The U.S. government shut down Wednesday, with Democratic lawmakers insisting that any deal address their health care demands and Republicans saying those negotiations can happen after the government ...

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as " Alligator Alcatraz " are given color-coded uniforms and wrist-bands, then segregated based on their criminal ...

Already diminished by cuts by the Trump administration, the U.S. Education Department will see more of its work come to a halt due to the government shutdown. The department says many of its core ...

The federal government was thrown into a shutdown Wednesday with no easy endgame in sight, as Democrats held firm to their demands to salvage health care subsidies that President Donald Trump and ...

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91. The Jane Goodall Institute announced the ...

The government shutdown that began Wednesday will deprive policymakers and investors of economic data vital to their decision-making at a time of unusual uncertainty about the direction of the U.S.

The Memorial graveside celebration of life for Billy Gene Chance Jr., 71, of Jet, Oklahoma, will be held 2 p.m. Friday October 3, 2025, in the Pleasant View Cemetery, Jet, Oklahoma, with Dale Moyer ...

Last week on the South Barber page promoting student achievements the information on two athletes was inadvertently omitted ...

Funeral services for Ila Inman were held 10 a.m. Monday, September 22, 2025, at the Elm and Murrow Church of Christ in ...

Last Thursday night, several of us were working at the newspaper office to finish the Friday paper. Suddenly, a loud bang was accompanied by vibration of the building. I speculated that Chris had just ...

Friday Kiowa buzzed with excitement as members of the South Barber 2005 8-man State Championship Football Team came home to ...

At the Kiowa District Hospital Jeans and Gems the Bob and Grace Hays Foundation representatives Deb Helfrich and Laurie Hiltner present a $70,000 check to Hospital Foundation President Judy Schrock to ...