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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 13-year-old Wichita child who was injured during an apparently accidental shooting has died, police said. The shooting happened around 6 p.m. Monday as the child and a 16-year-old were playing with a gun that went off, police said. Police believe the shooting was accidental but the investigation is continuing, police Lt. Jeff Gilmore said Tuesday, Emergency responders found the 13-year-old critically injured with a gunshot wound to the head when they arrived at the home in south Wichita. Gilmore said adults were at h...
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — A Texas woman has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for her role in the deaths of a Kansas couple who were killed on the orders of a carnival worker as part of a fictitious " carnival mafia" initiation. Kimberley Stacey Younger, 55, of Aransas Pass, Texas, was sentenced Monday for capital murder in the deaths of Alfred Carpenter, 78, and his 79-year-old wife, Pauline, the Kansas Attorney General's office announced. Younger was one of four people convicted for their roles in the couple's deaths in July 2...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man has died two days after a bar fight, and the man accused of punching him is now facing a manslaughter charge, police said. Alonzo Haywood, 31, died Sunday at a hospital from injuries he received in a 2 a.m. Friday fight outside Mulligan's Pub, police said. According to investigators, Haywood had been arguing with James Elbert Thomas, 51, also of Wichita, when Thomas punched Haywood, causing the younger man to fall to the ground and hit his head. Police said a melee then broke out involving multiple people. H...
FREEDOM, Maine (AP) — A roadrunner that traveled undetected from Nevada to Maine in a moving van is back in its home state. The wayward bird flew in a pet carrier from Boston to Las Vegas last week. From there, it was delivered to officials with the Nevada Department of Wildlife, according to Avian Haven, a nonprofit bird rehabilitation center in Freedom. The roadrunner, a bird species made popular as the foil to cartoon character Wile E. Coyote, was a blur in a video taken of it exiting its carrier and flitting away to freedom. "The r...
BERLIN (AP) — German police are looking for witnesses after burglars broke through the wall of a toy store to steal dozens of Lego sets. Police said Tuesday that the theft took place over the weekend in the western town of Lippstadt. The burglars left about 100 empty cardboard boxes behind, German news agency dpa reported. It wasn't immediately clear whether the burglars had taken the instruction books....
NEW YORK (AP) — Author Alice Sebold apologized Tuesday to the man who was exonerated last week in the 1981 rape that was the basis for her memoir "Lucky" and said she was struggling with the role she played "within a system that sent an innocent man to jail." Anthony Broadwater, 61, was convicted in 1982 of raping Sebold when she was a student at Syracuse University. He served 16 years in prison. His conviction was overturned on Nov. 22 after prosecutors reexamined the case and determined there were serious flaws in his arrest and trial. In a...
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman testified on Tuesday that British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was sometimes present when the witness, then just 14, had sexual interactions with the financier Jeffrey Epstein. The witness, using the pseudonym "Jane," was the first of four alleged victims expected to testify against Maxwell at a New York City trial where she is charged with recruiting and grooming girls for Epstein to sexually abuse from 1994 to at least 2004. A prosecutor began by asking the woman how old she was when she had "sexual contact" with Epstei...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of judges on Tuesday questioned whether they had the authority to grant former President Donald Trump's demands and stop the White House from allowing the release of documents related to the Jan. 6 insurrection led by Trump's supporters. But the judges also noted that there may be times when a former president would be justified in trying to stop the incumbent from disclosing records. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard arguments from lawyers for Trump and the House committee seeking t...
NEW YORK (AP) — Already unnerved by the newest coronavirus variant, Wall Street's losses deepened on Tuesday after the head of the Federal Reserve said it will consider shutting off its support for financial markets sooner than expected. The S&P 500 was 1.7% lower in afternoon trading after Fed Chair Jerome Powell told Congress the central bank may halt the billions of dollars of bond purchases it's making every month "perhaps a few months sooner." It had been on pace to wrap up the purchases, meant to goose the economy by lowering rates for mo...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned two lower court judges and upheld California's ban on high-capacity magazines Tuesday in a split decision that may be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court. "The statute outlaws no weapon, but only limits the size of the magazine that may be used with firearms," the judges ruled in the 7-4 decision. The majority reasoned that "the record demonstrates that the limitation interferes only minimally with the core right of self-defense, as there is no evidence that anyone ever h...
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge should reject a sweeping settlement to thousands of lawsuits against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, a group of states said at a hearing Tuesday, arguing that the protections it extends to members of the Sackler family who own the firm are improper. States have credible claims that family members took more than $10 billion from the company, steered it toward bankruptcy, and then used a settlement crafted in bankruptcy court to gain legal protections for themselves, Washington state Solicitor General Noah Purcell t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's former chief of staff, is cooperating with a House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, putting off for now the panel's threat to hold him in contempt, the committee's chairman said Tuesday. But the panel "will continue to assess his degree of compliance," Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson said in a statement. The agreement comes after two months of negotiations between Meadows and the committee and after the Justice Department indicted longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon for defying a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence fell to a nine-month low in November, clipped by rising prices and concern about the coronavirus. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index dropped to a reading of 109.5, down from 111.6 in October. It was the lowest reading since the index stood at 95.2 in February. The survey was completed on Nov. 19 and would not include the ramifications of omicron, a new variant of the coronavirus that has begun to spread with few solid answers about the damage it might do to the U.S...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran struck a hard line Tuesday after just one day of restarted talks in Vienna over its tattered nuclear deal, suggesting everything discussed in previous rounds of diplomacy could be renegotiated. Speaking to Iranian state television, Ali Bagheri, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, referred to everything discussed thus far as merely a "draft." It remained unclear whether that represented an opening gambit by Iran's new president or signaled serious trouble for those hoping to restore the 2015 deal that saw Tehran strictly l...
