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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa man pleaded guilty Tuesday to allowing his young daughter and son to die of heat exposure in his pickup truck while he slept after using cocaine. Dustin Dennis, 32, pleaded guilty to child neglect in federal court in Tulsa for the June 2020 deaths of Tegan Dennis, 4, and Ryan Dennis, 3. "While caring for my children ... I got high on cocaine," Dennis said in a signed plea agreement. "After staying up most of the night playing video games and getting high, I fell asleep and left (them) unsupervised." Acting U.S. A...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said Tuesday he's named an executive from his former company to serve as the state's chief operating officer. Steven Harpe, who previously worked as chief information officer at Stitt's Gateway Mortgage Group, will continue in his current role as director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and as deputy secretary of digital transformation and administration. As COO, Harpe replaces John Budd, a former Sonic Corp. executive who stepped down from his role as Stitt's COO earlier t...
SEILING, Okla. (AP) — A crop duster pilot was killed when his single-engine aircraft crashed in northwestern Oklahoma, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Isaac Regier Jr., 65, died in the crash Monday and was the only person on board the airplane, according to an OHP report. The plane crashed near Seiling, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of Oklahoma City, the report said. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash....
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An increase in coronavirus cases is reaching central Oklahoma, a coalition of medical professionals in the state said Tuesday. The rise, first reported in northeast Oklahoma in June, has increased positive tests in Oklahoma County, the state's most populous, from about 2% on July 2 to 5.8%, said Dr. David Kendrick with the Healthier Oklahoma Coalition. Coalition members say the delta variant of the virus is apparently entering Oklahoma from Missouri and Arkansas, which are 1st and 2nd in the nation in the number of new v...
SALINA, Kan. (AP) — Two teenage girls were in custody after they stole a woman's car and ran over her as they tried to escape from a foster care facility, authorities said. The girls, aged 14 and 17, ran from the St. Francis Ministries facility in rural Saline County Monday evening. When they got into an employee's car, the woman jumped on the hood to try and stop them from leaving, Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander said. Instead, the girls drove off with the employee hanging on, Melander told The Wichita Eagle. Eventually, the d...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker questioned Tuesday whether Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's administration made unemployment fraud worse by not conducting adequate background checks on hundreds of people hired to help with a surge of claims during the pandemic. Sen. Caryn Tyson, of Parker, raised the issue as the state prepared to launch a new investigation of unemployment fraud. Tyson serves on a new council created by the GOP-controlled Legislature to oversee a modernization of the Kansas Department of Labor's aged computer system a...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita State University plans this fall to stop allowing Kansas residents 60 and older to audit its courses for free. The university sent a letter this month to people who've previously audited its classes to notify them of the fees, The Wichita Eagle reports. Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Shirley Lefever said the new fees will help cover instructional costs. The new fees range from $7.75 a credit hour for liberal arts courses to $68 a credit hour for business courses. Most courses are three credit hours. T...
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — Officials in Minnesota said they're finding more giant goldfish in waterways, prompting a plea to citizens to stop illegally dumping their unwanted fish into ponds and lakes. The goldfish, which can grow to the size of a football, compete with native species for food and increase algae in lakes. Officials in the Twin Cities suburb of Burnsville found 10 fish in Keller Lake earlier this month while doing a water quality survey. On Monday, 18 additional fish were found. Some were 18 inches (46 centimeters) long and w...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden declared preserving voting rights an urgent national "test of our time" on Tuesday but offered few concrete proposals to meet it. Texas Democrats took their own dramatic action to stymie Republican efforts to tighten ballot restrictions in their state. Biden, who has proclaimed protecting ballot access the central cause of his presidency, has faced sharp criticism from allies for not doing more, though political headwinds and stubborn Senate math have limited his ability to act. Despite his ringing w...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Emmy Award nominations announced Tuesday included some snubs and surprises. STRIKE A POSE "Pose" left the ballroom with a clutch of Emmy nominations. The groundbreaking FX show about ballroom culture in the 1980s and '90s ended its third and final season with nods for Billy Porter and Mj Rodriguez — the first trans performer up for a major acting Emmy — and a best drama series nomination, its second. The series from creators Steven Canals and Ryan Murphy made history with its historic casting of transgender actors to play...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats who hurriedly took off to Washington to block sweeping new election laws urged Congress on Tuesday to quickly pass legislation protecting voting rights, while Republican Gov. Greg Abbott threatened them with arrest the moment they return. Speaking to reporters outside the Capitol, the Democrats were realistic about the limits of their gambit, noting they can hold up the GOP-backed proposals at home for only so long and arguing that only federal legislation would prevent some of the new restrictions from b...
The COVID-19 curve in the U.S. is rising again after months of decline, with the number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks, driven by the fast-spreading delta variant, lagging vaccination rates and Fourth of July gatherings. Confirmed infections climbed to an average of about 23,600 a day on Monday, up from 11,300 on June 23, according to Johns Hopkins University data. And all but two states — Maine and South Dakota — reported that case numbers have gone up over the past two weeks. "It is certainly no coincidence that we...
