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Texas top cop: Uvalde police could've ended rampage early on AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police had enough officers and firepower on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, and they would have found the door to the classroom where he was holed up unlocked if they had bothered to check it, the head of the Texas state police testified Tuesday, pronouncing the law enforcement response an "abject failure." Officers with rifles instead stood in a hallway for over an hour, waiting in p...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' top court declared Tuesday that the state constitution doesn't prohibit partisan gerrymandering, prompting one dissenting justice to accuse the majority of ignoring a "full-scale assault on democracy" from a Republican congressional redistricting law. The state Supreme Court issued the opinion explaining its 4-3 decision last month to approve the new congressional map. It previously issued only a brief opinion that did not explain the majority's reasons. The new map makes it harder for the only Democrat in the Kansas...
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — An oil refinery in El Dorado will pay a $1.6 million penalty for violations of the federal Clean Air Act, which resulted in a fire that killed an employee in 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday. HollyFrontier El Dorado Refining oil refinery did not follow requirements designed to protect the public from accidental releases of hazardous substances, which contributed to the fire and caused the employee's death, the EPA said. In 2014, an EPA inspection identified the company's failure to evaluate h...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and two counts of attempted robbery in the 2020 shooting death of an AutoZone store employee. Lamonte Lucas entered the pleas last week and will be sentenced on July 22 for the killing of 40-year-old Nick Blue inside the store, television station KAKE reported. Lucas was 18 when police say he went into the store to rob it and shot Blue. Police have said three employees also were inside the business at the time of the shooting, but were in other areas of the b...
BANGKOK (AP) — The world's largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists from the Southeast Asian nation and the United States. The stingray, captured on June 13, measured almost 4 meters (13 feet) from snout to tail and weighed slightly under 300 kilograms (660 pounds), according to a statement Monday by Wonders of the Mekong, a joint Cambodian-U.S. research project. The previous record for a freshwater fish was a 293-kilogram (646-pound) Mekong giant catfish, d...
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Senate on Tuesday convicted Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg of two impeachment charges stemming from a 2020 fatal accident, removing and barring him from future office in a stinging rebuke that showed most senators didn't believe his account of the crash. Ravnsborg, a first-term Republican who only recently announced he wouldn't seek reelection, showed little emotion as senators convicted him first of committing a crime that caused someone's death. They then delivered another guilty verdict on a malfeasance...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Georgia election worker in gripping testimony Tuesday told the House Jan. 6 committee about the onslaught of threats that she and her family received after former President Trump and his allies falsely accused her and her mother of pulling fraudulent ballots from a suitcase. Wandrea "Shaye" Moss told lawmakers her life was upended when Trump and his allies latched onto surveillance footage from November 2020 to accuse her and her mother, Ruby Freeman, of committing voter fraud, allegations that were quickly d...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate bargainers reached agreement Tuesday on a bipartisan gun violence bill, the parties' top two negotiators said, teeing up votes this week on an incremental but notable package that would stand as Congress's response to mass shootings in Texas and New York that shook the nation. Nine days after Senate bargainers agreed to a framework proposal — and 29 years after Congress last enacted major firearms curbs — Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, told reporters that a final accord on the proposal's detai...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection is turning to former President Donald Trump's pressure campaign on state and local officials to overturn his 2020 election loss. In its fourth hearing this month, the panel examined how Trump focused on a few swing states, directly urging officials to decertify President Joe Biden's victory or find additional votes for himself. It was part of a larger scheme that also involved dozens of lawsuits, pressure on Department of Justice officials and, e...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Maine can't exclude religious schools from a program that offers tuition aid for private education, a decision that could ease religious organizations' access to taxpayer money. The 6-3 outcome could fuel a renewed push for school choice programs in some of the 18 states that have so far not directed taxpayer money to private, religious education. The most immediate effect of the court's ruling beyond Maine probably will be in nearby Vermont, which has a similar program. The decision is t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday limited the reach of a federal statute that requires stiff penalties for crimes involving a gun. The 7-2 decision united both conservative and liberal justices, though one dissenting justice compared the result to "Alice in Wonderland." The justices said the law can't be used to lengthen the sentences of criminals convicted of a specific attempted robbery offense. The case before the justices involved Justin Taylor, who in the early 2000s was a marijuana dealer in the area of Richmond, Virginia. T...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten years ago, the Texas Republican Party used its platform to oppose teaching critical thinking in schools. In 2014, it declared homosexuality a chosen behavior contrary to God and endorsed "reparative therapy" to reverse it. By 2020, the party was ready to remind the world that "Texas retains the right to secede from the United States." But now the GOP platform in the country's largest red state — long an ideological wish list that even the most conservative Texans knew was mostly filled with pipe dreams that would nev...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Native American is being appointed U.S. treasurer, a historic first. The White House on Tuesday announced President Joe Biden's intent to appoint Marilynn "Lynn" Malerba as his administration establishes an Office of Tribal and Native Affairs at the Treasury Department, which will be overseen by the U.S. treasurer. The treasurer's duties include oversight of the U.S. Mint, serving as a liaison with the Federal Reserve and overseeing Treasury's Office of Consumer Policy. The treasurer's signature appears on U.S. currency. "...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As was his habit before each flight, the veteran Ukrainian army pilot ran a hand along the fuselage of his Mi-8 helicopter, caressing the heavy transporter's metal skin to bring luck to him and his crew. They would need it. Their destination — a besieged steel mill in the brutalized city of Mariupol — was a death trap. Some other crews didn't make it back alive. Still, the mission was vital, even desperate. Ukrainian troops were pinned down, their supplies running low, their dead and injured stacking up. Their last-...
