigration authorities outside a Home Depot store in Southern California was struck and killed by an SUV when he ran across a nearby freeway, officials said. Police in the city of ...

The Trump administration on Friday reversed course and agreed to leave the Washington, D.C., police chief in control of the department, while Attorney General Pam Bondi, in a new memo, directed the ...

Oklahoma has agreed to bar undocumented immigrants from qualifying for in-state tuition after the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit. On Aug. 5, the DOJ filed a complaint that argues an Oklahoma ...

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted Friday in what prosecutors called a yearslong scheme to hide a romantic relationship with her bodyguard, who is accused of being paid as if he was ...

I want to start out by confessing that I watch too much TV. As a preacher, I like to use a line out of a show that I have seen or use a particular scene in a movie on some network, that I think can be ...

The publication of “Gorky Park” in 1981 was a significant turning point in the life of novelist Martin Cruz Smith. The book was a huge success with both literary critics and the buying public. The ...

The past several months, the Alva Parks and Recreation Board heard proposals from four lighting companies. At Wednesday’s meeting, the board compared the proposals and accepted one. Chairman Shane ...

Welcome to Week 3 of thoughts on optimism. Today I keep it simple and discuss the health benefits of being an optimist vs. a pessimist. It has long been established by the healthcare professionals, ...

We have to carry each other’s burdens. I saw a video on TikTok on Friday that made me cry. An inner-city convenience store/grocery store, made a deal with the kids in the neighborhood. If they ...