Woodward County News

Social connections can help prevent child abuse. That's the focus of Oklahoma Family Week, which will be held Nov.

The Oklahoma Falconers Association is hoping Woodward area citizens will get involved and help show some hospitality as the organization hosts the North American Falconer's Association 2009 field meet next week.

The Woodward County Treasurer's Office will mail out 18,353 tax statements this week.

Arraignment for a Guatemalan man charged with first-degree murder has been set for 11 a.m. on Dec.

A salesman once asked Debbie Gentry what she did. "I told him I was the Woodward County assessor, and he said, 'I bet you don't have very many friends.' I looked at him and said, 'as a matter of fact, I do,'" Gentry said.

Woodward County commissioners will decide whether to appoint Mistie Dunn as acting county assessor to complete the unexpired term of assessor Debbie Gentry, who is retiring Nov.

Contestants from 16 counties will compete for the best homemade woolen garment Saturday at the High Plains Technology Center.

The Woodward Artisans League will hold its annual Holiday Express craft show Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Woodward County Fairgrounds.

Five illegal immigrants -- four from Mexico and one from El Salvador -- are being held in the Woodward County Jail awaiting deportation.

If you're 65-years-old or older, you might want to know whether your current prescription drug plan under Medicare Part D covers your individual needs.

A representative of the U.S. Census Bureau has asked the Woodward County Commission to promote the upcoming census, which will begin in mid-March 2010.

Last July, 23-year-old Robbie Whitebird and 43-year-old Marvin Williams died while trying to serve a domestic abuse warrant in Seminole.

"Our children are our future." That is why each fall the Children's Arena of Services holds their annual Rally 'Round Children, said event organizer Christi Waggoner.

The sexual assault cases against Dean Leroy Freerksen III are essentially at a standstill, according to Assistant District Attorney Westline Ritter.

Legislation Online Updates VPA / October 22, 2009 From THE WOODWARD NEWS An associate district court judge Tuesday ordered Woodward News Assistant Editor Rowynn Ricks to destroy an audio recording of a bond hearing in a rape case under threat of contempt of court if she did not comply.

WOODWARDa ' Two teenage girls have been charged in Woodward County with trying to kill their foster parents.

For parents, the symptoms of autism can be very confusing to sort out.A If you do in fact discover that your child has the disease, finding information about it can become complicated.

"Use your voice. Fight Meth." That is the message on a number of banners that will be displayed in Woodward's alternative school and Sharon-Mutual schools to fight methamphetamine use.

A Woodward couple have been charged with operating "a lewd, obscene and indecent house." This makes the third time in four months that Dean Leroy Freerksen III and Alicia Danielle Freerksen have been charged in connection with illicit interactions with minors.

The Northwest Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association 2009 Annual Meeting and Trade Show will be held Oct.