Articles from the May 31, 2023 edition

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 By JAMIE STENGLE    Regional    May 31, 2023

Couple killed at Texas mall shooting along with 3-year-old son had 'perfect synergy'

DALLAS (AP) — Kyu Cho had a generous spirit and joyous belly laugh that delighted his friends. His wife, Cindy Cho, was quieter, described by those who knew her as sweet and kind. Together, the parents of two young sons complemented each other p...

 
 By CLIFF BRUNT    Sports    May 31, 2023

Oklahoma looks to win three straight softball titles, extend record win streak

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma could become the first college softball program since UCLA more than 30 years ago to win three consecutive national championships. UCLA won titles in 1988, 1989 and 1990. Since then, teams have won back-to-back seven t...

 
 By ERIC OLSON    Sports    May 31, 2023

Play ball: Things to know entering NCAA baseball regionals

The NCAA baseball tournament opens Friday with play in 16 double-elimination regionals. Regional winners advance to best-of-three super regionals next week, and the final eight go to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, beginning June 16....

 

Fertility doctor accused of using own sperm dies in crash of hand-built plane

YATES, N.Y. (AP) — A New York fertility doctor who was accused of using his own sperm to impregnate several patients died over the weekend when the hand-built airplane he was in fell apart mid-flight and crashed, authorities said. Dr. Morris W...

 

Rolling thunder: Contestants chase cheese wheel down a hill in chaotic UK race

LONDON (AP) — The big cheese of extreme U.K. sports events is back. Hundreds of spectators gathered Monday to watch dozens of reckless racers chase a 7-pound (3 kilogram) wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down the near-vertical Cooper's Hill, near G... Full story

 

Elizabeth Holmes enters Texas prison to begin 11-year sentence for notorious blood-testing hoax

BRYAN, Texas (AP) — Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes entered a Texas prison Tuesday where she could spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and hubris in Silicon Valley. Holmes, 39, could be s...

 

New Mexico man charged in cold case: 'I needed to confess'

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Officers found Tony Peralta sitting on a curb not far from a convenience store where he borrowed a cell phone to call 911 and confess to the 2008 killing of his former landlord. Sweating and taking puffs from his c...

 

Iowa apartment collapse leaves residents missing, rubble too dangerous to search

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Five residents of a six-story apartment building that partially collapsed in eastern Iowa remained unaccounted for Tuesday, and authorities feared at least two of them might be stuck inside rubble that was too dangerous to s...

 
 By TRISHA AHMED    Regional    May 31, 2023

Nun whose body shows little decay since 2019 death draws hundreds to rural Missouri

Hundreds of people flocked to a small town in Missouri this week and last to see a nun whose body has barely decomposed since 2019. Some say it's a sign of holiness in Catholicism, while others say the lack of decomposition may not be as rare as...

 

Moscow drone attack exposes Russia's vulnerabilities, fuels criticism of military

A drone attack that targeted Moscow on Tuesday exposed glaring breaches in its air defenses and underlined the capital's vulnerability as more Russian soil comes under fire amid expectations of a Ukrainian counteroffensive. The attack, which lightly...

 

Sick workers tied to 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks, CDC says

Food workers who showed up while sick or contagious were linked to about 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks with a known cause between 2017 and 2019, federal health officials said Tuesday. Norovirus and salmonella, germs that can cause...

 

Artificial intelligence raises risk of extinction, experts say in new warning

Scientists and tech industry leaders, including high-level executives at Microsoft and Google, issued a new warning Tuesday about the perils that artificial intelligence poses to humankind. "Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a...

 

Alfalfa County court filings

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...

 

Alfalfa County Sheriff logs

Tuesday, May 23, 2023 1:19 a.m. – Caller advised of a male sitting near her house in his car and had been doing burnouts in the 200 block of 5th Street. Deputy was advised and all was okay. 8:56 a.m. – Medic needed for a female having seizures. No...

 
 By Marione Martin    Local    May 31, 2023

Memorial Day then and now

Monday I attended the Memorial Day program at the Alva Municipal Cemetery. I was there to cover it for a news story in the Alva Review-Courier. When I was growing up, the holiday was called...

 

SHIRLEY LeCLAIR

Graveside services will be held on Thursday, June 1, 2023, at 1 p.m. at the Freedom Cemetery, Freedom, Oklahoma, with Reverend Mark Kinkel, Freedom Christian Church, officiating. Online condolences...

 

$17M additional drought relief funding approved

The final week of the 2023 regular session was extremely busy. Once the education agreement was reached, that cleared the way for negotiators to complete work on the rest of the budget. I will talk a bit more about budget highlights in the coming...

 
 By Marione Martin    Local    May 31, 2023

Woods County officials receive statutory travel increase

The Woods County Commissioners had a lot of paperwork to sign, but the agenda was short for the regular meeting Tuesday morning. The paperwork included county payroll, warrants, claims, and blanket purchase orders which were all approved. Chairman...

 
 By Yvonne Miller    Local    May 31, 2023

2nd Annual Stateline Ruck March nets 600 pounds of goods

"We had a solid turnout" Pake McNally said of the second annual Memorial Stateline Ruck March. He said 20 participants met at Kiowa's Community Building early Saturday morning, put on their hiking...

 
 By Alivia Seaman    Local    May 31, 2023

Waynoka 4-H and FFA attends Best of the Best Livestock Judging Camp

Waynoka 4-H and FFA members traveled to Alva on May 23 and 24 for the Best of the Best Livestock Judging Camp. During camp, they worked on evaluating livestock, writing and presenting reasons on the...

 
 By Yvonne Miller    Local    May 31, 2023

A flyover, a Marine Honor Guard flag folding, a fitting tribute to Kuenzi

Never had Kiowa's Riverview Cemetery looked more beautiful on a Memorial Day morning than it did Monday. Tall American flags lined the driveway and smaller versions waved from the ground. Volunteers...

 
 By Kathleen Lourde    Local    May 31, 2023

Britni Stewart will be Freedom's new ag teacher

At the May 23 regular meeting of the Freedom Board of Education, B.J. Baker was appointed to Seat 3. He read his oath of office, as required by new board members. His term will last until the February 2028 election. Members present were Kyle Rhodes,...

 
 By Stacy Sanborn    Local    May 31, 2023

Alfalfa County commissioners prepare for new fiscal year

Mike Roach of the Alfalfa County commissioners could not attend Monday's meeting, but Nate Ross and Garret Johnson were there to handle an agenda full of resolutions. They were joined by County Clerk Laneta Schwerdtfeger (mistakenly referred to as...

 

Dean's Honor Roll at Southwestern College for spring 2023

Top scholars at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas, and at Southwestern College Professional Studies have been announced with the release of the Dean's Honor Roll for the spring 2023 semester. Full-time students who earned grade point averages...

 

Cherokee teacher accepts Oklahoma Medal for Excellence in Secondary Teaching

Jason Paris teaches fine arts at Cherokee High School, a rural northern Oklahoma school serving just over 100 students. A successful playwright with a graduate degree from New York University's...

 

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