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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Preliminary autopsy reports show eight members of an Oklahoma family found dead inside their burning home were each shot. The bodies of Brian Nelson, 34, his wife Brittney Nelson, 32, and their six children were found in October inside the flaming home in Broken Arrow, a Tulsa suburb. Police at the time called it a murder-suicide. Authorities say all six children — Brian II, 13; Brantley, 9; Vegeta, 7; Ragnar, 5; Kurgan, 2; and Britannica, 1 — were found in a burning bedroom, while their parents were found in the front...
BERLIN (AP) — A court in Germany has rejected a married couple's request to legally change their Russian-sounding surname due to negative repercussions they said they had experienced since the start of the war in Ukraine. The couple had sought to force officials in the southwest German state of Rhineland Palatinate to authorize the change, claiming that they and their daughter had suffered in their daily lives because of their last name. The regional administrative court in Koblenz did not provide the couple's surname in line with German p...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has formally announced he's seeking reelection. But he's also still the president, with roughly 20 months left in his term regardless of whether he wins a second one on Election Day 2024. With Tuesday's campaign video release, Biden is following through on months of saying he intended to seek reelection. Top Democrats have remained solidly unified behind the president, despite his low approval ratings and many Americans saying they'd rather not see the 80-year-old Biden try for four more years in the W...
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury of six men and three women was chosen Tuesday to hear a former advice columnist's lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s. Opening statements were expected later in the day. The federal civil trial stands to tests Trump's "Teflon Don" reputation for shaking off serious legal problems and to reprise accounts of the type of sexual misconduct that rocked his 2016 presidential campaign as he seeks office again. He denies E. Jean Carroll's claim and all the others, saying they were f...
PHOENIX (AP) — Bob Melvin was talking about the improvement of Padres reliever Steven Wilson, when the San Diego skipper dropped in some cool-kid lingo that's making the rounds in Major League Baseball these days. "The sweeper's ended up being a really big pitch for him," Melvin said. A few seconds later, Melvin was asked a simple question: What exactly is a sweeper? Busted. "I don't know," Melvin said, laughing. "It's new-age baseball talk. A slider's probably got a little more depth and the sweeper probably comes across a little more. I've ma...
NEW YORK (AP) — Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian and conscience of the world, has died. He was 96. Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his New York home, his wife Pamela by his side, said publicist Ken Sunshine. With his glowing, handsome face and silky-husky voice, Belafonte was one of the first Black performers to gain a wide following on film and to sell a million records as a singer; many still know him for his s...
A Japanese company lost contact with its spacecraft moments before touchdown on the moon Wednesday, saying the mission had apparently failed. Communications ceased as the lander descended the final 33 feet (10 meters), traveling around 16 mph (25 kph). Flight controllers peered at their screens in Tokyo, expressionless, as minutes went by with no word from the lander, which is presumed to have crashed. "We have to assume that we could not complete the landing on the lunar surface," said Takeshi Hakamada, founder and CEO of the company, ispace....
NEW YORK (AP) — The discovery of DNA's double helix structure 70 years ago opened up a world of new science — and also sparked disputes over who contributed what and who deserves credit. Much of the controversy comes from a central idea: that James Watson and Francis Crick — the first to figure out DNA's shape — stole data from another scientist named Rosalind Franklin. Now, two historians are suggesting that while parts of that story are accurate — Watson and Crick did rely on research from Franklin and her lab without their permission — Frank...
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Jeff Drummond spends days and nights alone in a tiny room with fake wood paneling, two small beds and a microwave atop a mini refrigerator that serves as a nightstand — his pickup truck parked just outside the door at the roadside motel where he's taken refuge since early February. Shelby Walker bounces from hotel to hotel with her five children and four grandchildren while crews tear up railroad tracks and scoop out contaminated soil near their four-bedroom home. Almost 3 months after a fiery Norfolk Southern tra...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The accounts are horrific. Women killed while carrying babies on their backs, the wounded hunted down and villagers watching the execution of their neighbors, fearing they'd be next. These are some of the atrocities allegedly perpetrated by Burkina Faso's security forces in the north of the country, according to a statement Tuesday by locals from the village of Karma where the violence took place. It was early morning last Thursday, when people in the village in Yatenga province, awoke to a large group of armed men in m...
NEW YORK (AP) — The day he was fired, Tucker Carlson was nearly invisible on the Fox News prime-time lineup that he used to dominate. "We're not talking about him," former colleague Sean Hannity said in one of the two very brief mentions of Carlson's name on Fox News on Monday night. In contrast, his ouster was the lead story on ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts. Carlson was abruptly bounced from his popular prime-time show earlier in the day without any explanation from Fox. It was less than one week after Fox had agreed to pay $787 m...
Real Estate Transfers Book 148 page 390: Kent L. Starts and Cheryl Swartz convey unto OnPoint Farms LLC. The east 50 acres of the southwest quarter of Section 14, Township 34 south, Range 10 west of the 6th PM, Barber County, Kansas. Warranty deed. Book 148 page 391: Lawrence E. Corr and Amanda G. Corr convey unto Michael K. Brent. The west half of Lot 5 and all of Lot 6 in Block 46 in City of Hardtner, Barber County, Kansas. Warranty deed. Book 148 page 392: Evelyn Ann Davis and Richard Earl Davis Jr. convey unto Richard Everett Davis. The rem...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A defense attorney argued Tuesday at the close of a landmark trial over the Jan. 6 riot that the Justice Department is making Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio a scapegoat for Donald Trump after the former president's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Tarrio and four lieutenants are charged with seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors say was a plot to attack the Capitol to stop the transfer of presidential power from Trump to President Joe Biden after the 2020 election. In his closing argument, defense lawyer Nayib Hassan...