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Airport officials facing jet fuel shortages are concerned they'll have to wave off planes and helicopters that drop fire retardants during what could be a ferocious wildfire season, potentially endangering surrounding communities. Sporadic shortages at some tanker bases in Oregon and Utah have already been reported. The worry is that multiple bases go dry simultaneously during what is shaping up to be a very busy wildfire season in the U.S. West. Tanker bases in Arizona, where many large fires are burning, have also had j...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices for U.S. consumers jumped in June by the most in 13 years, evidence that a swift rebound in spending has run up against widespread supply shortages that have escalated the costs of many goods and services. Tuesday's report from the Labor Department showed that consumer prices in June rose 0.9% from May and 5.4% over the past year — the sharpest 12-month inflation spike since August 2008. Excluding volatile oil and gas prices, so-called core inflation rose 4.5% in the past year, the largest increase since November 199...
WASHINGTON (AP) — To finally determine a lasting definition of waterways that qualify for federal protection under the Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency's new water director says everyone with a stake in the issue will need to be engaged. Radhika Fox recently spoke to The Associated Press about the Biden administration's plan to rewrite the regulation, also called Waters of the United States. The contentious rule was scaled back by the Trump administration after being expanded under President Barack Obama. Fox joins the EPA a...
Texas statehouse Democrats are camping out in Washington to try and block the GOP's sweeping elections overhaul bill that makes it harder to vote in the state. A similar move successfully killed an earlier version of the bill on the last day of the legislative session in late May, and lawmakers are hoping for a repeat during the 30-day special session called by the state's Republican governor, Greg Abbott. Here's an explanation of what the Democrats are trying to do, and how likely it is to work. WHAT'S THE GOAL? Democrats have two main...
NEW YORK (AP) — Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported Wednesday. That estimate far eclipses the high of about 72,000 drug overdose deaths reached the previous year and amounts to a 29% increase. "This is a staggering loss of human life," said Brandon Marshall, a Brown University public health researcher who tracks overdose trends. The nation was already struggling with its worst overdose epidemic but clearly "COVID has greatly exacerbated the crisis," he added. L...
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 During this day there were three traffic stops. 12:14 a.m. – Report of fireworks being fired at 3rd Street and Colorado. 1:17 p.m. – Caller advised someone shot out the window on their combine on Harmon Road between county roads 620 and 630. Wednesday, July 7, 2021 During this day there were two traffic stops. 12:38 p.m. – Caller reported they were being stocked and harassed. 2:14 p.m. – Caller advised her son had some issues with people in the Carmen Park. 2:59 p.m. – Copper theft on Ellis Road. 3:57 p.m. – Report of a...
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. Paternity Proceedings State of Oklahoma vs. Rich McKinley...
Marriage License Braxton Lynn Buller, Jet, and Addison Joylyn Legrand-Schanbacher, Cherokee: marriage license ($50)....
Real Estate Transfers Book 146 page 230: Gina S. Shellhammer, nka Gina S. Dearborn and Jeffery J. Dearborn, unto Gary L. Shellhammer and Cindy L. Shellhammer. The north half of the southwest quarter of section 12, township 34 south, range 10 west of the 6th PM, Barber County, Kansas. Statutory warranty deed. Book 146 page 231: Jerry McNamar and Patricia McNamar, husband and wife, unto Toma Horn. Block 5 in Lake’s Second Addition to the City of Medicine Lodge, being located in the southeast quarter of section 12, township 32 south, range 12 w...
Cherokee City Manager Mike Jones appealed to the Alfalfa County commissioners for help Monday morning on a couple of issues within the town. Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague and Mike Roach listened to Jones explain how a lack of equipment has resulted in waist-tall grass at the airport and has thus reflected poorly on the facility. In September of 2019, Alfalfa County and the City of Cherokee entered into an agreement on future Cherokee Municipal Airport operations and expansions. The deal, presented back then by Jones, called for the city and county...
Avoid the August rush and don’t wait until the last minute to visit immunization clinics for back-to-school vaccines, urges the county health department; now is the time to start making appointments or coming into the clinic. “It is important for families to make time to get in and get their children vaccinated with the first day of school approaching quickly,” said Regional Director Terri Salisbury. “Wait times increase when there is an influx during the last-minute rush to get in right before school starts, so now is a great time. Immuniz...
The Barber County Clerk's office in Medicine Lodge reported there is no reason to hold a primary election. Decisions will be made by voters in the Nov. 2 election. HARDTNER Mayor Sydney S. Sterling 2 City Council Dennis Ediger David M. Gorden W. Matt Murphy Gary Schultz Lisa Woods HAZELTON 3 City Council Kathy J. Hays Montie Ray Long Ariel Simpson ISABEL Mayor Kathy Balding 2 City Council KIOWA Mayor Bill Watson 2 City Council RL Simpson (withdrew his name, but it will still appear on the November ballot) Tom Wells MEDICINE LODGE 3 City...
