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MANZANILLO, Mexico (AP) — An Australian sailor who was rescued by a Mexican tuna boat after being adrift at sea with his dog for three months said Tuesday that he is "grateful" to be alive after setting foot on dry land for the first time since their ordeal began. After a visit from a doctor on board the Maria Delia Tuna, Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock, 54, and his dog, Bella, disembarked in the Mexican city of Manzanillo from the fishing boat that rescued them. "I'm feeling alright. I'm feeling a lot better than I was, I tell ya," Shaddock, s...
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. Divorce Filings Christopher Buck Penoyer, Cherokee, vs. Eden Lee...
Monday, July 10, 2023 During this day were four traffic stops. 1:07 p.m. – Medic needed on County Road 600 for a male that has cut his finger. No transport needed. 8:18 p.m. – Grant County advised of a reckless driver on OK-11 westbound. Deputy advised he was following the vehicle but he had to turn off at Manchester. 8:39 p.m. – Medic needed in the 500 block of Pennsylvania for a female with blood pressure issues. Medic took the patient to Share Medical Center in Alva. Tuesday, July 11, 2023 During this day were three traffic stops. 12:41...
Well, I really messed up a couple of weeks ago. In a column about my experience getting the Real ID (instead of a regular driver’s license), I stated that the extension on the deadline requiring the Real ID for flying on domestic airlines expired on May 7, 2023. That was incorrect. The deadline has been extended once again, and the new date is May 7, 2025. So a Real ID is not yet required for domestic flights. Apparently my error caused the local tag agency to get some panicked calls from p...
The last few weeks in the district have been full of events, and I've really enjoyed the opportunity to visit with many of you. I enjoyed celebrating Independence Day with family and friends, especially participating in the Blackwell Fourth of July parade with my granddaughter, Abby. I also attended the Carmen 5th of July celebration, which was a fantastic show and a great turn out for the community. Aside from the festivities, fireworks, vendors and entertainment, this celebration also offered...
"It's all about relationships," Larry McCarty said of his barber business that he just retired from June 30. He's retiring after 61 years as a barber mainly in Kiowa, Kansas."It's been a very sentimental week," McCarty said with a quiver in his voice during an interview on the next-to-last day in his barber shop. "It's really emotional for me and and my customers. No longer being here and seeing my customers is going to be a big adjustment." Rick Harden of Attica said, "Larry cut my hair for 23...
Kennedy Zook currently serves as Waynoka FFA's secretary. She is a senior at Waynoka Public School, and is he daughter of Caleb and Machelle Zook. She has one younger brother, Kade Zook. This will be her third year in FFA. Her family and friends are the reason she joined FFA. For her SAE project, she has a greenhouse where she sells plants and flowers that she starts from seed. Her hobbies outside of FFA are fishing, hunting and reading. Her favorite FFA memory is being able to go to WLC and meet new people from all over the United States. Her...
At the June 27 monthly gathering of the Kiowa District Hospital Board of Directors, President Pat Myers called the meeting to order with board members present including: Jeff Miller, Jim Parker and Chantae Simpson. Marcia Cantrell was absent. Also present was CEO Janell Goodno; COO Philip Anton; Business Office Manager Tara Girty; Quality Manager/Manor DON Brandy Campbell; Hospital DON Robyn Whitaker; Manor ADON Kamri Theis, Facilities Director Brad Applegarth; Accountant/Biller Courtney Larson; RHC Manager Lacey Volker; Dr. Paul Wilhelm;...
At a special meeting July 3, the Kiowa City Council hired an accounting consultant and accepted the resignation of City Clerk Sheila Smith. Stan Busby, who is now retired from Busby Ford Reimer LLC (BFR) accounting firm of Wichita, received the council's approval as an accounting consultant for the city of Kiowa. He was hired at an hourly rate of $90/hour. Current City Clerk Sheila Smith submitted her resignation, which was accepted by the council and her last day was Friday. Smith took the clerk position Sept. 20, 2021. Smith told the...
It was a relatively short meeting for officials in Alfalfa County, as Nate Ross and Mike Roach handled the business while Garret Johnson was away. The two commissioners signed an agreement between Alfalfa County and Woods County for maintaining the 911 address and charges for its service. Several of the agenda items were routine, including declarations of surplus. There were two leather guest chairs (Inv. No. SL 102-100.15, no serial number, and Inv. No. SL 102-100.16, no serial number) from the Election Board, and two E911 radios: Radio...
An Alva woman was injured in the roll-over of a semi Monday morning. Kaitlyn Sierra Hendrick, 26, was transported from the scene by medical helicopter to OU Medical in Oklahoma City where she was admitted in stable condition with trunk internal, head, arm and leg injuries. The one-vehicle wreck occurred at 8:05 a.m. Monday on OK-132 a half mile south of Keowee Road. The location is approximately 1 mile west and 1.5 miles south of Hillsdale in Garfield County. Hendrick was driving a 2012...
