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LONDON (AP) — A 26-year-old man who tried to sell what he claimed was a walking stick used by the late Queen Elizabeth II has been sentenced for defrauding eBay buyers. Dru Marshall, from Hampshire in southern England, claimed he was a senior footman at Windsor Castle and that the proceeds from the sale of the "antler walking stick" would go to cancer research. The auction had reached 540 pounds ($686) before he cancelled the listing after learning police had launched an investigation, prosecutors said. He was found guilty of fraud by false r...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer and his recent secretive hospitalization was for surgery and later to treat an urinary tract infection related to that operation, doctors said Tuesday. The 70-year-old Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Dec. 22 and underwent surgery to treat the cancer. Austin developed the infection a week later. Senior administration and defense officials were not told for days about his hospitalization or his cancer. The White House chief of staff on T...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge set bail Tuesday at $750,000 for a former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with orchestrating the killing of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur in 1996 and said he can serve house arrest with electronic monitoring ahead of his trial in June. Court-appointed attorneys for Duane "Keffe D" Davis told The Associated Press after the hearing in Las Vegas that they believe he can post bail. They had asked for bail of not more than $100,000. The lawyers argued in a court filing a day before that their client — not witnesses, as...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts will have to wait until next year before flying to the moon and another few years before landing on it, under the latest round of delays announced by NASA on Tuesday. The space agency had planned to send four astronauts around the moon late this year, but pushed the flight to September 2025 because of safety and technical issues. The first human moon landing in more than 50 years also got bumped, from 2025 to September 2026. "Safety is our top priority," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. The delays w...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A sprawling storm hit the South with tornado warnings and high winds that blew roofs off homes, flipped over campers and tossed about furniture in Florida on Tuesday. Another storm brought cities across the Midwest to a standstill with more than half a foot of snow, stranding people on highways as it headed to the Northeast. At least two deaths in the South were attributed to the storm, where 55 mph (88 kph) winds and hail moved through the Florida Panhandle and into parts of Alabama and Georgia by sunrise Tuesday, a...
NEW YORK (AP) — A group of Hasidic Jewish worshippers were arrested amid a dispute over a tunnel secretly dug into the side of a historic Brooklyn synagogue, setting off a brawl between police and those who tried to defend the makeshift passageway. The discovery of the tunnel at the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Crown Heights prompted an emergency structural inspection from the city Tuesday. The building at 770 Eastern Parkway was once home to the movement's leader, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and draws thousands of visitors e...
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Firefighters scoured the wreckage of a historic Fort Worth hotel on Tuesday as they investigated the cause of a massive explosion that shattered windows, littered the streets with debris and injured 21 people, including one critically. The Monday blast blew doors and sections of wall into the road in front of the 20-story downtown Sandman Signature Hotel, where authorities said rescuers found several people trapped in the basement. By evening, officials said everyone seemed to have been accounted for, but f...
WASHINGTON (AP) — With Donald Trump listening intently in the courtroom, federal appeals court judges in Washington expressed deep skepticism Tuesday that the former president was immune from prosecution on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The panel of three judges, two of whom were appointed by President Joe Biden, also questioned whether they had jurisdiction to consider the appeal at this point in the case, raising the prospect that Trump's appeal could be dismissed. During lengthy arguments, the j...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A crippling fuel leak forced a U.S. company on Tuesday to give up on landing a spacecraft on the moon. Astrobotic Technology's lander began losing fuel soon after Monday's launch. The spacecraft also encountered problems keeping its solar panel pointed towards the sun and generating solar power. "Given the propellant leak, there is, unfortunately, no chance of a soft landing on the moon," Astrobotic said in a statement. Astrobotic had been targeting a lunar landing on Feb. 23, following a roundabout, f...
Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world's agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency said Tuesday. The European climate agency Copernicus said the year was 1.48 degrees Celsius (2.66 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times. That's barely below the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit that the world hoped to stay within in the 2015 Paris climate accord to avoid the most severe effects of warming. And January 2024 is on track to be so warm that for the...
According to the affidavits and petitions on file, the following individuals have been charged. An individual is innocent of any charges listed below until proven guilty in a court of law. All information is a matter of public record and may be obtained by anyone during regular hours at the Alfalfa County Courthouse. The Newsgram will not intentionally alter or delete any of this information. If it appears in the courthouse public records, it will appear in this newspaper. Misdemeanor Filings Erin Nicholas Kingcade, Carmen, 27, has been...
Real Estate Transfers Book 895 page 328: Jerry J. Barrett and Delores Barrett convey unto Kelly Dn Barrett. Lot 2, Block 2, Gibson Addition to Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 895 page 336: Melva J. Wedge conveys unto Melva J. Wedge, trustee under the Melva J. Wedge Trust. The southwest quarter of the west 57 ½ acres of the southeast quarter of Section 9 all in Township 24N, Range 10, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, etc. Quit claim deed. Book 895 page 345: Scott Armbruster and Terry Graham, co-trustees of the Patricia...
Monday, January 1, 2024 6:12 p.m. – Reporting party advised that a toothless meth head was standing on her property and threatening her. They would like a deputy to come and park so she can pack up and leave. Dispatch couldn’t get the name of the reporting party. She requested the deputy email her and hung up. While dispatch contacted the deputy, the reporting party called back, again asking for a deputy, so she could pack up and leave. The reporting party still didn’t give any other information. At 6:27 p.m. the reporting party called back...
