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Land deal ties Interior secretary's family, Halliburton boss

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's family is involved in a land deal in his Montana hometown with the head of an energy services giant that does business with the Interior Department, according to records and interviews T...

 

Saudi coach says players not rattled by plane incident

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's national team endured an engine malfunction on the flight to Rostov-on-Don. That's not exactly the best preparation for a World Cup match against Uruguay. The Saudis landed in the southern Russian city late...

 

Russian energy company's manager arrested on spying charges

MOSCOW (AP) — A top manager of a state-controlled Russian energy company has been arrested on spying charges, a Moscow court said Tuesday. The Lefortovo District Court announced that Karina Tsurcan has been put in custody on charges of espionage, b...

 

Oklahoma Gas & Electric $64 million rate cut is approved

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has approved a $64 million rate cut in utility bills proposed by Oklahoma's largest electric utility. The commission voted 3-0 Tuesday to approve the cut that was agreed to following months o...

 

Cruz's flip-flop on family separation shows threat to GOP

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Ted Cruz has staged a dramatic about-face on the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policies, laying bare how politically damaging the issue of separating children from parents accused of crossing the border ille...

 

Scything Zen: Ancient way to cut grass also a state of mind

CONTRADA PETRARO, Sicily (AP) — Spring is ending and summer approaches. The grass is now long, finished growing. For us, it's time to scythe. This is a beautiful, and slightly sad, time of year for my wife and me, when the fields of grass and f...

 

Authorities say 1 man killed in Oklahoma crop duster crash

ENID, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a Texas man was killed when the small airplane he was piloting crashed in northwestern Oklahoma. The agency says in a news release that 52-year-old Rodney Sherry of Olton, Texas, died in the c...

 
 By Yvonne Miller    Local    June 20, 2018

Kiowa City Council trying to move ahead with water line replacement project

At Kiowa's June City Council meeting last week, they spent nearly two hours discussing the proposed $8.2 million water line replacement project that is vital to keep Kiowa's water supply viable. If you turn on a water faucet in Kiowa, Kansas, it...

 

HARVEY LEON "STUBBY" DEMINT

Harvey Leon “Stubby” DeMint was born in Hazelton, Kansas, on August 6, 1927, to Harvey DeMint and Audrice Murphy DeMint and passed from this life on June 17, 2018, in Kiowa, Kansas. He lived in Hazelton and Kiowa area where he attended Sand Cre...

 

CLIFFORD JAMES SANBORN

Clifford James Sanborn was born in Cherokee on July 1, 1939, to parents Clifford Loren Sanborn and Alice Brown Sanborn and passed from this life on June 17, 2018, near Cherokee. He was raised in the Cherokee area and had lived there his lifetime. Jam...

 

JANE KATHRYN SMITH

Jane Kathryn Smith (Barham), daughter of the late Douglas A. and Edna Josephine Barham (Gibson) was born in Norman, Oklahoma, on September 30, 1934. She passed away in Alva, Oklahoma, on April 20, 2018, at the age of 83 years, 6 months and 21 days....

 

WILLARD WAYNE BOGGS

Willyard Wayne Boggs spent his last days in Stillwater, Oklahoma, before his death on June 15, 2018. Willard was born on a farm near Hopeton, Oklahoma, on January 4, 1930, delivered by Dr. Ensor who called him Jupitor at that time. Then a nickname...

 

LORRAINE BURK

Funeral services for Lorraine Burk will be 3 p.m. Friday, June 22, 2018, at the Alva First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) with Pastor Ron Pingelton officiating. There will be a visitation...

 

MARILYN KINNARD

Funeral services for Marilyn Kinnard will be 10 a.m. Friday, June 22, 2018, at the Dacoma Church of God with Rev. Connie Kinnard officiating. Interment will be at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Carmen,...

 

BETTY DORIS FEELY

Funeral service for Betty Doris Feely of Cherokee, Oklahoma, were held on Friday, June 15, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Lanman Funeral Home Chapel in Cherokee. Burial followed at Manchester Cemetery....

 

A look at how "cultured" meat works

A new term is causing heartburn for beef, chicken and pork producers: "Clean meat." The term is being used by supporters of the emerging science of meat grown in labs without slaughtering cows and chickens. But many in the conventional meat industry...

 

Looking for signs of global warming? They're all around you

GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) — David Inouye is an accidental climate scientist. More than 40 years ago, the University of Maryland biologist started studying when wildflowers, birds, bees and butterflies first appeared each spring on this mountain. These d...

 

Only 2 state races on Arkansas primary runoff ballot Tuesday

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — Only two state races are on the ballot in Tuesday's Arkansas primary runoff, but some counties have local races. Fort Smith-area voters will elect a Republican nominee for a state Senate seat. The District 8 seat came open w...

 

Analysis: Marijuana commission inconsistent in scoring

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Members of Arkansas' medical marijuana regulatory commission used different scoring guides when ranking cannabis growing license applications earlier this year, causing inconsistencies in panelists' grading. The Arkansas D...

 
 By ART HOLLIDAY    Regional    June 20, 2018

Program gives schizophrenia patients shots instead of pills

BRIDGETON, Mo. (AP) — Last year Terry Franks received a phone call from her son that frightened her. "He couldn't tell me where he was. I told him, 'Take a picture,' and that's when he took a picture of the campus that he was on," Franks told K...

 

Family separations at the border alarm child-welfare experts

The sights and sounds are wrenching: A boy's cries of "Papa! Papa!" for the father he had been separated from. Youngsters placed in chain-link cages in an old Texas warehouse. Parents begging to know what will happen to their children. Child welfare...

 

Report: Missouri creek contamination may raise cancer risks

HAZELWOOD, Mo. (AP) — A federal report says people who lived near or played in a contaminated St. Louis-area creek from the 1960s to the 1990s may have increased risk of developing cancer. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry released...

 

Lower costs, fewer benefits in new health insurance option

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's new health insurance option offers lower premiums for small businesses and self-employed people, but the policies are likely to cover fewer benefits. Another caveat: if healthy people flock to the new plan...

 

Some fear changes to state laws as US weighs pot medicine

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Some American parents who for years have used cannabis to treat severe forms of epilepsy in their children are feeling more cautious than celebratory as U.S. regulators near a decision on whether to approve the first d...

 

UK reviews medical marijuana ban after outcry over sick kids

LONDON (AP) — The British government announced Tuesday it would move to lift its ban on cannabis-based medicines, amid mounting criticism over the denial of treatment to severely epileptic children. But it rejected calls to legalize marijuana for rec...

 

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