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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, fatally shot a naked man after he shot and killed a woman outside an apartment complex, authorities said Tuesday. Officers investigating reports Monday night of a naked man firing a rifle in the area found Dwayne Jackson with a rifle outside the complex, according to Capt. Richard Meulenberg. Meulenberg said Rickia Crawford and another woman were trying to calm Jackson, with Crawford standing between him and the police. "She was saying 'don't shoot him, don't shoot him, you'll have to shoot me f...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law on Tuesday that makes it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, as part of an aggressive push in Republican-led states across the country to scale back abortion rights. The bill, which takes effect 90 days after the Legislature adjourns next month, makes an exception only for an abortion performed to save the life of the mother. Abortion rights advocates say the bill signed by the GOP governor is certain to face a legal challenge. Its p...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge has dismissed a legal challenge by voting rights advocates to two provisions of a state election law enacted last year. Four voting rights groups, including the League of Women Voters of Kansas, argued in a lawsuit filed in June that the law will make it more difficult for several groups, including the disabled, senior citizens and minorities to vote. Shawnee County District Judge Teresa Watson on Monday dismissed the groups' challenges to a provision that restricts people from delivering ballots for other v...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill that would prevent cities and counties from banning, limiting or even taxing plastic bags, straws and food containers. Kelly rejected the measure Monday after previously telling reports that she was a "major local-control advocate." The Senate approved the measure first in February, but its initial version did not explicitly cover plastic straws. The House made sure it did before passing the measure. The measure was backed by groups representing small business owners, r...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has vowed that Russia's bloody offensive in Ukraine would continue until its goals are fulfilled. He insisted Tuesday the campaign was going as planned, despite a major withdrawal in the face of stiff Ukrainian opposition and significant losses. Russian troops have been thwarted in their push toward Ukraine's capital and are now focusing on the eastern Donbas region. Ukraine said Tuesday it was investigating a claim that a poisonous substance had been dropped on its troops there. It was not clear w...
MENLO, Iowa (AP) — With inflation at a 40-year high, President Joe Biden journeyed to corn-rich Iowa on Tuesday to announce a modest step aimed at trimming gasoline prices by about a dime a gallon at a limited number of stations by waiving rules that restrict ethanol blending. His action reflects the ways Biden is deploying almost every weapon in his bureaucratic arsenal to ease price pressures, yet the impact appears to be small and uncertain. Inflation has only accelerated in recent months, instead of fading as Biden once promised it would a...
NEW YORK (AP) — A gunman in a gas mask and a construction vest set off a smoke canister on a rush-hour subway train in Brooklyn and shot at least 10 people Tuesday, authorities said. Police were scouring the city for the shooter and found a rental van possibly connected to the violence. A scene of horror unfolded as frightened commuters ran from the train as others limped out of it. At least one rider collapsed on the platform. "My subway door opened into calamity. It was smoke and blood and people screaming," eyewitness Sam Carcamo told r...
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Ohio man charged with stealing a coat rack from the U.S. Capitol doesn't deny that he joined the mob that stormed the building last year. But a lawyer for Capitol riot defendant Dustin Thompson vows to show that former President Donald Trump abused his power to "authorize" the attack on Jan. 6, 2021. That was the strategy that defense attorney Samuel Shamansky outlined Tuesday during opening statements for Thompson's trial. A prosecutor told jurors that Thompson knew he was breaking the law that day. Thompson's jury t...
NEW YORK (AP) — 2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad. The main reason for the increase in deaths? COVID-19, said Robert Anderson, who oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's work on death statistics. The agency this month quietly updated its provisional death tally. It showed there were 3.465 million deaths last year, or about 80,000 more than 2020's record-setting total. Early last year, some experts were optimistic that 2021 would not be a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Another month, another four-decade high for inflation. For the 12 months that ended in March, consumer prices rocketed 8.5%. That was the fastest year-over-year jump since 1981, far surpassing February's mark of 7.9%, itself a 40-year high. Even if you toss out food and energy prices — which are notoriously volatile and have driven much of the price spike — so-called core inflation jumped 6.5% in the past 12 months. That was also the sharpest such jump in four decades. Consumers have felt the squeeze in everyday routi...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shirley Troutman, a judge on New York's highest court, was working last week when her daughter texted messages that included a clapping hands emoji. Soon, her phone was buzzing with other celebratory messages. The applause and the excitement was for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who last week was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court and will become its first Black female justice. Jackson will become the court's 116th member. That's special for Troutman, who is the 116th member of her court too. "As a judge, as a Black woman, I...
BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — The coffin was made from pieces of a closet. In a darkened basement under a building shaking from the bombardment of war, there were few other options. Six-year-old Vlad watched as his mother was carried out of the shelter last month and to the yard of a nearby home. The burial was hurried and devastating. Now Russian forces have withdrawn from Bucha after a monthlong occupation, and Vlad's father, Ivan Drahun, dropped to his knees at the foot of the grave. He reached out and touched the dirt near his wife Maryna's f...
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 Woods County Courthouse. The Alva Review-Courier will not intentionally alter or delete any of this information. If it appears in the courthouse public records, it will appear in this newspaper. Civil Filings Harley Davidson Credit Corp. vs. Travis Earl...
