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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Baylor coach Scott Drew and the rest of his Big 12 counterparts probably felt a bit of a reprieve last Saturday, when the league took a break from beating up on itself by taking seven of 10 games from the Southeastern Conference. The No. 11 Bears edged Arkansas in a taut thriller, then Drew became the biggest cheerleader for his regular rivals. "I know the Big 12's off to a great start," he said afterward, "and I'll be cheering for the Big 12 the rest of the day." Well, Kansas State ran roughshod over Florida. Kansas t...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal agency has recommended nearly $200,000 in fines after an apprentice technician died from electrocution at a construction site in Kansas City last year — just a year after another technician working for the company was electrocuted at a construction site in Kansas. The technician working for U.S. Engineering Services died on Aug. 24, 2022, when he came in contact with energized parts while clearing a chiller unit at University Academy in Kansas City, Missouri, the Occupational Safety and Health Adm...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Republican legislators in Kansas are focusing on helping conservative parents remove their children from public schools over what's taught about gender and sexuality rather than pursuing a version of what critics call Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law. A proposal to allow parents to use state tax dollars to pay for private or home schooling was available online Tuesday, a day after a committee on K-12 spending introduced the measure in the House. The introduction comes as funding and lesson plans for public schools have b...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The dodo bird isn't coming back anytime soon. Nor is the woolly mammoth. But a company working on technologies to bring back extinct species has attracted more investors, while other scientists are skeptical such feats are possible or a good idea. Colossal Biosciences first announced its ambitious plan to revive the woolly mammoth two years ago, and on Tuesday said it wanted to bring back the dodo bird, too. "The dodo is a symbol of man-made extinction," said Ben Lamm, a serial entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of Colossal....
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Four key suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were transferred to the United States for prosecution as the case stagnates in Haiti amid death threats that have spooked local judges, U.S. officials announced Tuesday. The suspects now in custody of the U.S. government include James Solages, 37, and Joseph Vincent, 57, two Haitian-Americans who were among the first arrested after Moïse was shot 12 times at his private home near the capital of Port-au-Prince on July, 7 2021. Also charged is Christi...
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist have been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, according to court documents filed by prosecutors Tuesday. Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies filed the charging documents naming Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who supervised weapons on the set of the Western "Rust," and outlined evidence that they deviated repeatedly from known safety standards. Halyna Hutchins died shortly after b...
DALLAS (AP) — When police said two small monkeys were taken from the Dallas Zoo this week and a cut was found in their enclosure, it deepened a growing mystery that has included other cut fences, the escape of a small leopard and the suspicious death of an endangered vulture. Police said Tuesday that they're still working to determine whether or not the incidents over the last few weeks are related. Police, who haven't made any arrests in any of the incidents, released a photo and video Tuesday of a man they want to talk to about the missing m...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Elon Musk tweet declaring he had the financing to take Tesla private in 2018 caused billions of dollars in investor damages after the deal collapsed, according to estimates presented Tuesday at a trial examining the haphazard handling of the buyout proposal. The mind-bending estimates laid out by two experts hired by attorneys representing Tesla shareholders underscored the challenges facing a nine-person jury as the three-week trial winds down this week. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen expects to turn the case over t...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Winter weather brought ice to a wide swath of the United States on Tuesday, causing the cancellation of more than 1,700 flights nationwide, bringing traffic to a standstill on an interstate through Arkansas and causing crashes that seriously injured two Texas law officers. As the ice storm advanced eastward on Tuesday, watches and warnings stretched from the western heel of Texas all the way to West Virginia. Several rounds of mixed precipitation — including freezing rain and sleet — were in store for many areas throu...
SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing bid farewell to an icon on Tuesday, delivering its final 747 jumbo jet as thousands of workers who helped build the planes over the past 55 years looked on. Since its first flight in 1969, the giant yet graceful 747 has served as a cargo plane, a commercial aircraft capable of carrying nearly 500 passengers, a transport for NASA's space shuttles, and the Air Force One presidential aircraft. It revolutionized travel, connecting international cities that had never before had direct routes and helping democratize passenger fl...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took an unusually strong step Tuesday and blocked a proposed mine heralded by backers as the most significant undeveloped copper and gold resource in the world because of concerns about its environmental impact on a rich Alaska aquatic ecosystem that supports the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery. The move, cheered by Alaska Native tribes and environmentalists and condemned by some state officials and mining interests, deals a heavy blow to the proposed Pebble Mine. The i...
A car with dark tinted windows circles the block a few times before swerving onto the sidewalk. A handful of armed plainclothes police officers jump out and order everyone out of a double-parked car so they can search it, striking terror in the seconds before red and blue lights flash or an officer yells "police." A similar scene plays out in dozens of cities across the country every day. The beating and death of Tyre Nichols by five former Memphis police officers who were members of an anti-crime task force has renewed scrutiny on such...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Jimmy Cherizier zips through Haiti's capital on the back of a motorcycle, flanked by young men wielding black and leopard print masks and automatic weapons. As the pack of bikes flies by graffiti reading "Mafia boss" in Creole, street vendors selling vegetables, meats and old clothes on the curb cast their eyes to the ground or peer curiously. Cherizier, best known by his childhood nickname Barbecue, has become the most recognized name in Haiti. And here in his territory, enveloped by the tin-roofed homes and b...
JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday wrapped up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank with no visible signs of progress toward halting one of the deadliest outbreaks of Israeli-Palestinian violence in years. The anemic outcome highlighted what appears to be the limited influence the Biden administration has over Israel's new government, which is dominated by hard-line nationalists who oppose concessions toward the Palestinians. But it also reflected a years-long process that has turned the U.S. i...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has dropped its probe of retired four-star Gen. John Allen for his role in an alleged illegal foreign lobbying campaign on behalf of the wealthy Persian Gulf nation of Qatar, his lawyer told The Associated Press. Attorney David Schertler said in a statement Tuesday that the Justice Department had informed him that it was closing its investigation of Allen and no charges would be filed. The Justice Department declined to comment but a law enforcement official familiar with the inquiry who wasn't a...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework. The new AI Text Classifier launched Tuesday by OpenAI follows a weeks-long discussion at schools and colleges over fears that ChatGPT's ability to write just about anything on command could fuel academic dishonesty and hinder learning. OpenAI cautions that its new tool – like others already available – is not foolproof. The metho...
Real Estate Transfers Book 148 page 129: Ashlyn and Gabe Voth convey unto Navigate Home LLC. Towns Company addition (Kiowa), block 63, lot 11 and 12. Quit claim deed. Book 148 page 134: Charles E. Achenbach conveys unto Ryan Laney. Lots 4 through 9, Block 14, Bell’s Subdivision, in the City of Isabel, Kansas. Warranty deed. Book 148 page 146: Grant S. Rogers conveys unto Deerhead Ranch LP. All that part of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 10, Township 32 South, Range 14 West of the 6th PM. Quit claim deed. Book 148 p...
Monday, January 23, 2023 During this day were three traffic stops. 1:39 a.m. – Medic needed at James Crabtree Correctional Center for an officer having difficulty breathing. Medic took the patient to Bass Hospital. 9:10 a.m. – Report of a reckless white pickup truck on OK-8. Deputy had vehicle pulled over west of Burlington. All was okay. Tuesday, January 24, 2023 During this day were three traffic stops. 12:06 a.m. – Medic needed in the 400 block of 6th Street for male with high blood pressure issues. 5:49 a.m. – Medic needed in the 1000 block...
Real Estate Transfers Book 888 page 369: Scott Franklin Simon and Tabitha Unruh Simon convey unto Barton Ranch LLC. The southeast quarter of Section 4, Township 28 North, Range 11, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Warranty deed. Book 888 page 391: Lindel Ray McCollum and Dan Zhao McColllum convey unto Lindel McCollum Revocable Trust. A tract in the southeast quarter of Section 21, Township 24 North, Range 10, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 888 page 403: Guy Russell Warner convey unto Angle Properties LLC. Lot 7 in Block 6...
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 Gary Lynn Price, Carmen, 19, has been charged with d...
Alfalfa County commissioners Nate Ross, Mike Roach and Garret Johnson gathered for their regular meeting Monday, Jan. 30. After initial routine business, the group listened to a lengthy presentation by Alfalfa County Assessor Jennifer Roach. Roach handed out thick booklets to the commissioners and launched into a discussion of the court decision handed down Oct. 28 involving SandRidge’s tax protest for 2021. That decision, she said, was based on the BCE Mach vs. Roach decision, because both involved saltwater disposal wells. “The main pro...
During the dedication of the newly renovated Cunningham Hall Friday, Jan. 20, Northwestern Oklahoma State University student Shayna Miller said, “New buildings come with fun surprises. When we first moved over to Cunningham Hall, the fire alarms went off at least twice a week for at least two weeks. This means two things. One, our new fire safety system definitely works, and two, our students will definitely know what to do in case there should ever be an emergency.” Ten days later, the eva...
Davin Budy and Hope Jordan of Cherokee have made it to the final round of voting for the 2023-2024 state officer team of the Oklahoma CareerTech Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) student organization. Budy and Jordan are two of 17 contenders vying for a position on the 11-person team. Hope Jordan, a junior at Cherokee High School, is the daughter of Ken and Anita Jordan. She is on the ballot as an at-large candidate. Davin Budy, a sophomore at Cherokee High School, is the...
Kiowa District Hospital Board of Directors President Pat Myers called the regular January meeting to order in the Kirkpatrick Conference Room with three other members present including Marcia Cantrell, Jeff Miller and Jim Parker. Chantae Simpson was absent but joined during executive session. CEO/CFO Janell Goodno and COO and Manor Administrator Philip Anton were also at the table. Others attending included Business Office Manager Tara Girty, Hospital DON Robyn Whitaker, Quality Manager/Manor DON Brandy Campbell, RHC Manager Lacey Volker,...
Filing opens Monday for municipal candidates in Oklahoma. The filing period is from 8 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, at county election boards. Woods County In Woods County, the City of Alva offices open for filing are: Mayor, currently held by Kelly Parker; city clerk, currently held by Melody Theademan; city marshal, currently held by Jim Scribner; and four city council positions for Office 2 in each ward. Those currently holding those positions are Dr. Garrett Lahr in Ward...