Criminal Filings Zachary Scott Starr has been cited for possession of opiate, opium, narcotic or certain stimulant and use/possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia into human body. Crystal Starr has been cited for possession of opiate, opium, narcotic or certain stimulant and use/possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia into human body. Caden I. Snyder has been cited with use/possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia into human body. Joshalin Smith has been cited for use/possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia into human...
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 Justina Marie Stebens, Carmen, 39, has been charged...
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 During this day were four traffic stops. 7:10 a.m. – Caller advised she had hit a deer at OK-8 and Canadian. No injuries but the car was undriveable. 1:13 p.m. – Caller advised he was having problems with her husband. Advised he was using vulgar language and stated she was outside. 1:44 p.m. caller called back and advised she didn’t need law enforcement involved. 2:20 p.m. – Welfare check needed in the 200 block of 2nd Street. 6:05 p.m. – Caller advised she was out of town but her security system alerted and she advis...
Aline Fire Department's Rob Sims was back at the Alfalfa County commissioners' meeting this week, this time to say he and his team were okay with the $58,750.75 bid received from J&J for a fire truck. Nate Ross, Mike Roach and Garret Johnson awarded the bid and then moved on to approve County Clerk Laneta Schwerdtfeger to go out for sealed bids to sell (surplus) the old hospital lots located at lots 1 and 2 and N' 10 of 3 Block 3 Garber Addition, Cherokee. Commissioners approved a transfer of $45,000 from the E-911 Personal Services account...
On April 24, Dacoma Co-op Manager Jake Kelln told the Newsgram, "I just saw a raindrop on my windshield. I think the last time I saw a raindrop was early February." Wheat crops in the Newsgram reading area of northwest Oklahoma and south-central Kansas have suffered in drought conditions since early last fall and this spring. This is part of the exceptional drought conditions that have developed over parts of Texas, Oklahoma and southwest Kansas, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. A...
Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) will hold town hall meetings in Dewey, Major, Alfalfa, Woodward and Woods counties on Thursday, May 4, and Friday, May 5. Residents around the locations are invited to attend and share their thoughts on current events in Washington, DC, and across Oklahoma. Lucas will be discussing recent work in Congress, taking questions about issues important to constituents of the Third Congressional District, and seeking input on legislation currently before Congress. Thursday, May 4 Dewey County Town H...
The Waynoka FFA has been very busy attending speech contests to prepare for regionals, area and state contests. Regional Speech Contest Results Tayen Redgate, 1st place in Agribusiness; Kennedy Zook, 1st place in Ag Policy; Madison Blocker, 1st place in Eighth-Grade Ag Exploration; Temperance Bouziden, 3rd place in Eighth-Grade Ag Exploration; Korbin Ferguson, 5th place in Eighth-Grade Ag Exploration, and Shay Wilson, 3rd place in the FFA Creed. Alivia Seaman also gave a speech in the eighth- through 10th-Grade General Ag. Area Speech Contest...
In my last column I described a meeting I held recently with Sen. Casey Murdock and many concerned constituents in Major County regarding water and the devastating effects of our most recent drought. We are asking for help from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, the Oklahoma Conservation Commission and other groups such as the Oklahoma Farm Bureau to be more proactive in helping us as we push for alternatives to protect our most precious resource – our water. This issue is being taken very seri...
Bob Furrow was born July 15, 1943, to Albert and Agnes Furrow in Alva, Oklahoma. He passed away Sunday, April 16, 2023, at the Binger Nursing Home in Binger, Oklahoma, at the age of 79. Bob graduated from Alva High School in 1961. In 1962 he married Carolyn Sue Beckwith. To their marriage three daughters were born, Sally, Carla and Julie Furrow. In 1973 Bob moved to Enid, Oklahoma, to work in the oil and gas industry. He met Leona Robinson at the Cherokee Restaurant and they were married in 1975...
On January 14, 1940, God brought to Marcine and Helen Diel a baby girl who brightened their lives and the life of everyone who knew her. Her light continued to shine until God said it's time for you to come back to me, so on April 20, 2023, God took her home. Marilyn Lou Diel let her light shine from the town of Burlington, Oklahoma, where she grew up, to Enid for Cosmetology School, and to marrying her high school sweetheart, Roy Samuel Schurter "Sam" on December 27, 1959. Together Sam and...
Funeral services for Lois Jones were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 22, 2023, at the Elm and Murrow Church of Christ, Waynoka, with Bill David Walker officiating. Interment followed at the Waynoka Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Waynoka. Lois Ann, daughter of the late Willard and Esther (Naureth) Bay, was born August 4, 1937, in Woods County, and passed away April 17, 2023, at Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 85 years, 8 months, and 13 days. While growing up in t...
Lois Louella Guffy, 92, of Byron, Oklahoma, passed away on April 20, 2023. Lois was born on January 23, 1931, to Orville and Banna Caywood on a farm in Nash, Oklahoma. She attended Mt. View District #61 school with her siblings Willis and Lila. It was in this one-roomed schoolhouse that her talent for art and writing surfaced. In 1947, Lois married Wayne Guffy in Van Buren, Arkansas. Lois and Wayne raised 12 children on the family farm during their 68 years of marriage. Large families such as...
