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HULBERT, Okla. (AP) — Self-described "straight, country boy" Cody Barlow believes duct tape really can fix anything, including bigots. The 28-year-old college student from Hulbert, Oklahoma, recently decorated the tailgate of his pickup truck like a pride flag with a bold message: "NOT ALL COUNTRY BOYS ARE BIGOTS." Barlow's Facebook post about his truck had been shared more than 135,000 times by Tuesday with comments praising him for being an LGBTQ ally. He says he thinks he can change closed minds and encourage loved ones who feel alone. N...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Some residents are protesting the Tulsa County Sheriff's decision to renew a partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to investigate people suspected of being in the country illegally. Tulsa County Commissioners heard arguments Monday over the move to remain in ICE's 287g programs through next summer. The 287g programs deputize local law enforcement for duties that are typically performed by ICE agents. Opponents are calling on commissioners to reverse the decision. Critics say deputizing local officials t...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police in Oklahoma City say no vehicles were apparently struck when a man shot at passing motorists along Interstate 35 before being fatally shot by officers. Capt. Bo Mathews said Tuesday some motorists stopped at the scene and reported their vehicles were struck, but inspections of the vehicles determined no damage was from gunfire. There are no reports of injuries to motorists. Mathews says Sgts. Wesley Parsons and Dustin Fulton responded to calls of the shooting Monday and opened fire on the unidentified man after he f...
POTEAU, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says a man holding a woman at knifepoint was fatally shot by law enforcement officers in southeastern Oklahoma. The OSBI says in a news release that the man was dead at the scene of the shooting early Tuesday at a convenience store in Poteau, about 165 miles (266 kilometers) southeast of Oklahoma City. No names have been released. The OSBI says a Poteau police officer and a Le Flore County sheriff's deputy responding to a 911 call about 4:45 a.m. Tuesday found the man holding t...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill aimed at stopping an economic border war with Kansas. Whether the bill signed Tuesday has any impact depends on Kansas officials. Both states have spent millions of dollars luring businesses across the state line in the last decade. The Kansas City Star reports the bill would stop Missouri from offering tax incentives to companies moving into the state from Wyandotte, Miami and Johnson counties in Kansas. It it takes effect only if Kansas does the same thing before 2021 for c...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Democrats plan to have voters rank candidates rather than pick only one in a presidential primary set for May 2020. The party is moving away from its more traditional caucuses, trying ranked-choice voting and allowing mail ballots to boost participation, State Chairwoman Vicki Hiatt said Tuesday. The state party has submitted its plans for the May 2 balloting to the Democratic National Committee for its approval. About 39,000 people participated in Kansas Democrats' presidential caucuses in 2016, an unusually large t...
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Court records say a Missouri man secretly snapped pictures of a 15-year-old trying on swimsuits in a Kansas store as he began serving probation for photographing women in the dressing room of another store. The Kansas City Star reports that Anthony DeLapp, of Joplin, is again charged with breach of privacy by photo or video in Johnson County District Court. Court records say the teen confronted DeLapp on May 31 when she noticed a phone being held over her changing room door at a Target store in Olathe, Kansas. S...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say an armed man has been shot and killed while attempting to rob a suburban Kansas City cellphone store. KMBC-TV reports that the man killed at the Boost Mobile store in Overland Park, Kansas, has been identified as Deshawn Brim, of Raytown, Missouri. Police spokesman John Lacy says a man working the store opened fire Monday night when the suspect jumped over the counter with a gun in hand. KMBC-TV reports that Lacy says it's unclear whether the worker was the manager or owner of the store. Lacy says a w...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The new owners of a long abandoned Wichita amusement park want to transform it into an outdoor event center and paintball range. The Wichita Eagle reports that the plan is set to go to the City Council next month after winning approval from planners and neighbors. Councilman James Clendenin says he's pleased to see some redevelopment finally occurring at the site. He says the area has been a nuisance since Joyland shut down for good in 2006. After years of vandalism, a fire destroyed much of what remained in August 2018. T...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A hydroelectric power plant operator is calling on the Army Corps of Engineers to better manage reservoirs along the Kansas River as the region sees flooding and high water levels. Bowersock Mills & Power Company President Sarah Hill-Nelson tells the Lawrence Journal-World that the turbines at her family's hydroelectric power plant have sat dormant since mid-May due to the river's high water levels. Hill-Nelson and the Kansas Water Office's acting director, Earl Lewis, shared their concerns about river flow management w...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Despite a recent settlement of a Medicaid lawsuit involving people with hepatitis C, hundreds of the state's prison inmates will wait another year for the expensive treatment. Kansas News Service reports state prison officials say more than 700 inmates currently have hepatitis C, which is contagious, damages the liver and in some cases can be fatal. About half will receive treatment this year, starting with those who have liver cirrhosis from the virus. Civil rights advocates say the delay in treatment could constitute c...
