When Secretariat won horse-racing’s “triple crown” in 1973, he was the ninth animal (and the first in 25 years) to accomplish the feat. In the 52 years since 1973, only four other horses have won the ...

Flipping the Frisbie, no shirt, coated with baby oil. That was the ‘70s and now the Boomers are paying for it. An article in AARP Magazine addresses the issue that “Skin Cancer is Trickier Than You ...

An Alva man was helping out a woman from Cherokee by loaning her a credit card for necessities like gas and groceries. But when his credit card was maxed out with other charges, he and his family ...

Have you ever paused to ponder what peace really is? When asked, most people say things like: “The absence of war,” “When there is no fighting,” “When everything is quiet.” None of these responses are ...

Quote: “I have been accused of being too hard on my sons. I totally disagree. Undisciplined boys become undisciplined men. Undisciplined men are found in prisons, hospitals and graveyards.” – Steve ...

An Alva man is charged with two felonies after police responded to a domestic situation Thursday, July 26. According to court documents, Michael Dewayne Hebert, 40, of Alva, has been charged in Woods ...

Alva Review-Courier archives search pageMay 16, 2018 Jane Kathryn Smith (Barham), daughter of the late Douglas A. and Edna Josephine Barham (Gibson), was born in Norman, Oklahoma, on September 30, ...

Phyllis Lorene Puffinbarger, age 88, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 28, 2025, in Kiowa Kansas. Phyllis was born to Garfield and Bernice Ricker on October 10, 1936, in Anthony, Kansas. She ...

Ellen Cleo Jahay, age 97 of Hazelton, Kansas, went to her heavenly home peacefully on June 29, 2025, with family by her side. Cleo was born August 25, 1927, at Sand Creek, Oklahoma, to Phillipine ...

Rain caused delays in the 2025 harvest. However the hard, red winter wheat grown in the reading area of the Newsgram persevered. See some of the comments of area elevator operators that follow to give ...

I'm considering holding a few interim studies this year. One would focus on water conservation efforts. The last few years I've filed bills that would help us better measure commercial groundwater use ...

Graveside services for Kenneth Percival will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at the Alva Municipal Cemetery with Pastor John Clapp officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Marshall ...