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Highly motivated graduating high school seniors looking for leadership opportunities at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in the fall should consider applying for the President’s Leadership Class (PLC) scholarship before the March 19 deadline. Students selected for this award will receive up to $2,750 in scholarship funds for their freshman year at Northwestern, plus be treated…

Aline-Cleo held a delayed homecoming and senior night festivities on March 3. Leah Ramey, Ashlei Cosper, Hayleigh Nobel and Hanna Nobel were in the running for the crown of homecoming queen. Ramey was crowned the 2020-2021 basketball homecoming queen for Aline-Cleo High School. • Ramey is the daughter of Leroy and Jamie Ramey. Leah is…

Barton Community College has announced its list of graduates who earned associate degrees or certificates for career training during the fall semester of 2020. The graduates are as follows: • Cherokee: Chassidy Congleton, A.S.

Jozlin Campbell, seventh grader, was chosen as the January Student of the Month at Aline-Cleo High School. She thinks our school is unique because of the way it is set up. Campbell’s school philosophy is “To manage straight A’s throughout the rest of school and get into Keiser University at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.” She is…

Every winter, nearly one thousand high school students from all corners of the state crowd into auditoriums and line school hallways, dragging oversized instrument cases, rehearsing lines from Shakespeare monologues, clutching unwieldy artist portfolios, scribbling free flow thoughts into journals, warming up their knees and feet with small prances, humming do-re-mis and nervously clasping tiny…

The annual Cherokee seniors versus faculty game will take place on March 10. Prior to the game will be taco pile-on and dessert, from 5-6:15 p.m. The cost is $5 for those 3-years-old to 10-years-old and $8 for those 11-years-old and older. The meal will take place in the high school cafeteria. At 6:30 p.m.…

Wichita State University has announced the names of more than 3,500 students who were on the WSU dean’s honor roll for fall 2020. To be included on the dean’s honor roll, a student must be enrolled full time (at least 12 credit hours) and earn at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0…

Gov. Kevin Stitt recently issued a proclamation declaring February as Career and Technical Education Appreciation Month in Oklahoma.  Northwest Technology Center, the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, and CareerTech facilities throughout the state are celebrating CareerTech month. “In dealing with the challenges that 2020 brought, Northwest Technology Center adapted and continued delivering career-related…

What do I want to be when I grow up?  Area high school sophomores are beginning to think about future career and educational paths and asking themselves this question.   Northwest Technology Center can help students learn more about their options. Recently, sophomores from Alva, Cherokee, Freedom, Waynoka and Burlington came to visit Northwest Technology…

BY RYLEE SIMS Remington Farney has been working hard to help the Northwest Domestic Crisis Services Inc. New Beginnings. She has been collecting towels and wash cloths to donate to their center. She asked for the help of the Alfalfa County 4 H group. Some of the clubs collected towels and wash cloths to donate.