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 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. Felony Filings Daniel Jacob Goble, Oklahoma City, 44, has...
Real Estate Transfers Book 881 page 11: Ruben Castro Jr. and Linzie Castro unto Maria R. Gomez and Roberto Gomez Cordova. The north 50 feet of the west 90 feet of lot 26, block 46, east addition to the City of Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 881 page 37: Beryle D. Porter and Rita L. Porter unto Beryle D. “Butch” Porter and Rita L. Porter co-trusteees of Beryle D. Porter and Rita L. Porter Revocable Living Trust. Lots 1 through 24, in block 29, in Ayres, now Town of Lambert, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim dee...
Real Estate Transfers Book 147 page 330: HNM Partners LLC unto Sovereign Farms LLC. Lots 3 and 4, block 47, City of Kiowa, Barber County, Kansas. Warranty deed. Book 147 page 335: Proform Finishing Products LLC unto Gold Bond Building Products LLC. A tract of land located in the north half northeast quarter section 11, township 32 south, range 12 West of the 6th PM, Barber County, Kansas. Warranty deed. Book 147 page 341: Joyce N. Hall and Edward Hall unto Ernest L. Smith Trust. The east half of the northeast quarter of section 9, township 30...
Civil Filings Wells Fargo Bank vs. John R. Pierson: mortgage foreclosure. Limited Civil Filings Discover Bank vs. Kim Roland: debt collection. Traffic Citations Teri Jo Beezley has been cited with maximum speed limits. ($177) Gary W. Hainke has been cited with maximum speed limits. ($195) Ann E. Hatfield has been cited with maximum speed limits. ($183) Robert Knoll has been cited with maximum speed limits. ($153) Kelsey Lynne Nordyke has been cited with maximum speed limits. ($207) Jill Marie Evans has been cited with maximum speed limits....
Monday, June 13, 2022 9:38 a.m. – Welfare check needed at Cherokee High School. 11:45 a.m. – Medic needed on OK-38 for a male with a fast heartbeat. Medic took the patient to St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid. 8:28 p.m. – Report of animal abuse in the 300 block of Main. 9:20 p.m. – Caller advised their neighbor ran into her husband's truck in the 400 block of 7th Street. Caller advised the subject had a gun in her car. Officer arrived on scene and asked for backup. Officer advised they had the female subject at rifle point and taser point. Officer t...
The experts predicted that the 2022 hard red winter wheat harvest would be down at least 21 percent. They were correct. Wheat harvest is winding down in the Newsgram reading area. A check with area elevator operators proved the prediction to be accurate. The biggest culprit was drought. The good news is the price of wheat hit record highs this spring. That's due in part to all the unrest in the world, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And also with inflation everything costs more. Friday the price of wheat closed at $10.44/bushel....
Three people were injured in a one-vehicle wreck in Alfalfa County Sunday. The driver was hospitalized while the two passengers were treated and released. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol report, the wreck occurred Sunday, June 19, at 7:25 a.m. at OK-38 and N2740 Road, approximately four miles north and 2.5 miles east of Jet. Evann James Thrasher, 18, of Enid, was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu eastbound on OK-38. The vehicle filed to negotiate the curve, departed the roadway to the...
Voters will head to the polls on June 28 for the Primary Election. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Alfalfa County Election Board Secretary, Stephanie Jantz recommends voters with questions about their eligibility or polling place call before Election Day. “We provide a number of additional services to voters on Election Day, so it can get very busy. If you have any questions, we strongly suggest you call or come by the week before Election Day if possible. If you find that you do have a question on Election Day, however, don’t hesi...
Occasionally in this column, I’ll write about interesting books I have read. Sometimes the books are just for entertainment, and sometimes they provide useful information. A few months ago, I was intrigued by an article about a new book on healthy eating and exercise directed specifically to people over 50. Books on nutrition rarely have more than a few lines suggesting adaptations for people who have reached mid-life. This was an entire book on the subject. The book had just been published, a...
We met again at the Capitol this past week in a special legislative session to approve projects that were submitted to the Legislature for consideration to receive a portion of our state’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars. These are federal monies our state received from the ARPA plan that was passed by Congress during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our state received $11 billion, most of which was given directly to our state agencies. However, the Legislature was given $1.87 billion to a...
Early voting begins Thursday, June 23, for voters in Woods County. Voters who will not be able to make it to the polls on Election Day, have the option of voting early at their County Election Board. Woods County Election Board Secretary Holly Blevins said early voting is open to all voters. “You do not need to provide an excuse to vote early. Oklahoma allows early voting for all elections conducted through the State Election Board,from school board and municipal elections to state and federal elections. This is a great option for those who w...