Garret Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross of the Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners inspected the county jail during their meeting this week and approved its inspection. Before that, the three men took care of the rest of the agenda, approving the usual items, like last week's meeting minutes, maintenance and operation warrants for payment, and blanket purchase orders. They also approved the monthly officer reports and the Court Clerk Records Management and Preservation monthly report. After they took care of that large mound of paperwork,...
Woods County has 4,381 active voters according to a report from the County Election Board dated Dec. 31, 2023. The county has 581 inactive voters for a total of 4,962 registered voters. During the year the county had 28 new voters registered. Fourteen registrations were cancelled with seven moving out of jurisdiction and seven by death. Voter registration transactions included one affiliation change, ten address changes and five name changes. In active registrations, Republicans outnumber other affiliations by a large margin. There are 3,140...
The Woods County Commissioners elected new officers for the year during their meeting on Monday. Randy McMurphy will serve as chairman, and David Hamil will be vice chairman. Also present for the meeting were Commissioner John Smiley and County Clerk Shelley Reed. The commissioners approved the following monthly reports: Assessor Collections $754.50 County Clerk Office Collections$13,708.50 Court Clerk Office Balance $26,977.52 Court Clerk RM & P Balance $15,604.02 Election Board Balance $5,072.82 Health Dept. Collections $0.00 Sheriff’s O...
Lenora Fay Enterline, age 84, was born on January 16, 1939, at home in Waldren, Oklahoma, to Earnest Walborn and Lillian Harmon Walborn and passed from this life on January 2, 2024, at her home in Nash, Oklahoma. Lenora has lived in the Nash area for over 60 years. On June 26, 1959, she married Leon Enterline. To this union two children were born: Marcia and Mashell. Lenora worked as a waitress in Jet and Nash for many years as well as a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell but her main...
The countdown is on as we get ready for session. More than 350 Senate bills have been filed with more to come. Our appropriations subcommittees are meeting with dozens of state agencies in the next two weeks to review their budget requests. Schedules for these meeting are available on the Senate website, and they’ll be broadcast live online as well if you’d like to tune in. So far, I’ve filed four bills, including one that would make assaulting a municipal, county, or state official on the j...
The Alva Board of Education met Monday with all members present. Among items on the agenda was the resignation of a custodian and hiring of a replacement. The board also set the school calendar for the next school year beginning in August 2024. Superintendent Tim Argo presented the financial report showing revenue is down $518,592.01 from this time last year. Gross production income is down $495,654.24. Motor vehicle tax is down $8,761.19, and REA tax is down $32,191.32. School land earnings increased by $6,355.95, county 4 mil tax collections...
Students have been busy in the Waynoka School ag shop making items with the plasma cutting machine and more. The Ag Communications class made a sign to go out in front of the ag shop. The students had to present their ideas to Ronnie Nix for his approval before starting on the sign. The sign turned out great and is now located in front of the ag room door at the school. The students are still planning to do some finishing touches. Ag Mechanics students have also been busy making trophies for...
It's 2024 and the South Barber (SB) Board of Education started the new year with two new board members at their January meeting Monday night. They are Jarrod Inman and Bret Mott. Following a 20-minute executive session mid-meeting to evaluate the superintendent, the board voted to approve a one-year contract for Superintendent Dr. Mylo Miller with the amount of his salary to be determined later. Opening his administrative report, Dr. Miller said January is School Board Appreciation Month and...
The Cherokee school board met Monday evening for its regular meeting, and the first agenda item was recognizing the board for School Board Appreciation Month. “We don’t have anything fancy planned for you,” Superintendent Bryce Shanbacher told the board, “but we just wanted to take a few minutes to thank each of you for your commitment and dedication to our school.” He said they were an important part of making Cherokee’s schools so good, with great facilities, top-notch teachers and wonderful students. New Initiatives at Elementary...
The South Barber Chieftains and the Lady Chieftains basketball seasons are heating up. Their games for Tuesday night were canceled due to the blizzard-like weather moving in to the area. School was canceled for Tuesday as well. Chieftain Coach Shawn Hooker is assisted by Matt Cantrell. Coach Hooker said his Chieftains are 5-3 on the season. He said, “At this point in the season, I am very pleased with the progress we have made. These kids come to practice every day and put in the work. As for the second half of the season, our goal is c...
The long-awaited groundbreaking for the swimming pool in Alva is scheduled for next week on Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 2 p.m. Temperatures are likely to be chilly so the ceremony will begin indoors at the Alva High School gym located just across the street. Then the group will move outdoors to the swimming pool location for the ceremonial groundbreaking and photos. The pool will be designated as the Cory Washburn Family Swimming Pool, recognizing the substantial donation made by the family on...
In a quick regular meeting, the Waynoka school board voted to extend Principal Cline’s contract by three years, with the addition of the stipend given to the teachers and a 1.5 percent raise. They also heard reports from the principals about students’ activities and handled a little routine business. Student Activities and Achievements In the elementary school, principal Patricia Burrow reported that the elementary’s Dec. 15 Christmas program, “The Incredible Reindeer,” led by Mrs. Hope, was an “exceptional program, as always.” Also excellent,...