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors say DNA from a Manhattan man who is standing trial this week has connected him to the sexual assaults of four women. The Manhattan Mercury reports that 18-year-old Tommie Baggett is charged with one count of rape, three counts of attempted rape, one count of criminal sodomy, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, one count of aggravated robbery, three counts of aggravated burglary and three counts of aggravated battery. One woman said she was assaulted in August 2016 after meeting Baggett in Manhattan t...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Jury selection is underway in the trial of a man charged in an October 2017 shooting that killed three people and wounded two others in a popular downtown area of a Kansas college town. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that 22-year-old Anthony Roberts Jr., of Topeka, is charged with two counts of first-degree felony murder, second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. He was one of three men arrested in the days after gunfire erupted as people were leaving bars, concerts and other events on the main d...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas chancellor had his turn at jury duty. Chancellor Douglas Girod served as the foreman of a panel that tried and convicted a defendant Monday of a single misdemeanor count of sexual battery. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Girod has been a Douglas County resident less than two years. He moved from Mission Hills to the university's chancellor's residence in Lawrence when he took the reins as chancellor in summer 2017. ___ Information from: Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World, htt...
ROSE HILL, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a 3-month-old girl has died after being left in a hot car in south-central Kansas. Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet says emergency crews responded around 4 p.m. Saturday to a home near Rose Hill and pronounced the baby dead at the scene. Investigators determined that the mother took the infant with her to a baby shower that morning. Herzet says that when she came home around noon, she went inside and decided to take a nap. Several older children were in the home. Herzet says she realized after waking u...
MIAMI (AP) — Engineers had knowledge of extensive cracking and failed to order a street closed and shore up a pedestrian bridge before it collapsed and killed six people at a Miami university last year, according to findings revealed by a federal workplace safety agency. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration concluded in a report released Tuesday that the size of the cracks warranted the street be shut down immediately. Investigators say the bridge cracked because of "deficient structural design," and blame independent i...
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — A former elementary school teacher in the Phoenix area has been convicted of sexually abusing a 13-year-old student. Brittany Zamora, 28, pleaded guilty Monday to charges of sexual conduct with a minor, attempted molestation and public sexual indecency. The victim told authorities that the former teacher of Las Brisas Academy in Goodyear sent him nude photos after they started messaging each other in a classroom chat group, according to court documents. She then had multiple sexual encounters with the sixth-grade s...
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — A 17-year-old has pleaded guilty to threatening to commit mass shootings at several schools in northwest Missouri. Andrew Lemon on Tuesday pleaded guilty to making a terrorist threat. The St. Joseph News-Press reports Lemon admitted that on April 28 he sent messages to five friends via SnapChat saying he would commit mass shootings at several schools including Lafayette, Benton, Central and Savannah high schools and Truman Middle School in St. Joseph and Savannah. Several schools were locked down on April 29. Lemon was a...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Jury selection is underway in the trial of a man charged in an October 2017 shooting that killed three people and wounded two others in a popular downtown area of a Kansas college town. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that 22-year-old Anthony Roberts Jr., of Topeka, is charged with two counts of first-degree felony murder, second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. He was one of three men arrested in the days after gunfire erupted as people were leaving bars, concerts and other events on the main d...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The meeting between acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and his Chinese counterpart began with all the hallmarks of a routine staged and scripted session between two uneasy rivals. First came the posed photo, as the two men shook hands with broad smiles in front of their nations' flags, and then they moved quickly into the hotel conference room, surrounded by staff. There, Shanahan presented Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe with a gift. But what at first glance looked like a coffee table book was actually 32 pages of...
At the May meeting, the Kiowa District Hospital board of directors elected to keep their officers the same: President Pat Myers, Vice President Jeff Miller, Secretary Jim Parker, Treasurer Chantae Simpson and Director Miranda Allen. Others attending the meeting included: Hospital CEO Robert Whitaker, CFO Janell Goodno and Manor Administrator Tami Klinedinst; Friends of the Hospital and Manor Foundation President Judy Schrock; other hospital employees and a few members of the public. Ever since the new hospital was built (the dedication was in...
By Stacy Sanborn School board members in Cherokee met Monday night for their regular monthly meeting to take care of a few housekeeping items. They started with the approval of the consent agenda (comprised of routine items), which included the resignation of music teacher Heather McNeil. Superintendent Donna Anderson gave high praise to McNeil's abilities and wished her the best of luck in her future endeavors. Board members moved on and voted to declare surplus on Chrome Books and backpacks for senior students, and then approved the...
Barber County Sheriff's Office (BASO) performed 34 traffic stops throughout the week. Medicine Lodge Police Department (MLPD) performed 18 traffic stops throughout the week. Kiowa Police Department (KWPD) performed 12 traffic stops throughout the week. June 3, 2019 KWPD, MLPD and BASO investigated a domestic disturbance. BASO responded to cattle out on Medicine Lodge City Pool. MLPD responded to a report of a traffic hazard on Main Street. KWPD responded to a request for an officer on Robinson Street. BASO investigated a report of goats at...
Marriage License Filings Theorda Lee Johnson III, Phoenix, Arizona, and Nicole Leanne Unruh, Aline: marriage license with certificate ($5)....