Real Estate Transfers Book 879 page 299: Dana Chapman, as vice president of Frank K. Marcum Farms Inc., conveys unto Marcum Land L.P.: The southeast quarter of section 31, township 28 north, range 12 west, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 879 page 301: Rob Bennett and Kathryn Bennett convey unto Brian Condreay. Lots 23, 24 and 25, in block 22, first addition to tent Town of Aline, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 879 page 302: John Franklin Cummings and Ramona Cummings convey unto Sally Ann Cummings. The north...
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 During this day there was one traffic stop. 10:29 a.m. – Report of a white semi driving reckless south of Carmen. 3:30 p.m. – Medic needed in the 600 block of Pennsylvania for a person with chest pains and problems breathing. 5:30 p.m. – Burglar alarm went off in the 300 block of Slaten Avenue. Keyholder advised there was a malfunction with the alarm and everything was okay. 5:55 p.m. – Beaver County requested mutual aid from Alfalfa County task force. 7 p.m. – Report of a verbal domestic situation in Carmen. Officer spok...
Criminal Filings John T. Langford has been charged with violation of a protective order. Caleb Porter Moore has been charged with theft of property or services; value $1,500 to $25,000. Joshua Newton Smart has been charged with two counts of burglary. Civil Filings Brenda D. Wright vs. Railroad Savings & Loan Assn.: other real property. The Farmers Cooperative Equity Company: debt collection. Ivan M. and M. Elaine Watkins Irrevocable Trust vs. White Exploration, Inc.: other real property. Limited Civil Filings Kiowa District Hospital vs....
Two of the Alfalfa County commissioners voted yea on enacting another seven-day countywide burn ban. Jay Hague said several fire chiefs had contacted him with concerns about the high winds and dry conditions and felt it was a good idea to issue a ban. He also mentioned that Gov. Kevin Stitt was supposed to be making a statement or decision sometime that morning on issuing burn bans across the state. Though Stitt's decision remained unclear at the time of this publication, the Newsgram independently verified from Oklahoma Forestry Services that...
The Aline Star Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 19, 2022, in the Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in Aline, Oklahoma. This meeting is for all parties who own burial space(s) or are interested in purchasing. Those who own property are association members and are encouraged to attend because substantial matters and possible changes will be addressed. Currently there is an opening for a board member. The Aline Star Cemetery guidelines stipulate that the board will consist of no less then five and no more...
Real Estate Transfers Book 147 page 203: Jana Rae Bunke and Michael Bunke convey unto Michael Homan and Gabriella Homan. Lots 8 through 13, in block 4, in the Original Town of Sun City, Barber County, Kansas. Warranty deed. Book 147 page 204: Michael Craig Larkin and Thelma Larkin convey unto Michael Homan and Gabriella Homan. Lots 8 through 13, in block 4, in the Original Town of Sun City, Barber County, Kansas. Warranty deed. Book 147 page 205: Gary Larkin conveys unto unto Michael Homan and Gabriella Homan. Lots 8 through 13, in block 4, in...
“Here comes Peter Cottontail hoppin' down the Easter Bunny trail ….” Children ages 1-9 will want to be at Kiowa's Progress Park this Saturday at 2 p.m. The Easter Egg Hunt starts then where the children will find candy and lots of prized eggs for each age group. Bike races follow the egg hunt on the street at the west side of the park. Don't forget your helmet for the bike races – helmets are required at this Kiowa Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event. Kiowa's Pioneer Days The next weekend is Pioneer Days, April 23-24. Chamber President Janet R...
The Barber County 4-H meat judging team competed at the Midwest Invitational on April 9 in Stillwater. The Midwest Invitational is hosted annually by Oklahoma State University. 4-H and FFA members from Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas competed in the contest. The Barber County 4-H Meat Judging Team is coached by Dr. Tom Carr and sponsored by the Barber County Cattlemen’s Association. The team of Boyd Banks, Callen Corr, Keagan McMurray, and Kooper Wesley placed third overall in the Junior Division. Individually, McMurray placed 10th, Corr was 1...
There were many people at Burlington Public School and in the community with smiles as bright as the lights will be in the school's new gymnasium/family fitness center after the special election April 5. Burlington School's taxpaying patrons approved the $10.5 million bond issue with a tally of 161 yes and 57 no votes. That's a 73.85 approval rate. Besides replacing the old gym built in 1947, the bond issue also included relocating the cafeteria into the “Little Gym;” building a greenhouse for the FFA's horticulture program; and relocating the...
We’re quickly approaching the April 14 deadline to approve House bills out of our Senate committees, which is a big hurdle in the legislative process for bills that originated in the opposite chamber. While a measure may have been approved by the Senate, the House may decide it’s not a priority for their members and simply not give the bill a committee hearing, and vice versa. There’s still several of my Senate bills awaiting a committee hearing in the House and a few of the House bills I’m a...
Although I could not attend, I heard rave reviews from several who saw “The Music Man” production at Northwestern Oklahoma State University last week. Members of the community performed along with the students to provide an outstanding production. Today, March 13, is the first day of candidate filing in Oklahoma for the Nov. 8 General Election. Filing is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Friday. A number of state offices are up for election including the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney gen...