Barbara Jo (Shelite) Mahon, daughter of Chester Shelite and Joyce Oakes, was born on February 7, 1958, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. She passed from this life on July 12, 2023, at age 65. She attended Alva Public Schools, graduating in 1976. Barbara was united in marriage to Hal Don Mahon on January 20, 1977, in Alva. They were blessed with two children, Donny and Jeremy. In 2014, Barbara was able to fulfill a life-long dream in opening her own store, Blurb’s Turquoise Frog. She loved hunting for treasures for the store. Barbara loved spending t...
Naomi Ruth Martin was born to Francis and Nova Murray, September 2, 1934, on the farm in Woods County and passed away on July 15, 2023, in Attica, Kansas. She attended and graduated from Burlington Public School and attended Salt Lake City Business College after graduation. In 1953 she married Jack Martin and they had two children, Roberta and Randal Martin, and were blessed with four grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. During her career she worked as a bookkeeper for several companies including Coontz Imp...
Monday evening when it was still light, the sky darkened and high winds blew in swirling tree branches every direction. Many say it was caused by a front moving in and hit the hot air causing the insane wind. Just south of Kiowa and before the state line is a row of old railroad cars that sit on an abandoned track to the east of Highway 8. The wind blew them over on their sides. A huge tree appeared to have been uprooted in the yard of residents Bob and Lori Schrock in that area. South Barber Superintendent Dr. Mylo Miller reported that two...
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — A few hundred people gathered Monday for a vigil to remember four victims of a mass shooting in an Atlanta suburb, singing "This Little Light of Mine" at the end as they lit candles in their honor. Family members, friends and neighbors were still shaking off disbelief at the 10-minute span Saturday when Scott Leavitt, 67; his wife, Shirley Leavitt, 66; Steve Blizzard, 65; and Ronald Jeffers, 66, were shot and killed. Police and witnesses named 40-year-old Andre Longmore as the shooter. "My parents loved each other," Scott L...
EAST PRAIRIE METIS SETTLEMENT, Alberta (AP) — Carrol Johnston counted her blessings as she stood on the barren site where her home was destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire that forced her to flee her northern Alberta community two months ago. Her family escaped unharmed, though her beloved cat, Missy, didn't make it out before a "fireball" dropped on the house in early May. But peony bushes passed down from her late mother survived and the blackened May Day tree planted in memory of her longtime partner is sending up new shoots — hopeful sig...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Women who sued Texas after saying they were denied abortions despite serious risks to their health are headed to court Wednesday as legal challenges to abortion bans across the U.S. continue a year after the fall of Roe v. Wade. The Texas case is believed to be the first brought by women who were denied abortions since the right to an abortion in the U.S. was overturned, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing them. The case before a Texas judge in Austin does not seek to reverse the s...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed intense drone and missile attacks overnight Wednesday, damaging critical port infrastructure in southern Ukraine, including grain and oil terminals, and wounding at least 12 people, officials said. The bombardment targeted the port city of Odesa, days after President Vladimir Putin blamed Ukraine for an attack on the crucial Kerch Bridge linking Russia with the Crimean Peninsula, which the Kremlin illegally annexed from Kyiv in 2014. Putin also pulled Moscow out of its participation in the Black Sea G...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's second-in-command has quietly stepped down amid reporting by The Associated Press that he once consulted for a pharmaceutical distributor sanctioned for a deluge of suspicious painkiller shipments and did similar work for the drugmaker that became the face of the opioid epidemic: Purdue Pharma. Louis Milione's four years of consulting for Big Pharma preceded his 2021 return to the DEA to serve as Administrator Anne Milgram's top deputy, renewing concerns in the agency and beyond a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge will hear arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit opposing an asylum rule that is a key part of the Biden administration's immigration policy. Critics say the rule endangers migrants trying to cross the southern border and is against the law, while the administration argues that it encourages migrants to use lawful pathways into the U.S. and prevents chaos at the southern border. The new rule took effect May 11 with the expiration of a COVID-19 restriction known as Title 42 that had limited asylum seekers at the U...
LONDON (AP) — It was more than a coincidence that three of Kevin Spacey 's four accusers described similar crotch-grabbing incidents, a prosecutor said Wednesday in her closing argument at his sexual assault trial. Prosecutor Christine Agnew told a London jury that Spacey seized brief moments for an "opportunity grab" and was able to get away with it for years because he was a celebrity. The two-time Oscar winner long had benefited from a "trinity of protection," knowing that men he attacked would not complain. If they did, he knew they w...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The residuals are out there," read a picket sign held by actor David Duchovny, echoing the tagline of his TV series, "The X Files." Residuals are a central issue of the current simultaneous strikes of Hollywood actors and screenwriters, and a subject of constant comment on picket lines. While they once handsomely rewarded stars with rewatchable hits like Duchovny, union members say they've since diminished to a trickle as the industry has shifted to streaming. Here's a look at how the system works and the experience of t...
CHICAGO (AP) — The federal trial of a 50-year-old truck driver convicted of killing 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history is in its third and final phase, in which jurors must decide whether to sentence him to death. The jury convicted Robert Bowers in June after three weeks of testimony about how he stormed the Tree of Life synagogue in October 2018 and shot anyone he saw. He killed members of three congregations that were sharing the building, and wounded two worshippers and five police o...