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 During this day were two traffic stops. 12:56 a.m. – Report of a bird dog with a collar at 9th Street and Oklahoma. Wednesday, November 24, 2021 During this day were three traffic stops. 2:39 p.m. – Caller advised their neighbor backed over their gas meter. 7:45 p.m. – BNSF Railroad advised of cattle near the tracks 3 miles outside of Carmen. Deputy advised the cattle were put up. 8:10 p.m. – Alarm company advised of a panic alarm activated on Caddo Road. Thursday, November 25, 2021 12:38 a.m. – Caller advised they ne...
Real Estate Transfers Book 876 page 459: Hershel R. Kiser and Linda Kiser convey unto Mattison Lee Hopkins: Lots 6 through 9, Block 37 in Town of Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Warranty deed. Book 876 page 473: Mary Jackson, trustee, conveys unto Gene Edward Miller and Jimmie Elaine Miller. All of lots 1 through 6 in block 23 in High School Addition to the Town of Helena, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Joint tenancy warranty deed. Book 876 page 487: Michael A. Roadenbaugh conveys unto Patrisha Reese: All of Lot 7 in Block 3 in Gilmore’s Addition t...
Limited Filings LVNV Funding LLC vs. Stanley J. Hannebohn: debt collection. Traffic Filings Jared Matthew Keenan has been cited for maximum speed limits ($195). Craig David Kholos has been cited for maximum speed limits ($195). Matthew Scott Barr has been cited for maximum speed limits ($171). Katherine R. Brown has been cited for maximum speed limits ($177). Kim Lang Crisp has been cited for maximum speed limits ($207). Lindsey Anne Ferguson has been cited for maximum speed limits ($177). James Lewis Lloyd has been cited for maximum speed...
Real Estate Transfers Book 146 page 557: David Ronald Bell and Joyce Elaine Bell convey unto David and Joyce Bell Revocable Trust. North half of the southeast quarter and the south half of the northeast quarter, section 32, township 31, range 11. Warranty deed. Book 146 page 560: New NGC Inc. conveys unto Gold Bond Building Products LLC: South half of northwest quarter and south half of section 10 in township 31 south, range 15 west of the 6th PM, Barber County, Kansas. Warranty deed. Book 146 page 565: Sandra Dee Divine conveys unto Mark...
The Alfalfa County commissioners had a short agenda Monday but spent quite a bit of time discussing the potential allocation of funds from the federal government's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Oklahoma received $1.9 billion to be used on water, sewer and broadband infrastructure. Cherokee City Manager Mike Jones attended the meeting, formally asking Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague and Mike Roach for 10 percent of the county's ARPA funds to help with water projects in Cherokee. Jones said it would cost $13.3 million to redo water lines and build...
The Alva Public Schools have scheduled a series of holiday concerts to put you in a festive mood. The free concerts include students of all ages with both vocal and instrumental music. The first concert is set for Friday, Dec. 3, at 1:30 p.m. Alva third graders will take the stage at the Alva High School auditorium under the direction of Kiley Feely. A large combined concert of Alva Middle School and Alva High School students will be held on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 12, beginning at 3 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The concert will combine...
President Terry Graham called the morning November meeting of the Burlington Board of Education to order with three other board members present: Robert Hill, April Kisling and Aaron Smith. Others attending included Superintendent Kevin Brown, Jr/Sr High Principal Gerrett Spears and Minutes Clerk Tracy Granados. Lindsey Callison attended as a guest. Superintendent Brown reported that the court hearing for the Targa (oil and gas) tax protest on Wednesday, Nov. 17 was moved to 1:30 p.m. After the hearing, Brown said the judge ruled, allowing the...
South Barber teachers and the Plum Thickett in Kiowa, Kansas, are working together to help defray medical and travel expenses for Nick and Deb Hitchcock. On Nov. 3, Nick underwent a heart transplant in Kansas City. Lifelong residents of Kiowa, Nick worked as a pumper in the oil fields until health problems rendered him disabled. Deb is a longtime physical education teacher. On Monday night, Deb's co-workers, their friends and the Plum Thickett held a Mexican buffet and auction fundraiser for the...
The Thanksgiving turkey has been gobbled up. Temperatures are freezing overnight. It's almost time for football bowl games. Now it's time for jingle bells, Christmas candy and carols, shopping for gifts and celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. The Kiowa Chamber of Commerce invites you to their annual Christmas in the Heartland event this Sunday, Dec. 5. Starting at 1:30 p.m., go downtown and you'll find Christmas cheer in the downtown stores and at the community building where local vendors will have unique items for you to peruse and...
The Woods County commissioners had a very short meeting Monday. Present were commissioners Randy McMurphy, John Smiley and David Hamil and County Clerk Shelley Reed. The commissioners took action to establish two new funds recommended by the auditor. The Sheriff Forfeiture fund will separate out money from forfeitures that had been deposited in the drug task force fund. Payroll for the court clerk’s office had been included in the court clerk revolving fund. It will be separated out into the n...
It happens once a year in the state, the Bedlam football game between OU and OSU. This year both teams had an outside shot at a berth in the College Football Playoff. Oklahoma State had already clinched a spot in the Big 12 title game, but a loss would end the Cowboys' national title hopes. Oklahoma has won six straight Big 12 titles, but would be out of the conference title game with a loss to Oklahoma State and a Baylor win over Texas Tech (Baylor won). This year Bedlam was at Boone Pickens...
