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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole Board narrowly rejected clemency Tuesday for a death row inmate convicted of killing a prison cafeteria worker in 1998, paving the way for the state's first execution in more than six years. The five-member board voted 3-2 to reject recommending the governor grant clemency to John Marion Grant, 60, who is scheduled for lethal injection on Oct. 28. It would be the first execution in Oklahoma since a series of problematic lethal injections in 2014 and 2015 led to a de facto moratorium. Grant was c...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Coronavirus vaccinations have helped reduce COVID-19 infections by 7,500 and deaths by 1,100 among Oklahomans aged 65 and older, according to a study released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The study of Medicare recipients found that as vaccinations increased from January, when the vaccines became more widely available, through May, each 10% increase in vaccination rates resulted in an 11-12% decline in weekly COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths among Medicare beneficiaries. In its weekly r...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge on Monday temporarily blocked two new anti-abortion laws from taking effect next month, including a measure similar to a Texas abortion ban that effectively bans the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy. District Judge Cindy Truong said she would allow three other anti-abortion laws to take effect Nov. 1, which one abortion rights advocate said would be "catastrophic" to the ability of women to access abortion services in the state. Those three would create new restrictions on medication-induced a...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Many Kansas school districts aren't taking basic steps to protect their computer systems and the privacy of sensitive information collected about students, according to a legislative audit release Tuesday. The report from the Legislature's auditing agency based its conclusions on a survey sent to the state's 286 local school districts, with 147, or 51% responding. The audit said that more than a quarter of the school districts surveyed didn't have antivirus software on all computers, with figure rising to about a third f...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas City, Kansas, man has been charged with murder and domestic battery in the shooting death of his older brother. Ricky Salazar, 34, was arrested last week and charged with second-degree murder in the death of 38-year-old Ricardo Salazar, according to police in Kansas City, Kansas. He also faces separate charges of aggravated robbery, being a criminal in possession of a weapon and cocaine possession, police said. Ricardo Salazar was shot on Aug. 15 in an area along State Avenue and died of his injuries on S...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police have shot and wounded an armed woman at a Wichita grocery store, authorities say. Officers rushed to a Whole Foods store after receiving a report that someone was in the parking lot with a gun, police said. They spotted the women crouched in the store entrance with the firearm upon arriving and fired shots at her, The Wichita Eagle reported. Police said the woman then retreated inside the store, with officers following her. She was shot at least once. Police described her injuries as non-life threatening. Police s...
WESTMORELAND, Kan. (AP) — A northeast Kansas county paid more than $70,000 to end a cyberattack that crippled its computer systems for about two weeks. Pottawatomie County administrator Chad Kinsley said the attackers had demanded more than $1 million, The Topeka Capital-Journal reports. Kinsley said the county told the hackers that it was small, with just about 25,000 residents, and couldn't even come close to meeting their demand. Instead, it paid $71,250 to the attackers and $356.25 in exchange fees, the county announced in a news release M...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday created an independent office to review complaints against Kansas' foster care system and recommend changes in child welfare policies, a longtime goal of advocates for abused and neglected children. The Democratic governor's move to create the office by executive order bypasses the Republican-controlled Legislature. It deadlocked on the issue earlier this year after some lawmakers pushed to put the new office under the GOP official expected to challenge Kelly's reelection next year. Kelly issued a...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A longtime Alabama sheriff removed from office after being convicted of theft and ethics violations is giving five-star reviews to the jail where he spent more than two weeks in custody. Perhaps he should: He ran it for decades. Ousted Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely addressed the news media on Tuesday in his most extensive public comments since being convicted in August. Free on bond while appealing, Blakely maintained his innocence but had no complaints about doing time in the Limestone County jail in Athens. "...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Two Rhode Island men authorities say touched off a needless and expensive ocean search-and-rescue effort when they fired maritime distress flares to celebrate a friend's wedding have agreed to pay $5,000 each to settle the case, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The Coast Guard and the town of New Shoreham spent more than $100,000 combined responding to the flares off Block Island on June 6, 2020, when there was no one in distress, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney's office in Providence. Perry Phillips, 3...
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The pipeline that leaked tens of thousands of gallons of oil into the water off Southern California was split open and apparently dragged along the ocean floor, authorities said Tuesday. Coast Guard Capt. Rebecca Ore said divers determined about 4,000 feet (1,219 meters) of the pipeline was "laterally displaced" by about 105 feet (32 meters). She did not say what might have caused it to move. In addition, the pipeline had a 13-inch (33-centimeters) gash in it, Ore said. The head of the company that operates t...
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for work that found order in seeming disorder, helping to explain and predict complex forces of nature, including expanding our understanding of climate change. Syukuro Manabe, originally from Japan, and Klaus Hasselmann of Germany were cited for their work in developing forecast models of Earth's climate and "reliably predicting global warming." The second half of the prize went to Giorgio Parisi of Italy for explaining disorder in physical systems, ranging from those as...
HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — Calling opponents of his plans "complicit in America's decline," President Joe Biden made the case Tuesday for his ambitious building and social spending proposals by framing them as key to America's global competitiveness and future success. With his plans in jeopardy on Capitol Hill, Biden visited a union training center in Michigan, declaring that he wanted to "set some things straight" about his agenda and cut through what he dismissed as "noise" in Washington. "America's still the largest economy in the world, we s...
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian actor and a film director rocketed to space Tuesday on a mission to make the world's first movie in orbit, a project the Kremlin said will help burnish the nation's space glory. Actor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft together with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, a veteran of three space missions. Their Soyuz MS-19 lifted off as scheduled at 1:55 p.m. (0855 GMT) from the Russian space launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan and arrived a...
NEW YORK (AP) — The six-hour outage at Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp was a headache for many casual users but far more serious for the millions of people worldwide who rely on the social media sites to run their businesses or communicate with relatives, fellow parents, teachers or neighbors. When all three services went dark Monday, it was a stark reminder of the power and reach of Facebook, which owns the photo-sharing and messaging apps. Around the world, the breakdown at WhatsApp left many at a loss. In Brazil, the messaging service is b...
The Biden administration on Tuesday ordered Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to stop using the state's federal pandemic funding on a pair of new education grants that can only be directed to schools without mask mandates. In a letter to Ducey, the Treasury Department said the grant programs are "not a permissible use" of the federal funding. It's the latest attempt by the Biden administration to push back against Republican governors who have opposed mask mandates and otherwise sought to use federal pandemic funding to advance their own agendas. Ducey,...
PARIS (AP) — Victims of abuse within France's Catholic Church welcomed a historic turning point Tuesday after a new report estimated that 330,000 children in France were sexually abused over the past 70 years, providing the country's first accounting of the worldwide phenomenon. The figure includes abuses committed by some 3,000 priests and an unknown number of other people involved in the church — wrongdoing that Catholic authorities covered up over decades in a "systemic manner," according to the president of the commission that issued the...
Misdemeanor Filings Charles Leslie Smith, 54, Jet, has been charged with obstructing an officer. ($351.50) Civil Filings Farmers Exchange, Helena, vs. Aaron Craig Shepard, Helena: collections.($229.14) Traffic Citations Charles Leslie Smith, Jet, has been cited for operating a motor vehicle at a speed no reasonable or proper. ($249) Charles Leslie Smith, Jet, has been cited for operating vehicle on which all taxes due to state have not been paid. ($249) Charles Leslie Smith, Jet, has been cited for violate driver’s license restriction. (...
Real Estate Transfers Book 874 page 852: John D. Marteney, trustee of the David B. Marteney Revocable Trust, conveys unto John D. Marteney, grantor and trustee of the Purple Hound Dog Revocable Trust. Northwest quarter section 6, township 6, township 23, range 9 WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 874 page 891: Zarrella Family Living Trust conveys unto Danny Buckaloo and Linda Taylor-Buckaloo. Lots 18 through 24, block 77, town of Goltry, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Joint tenancy warranty deed. Book 874 page 913: JET Cattle LLC...
Monday, September 27, 2021 6:45 a.m. – Report of a vehicle vs. deer accident and the deer was still alive. 10:51 a.m. – Report of a stolen flat bed at Greer and County Road 640. Tuesday, September 28, 2021 1:53 p.m. – Medic needed for a person with chest pains. Medic took the patient to Share Medical Center. Wednesday, September 29, 2021 12:26 a.m. – Caller advised she was out of the state and had received text messages that a female was breaking into her home and going to burn her things. Officer made contact with landowner and they advised...
Limited Filings Discover Bank vs. Bobbie D. Longer: debt collection. Discover Bank vs. Brian A. Fitzgerald: debt collection. PayDay Motors, Inc. vs. Christopher Swayden: debt collection. Small Claims Filings People’s Bank vs. Michael Schmidt. Traffic Filings Jaime A. Agudelo has been cited for maximum speed limits. ($201) Shiloh Ray Bland has been cited for failure to wear seatbelt. ($30) David Dee Countryman has been cited for operating a motor vehicle without a valid license. ($208) Herbal Jayantilal Galal has been cited for maximum speed l...
Real Estate Transfers Book 146 page 360: Michael T. Roe and Christine A. Roe convey unto Joshua W. Hall and Danielle Hall. Beginning at a point 392 feet north and 710.8 feet west of the southeast corner of the southeast quarter of section 2, township 32 south, range 12 west of the 6th PM, Barber County, Kansas. Joint tenancy warranty deed. Book 146 page 361: Jessica Barrett conveys unto Scott Donaldson and Denise Donaldson. All of outlot 5, and the north half of vacant street adjacent south, and the east half of vacant street west, in the City...
The beginning of a new month means lots of paperwork for county commissioners to sign. Monday in Alfalfa County, Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague and Mike Roach went through a stack of appropriations, approving them and the monthly alcohol beverage tax. They also signed the usual M&O payment warrants, blanket purchase orders and monthly highway expenditures. The monthly officer reports and court clerks records management and preservation monthly report received approval too. Commissioners then approved County Clerk Laneta Schwerdtfeger to seek sealed...
Revenue for the Alva School District is showing “strong signs of improvement,” said Superintendent Tim Argo Monday. He provided charts to the school board comparing revenue and expenses through September last year and this year. One example is that gross production collections through September last year were $63,000 while this year they are at $300,000. Total revenue at this time last year was $422,000 the current total. The school has spent $39,000 less so far this fiscal year compared to the...
The Kiowa District Hospital is gearing up for their annual Health Fair on Oct. 22, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. The theme is “Boo to the Flu – October 22.” The health fair and much more was discussed at the KDH Sept. 28 meeting of the board of directors at the Kirkpatrick Conference Room at the hospital. President Pat Myers called the meeting to order with all members present, including Marcia Cantrell, Chantae Simpson, Jeff Miller (via telephone) and Jim Parker. Also attending were CEO/CFO Janell Goodno, Operations/IT/Manor Administrator Phillip Anton...
