Articles from the January 4, 2018 edition


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  • Swine show: Allison Galindo's Berkshire barrow places 2nd

    Jan 4, 2018

  • Swine show: Iridian Herrera's crossbred barrow places 4th

    Jan 4, 2018

  • Swine show: Vanessa Galindo's Hampshire barrow takes home 3rd

    Jan 4, 2018

  • Medicare's Hospital Compare website rates your local hospital care

    Bob Moos, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services|Jan 4, 2018

    Have you wondered how your area hospitals stack up in terms of the quality of care they provide? Emergencies obviously call for rushing to the nearest hospital. But when you have time to plan, it is worth doing some research and finding out which hospitals do the best job of caring for their patients. Medicare’s Hospital Compare website – at medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html – has made it easier for you to check that. The site has overall star ratings to help you better understand which hospitals are top performers, which are avera...

  • Freedom United Methodist Church news

    Jan 4, 2018

    On New Year’s Eve Sunday, Dec. 31, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Announcements – A new Bible study will start Jan. 10. We will be studying the Gospel of John. Wednesday morning devotions are 10 a.m. at Sweet Things and More. Opening prayer by Pastor Woody Hamon Call to Worship – Psalm 5:1-12 led by Dixie Stansberry Opening hymn – “Crown Him With Many Crowns” led by Debbie Brown, song leader Affirmation of Faith led by Debbie Brown Hymn of Justifying Grace – “Where He Leads Me” Of...

  • Freedom School Calendar

    Jan 4, 2018

    Thursday, Jan. 4: Start of second semester Thursday, Jan. 4: 4-H meeting at 3:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 4–6: High school basketball at Medford Tournament Girls 10:30 a.m. vs Drummond, Boys 11:45 a.m. vs Drummond Monday–Wednesday, Jan. 8–11: Junior high basketball at Sharon-Mutual Tournament Friday, Jan. 12: Junior high basketball vs. Waynoka, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16: High school basketball at Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Thursday–Saturday, Jan. 18–20: High school basketball at Buffalo Tournament Tuesday, Jan. 23: High school basketbal...

  • Freedom anniversaries and birthdays

    Jan 4, 2018

    Happy Birthday To Dec. 28: Mindy Snow, Bub McIver, Maria Fraire Dec. 29: Ethan West, Kevin Wares, Bill Burkhart, Paula Bradt, Donna Vogt, JoAnna Smith Dec. 30: Chris Jan. 4: Janice Wardrop, Jason Fitzgerald, Kalea Jo DeVine, Mae Sample Jan. 5: Larry Wise, Danita Walker, Kobe Gainer, Ariel Pierce Jan. 6: Joe Juessup, Dixie Stansberry, April Parker Jan. 7: Starla Bradley Jan. 8: Dawnell Hughes, Paula Fitzgerald, Shirley Schultz, Barbara Fitzmeyer, Lucy Ibarra Jan. 9: Luanne Boham Jan. 20: Teresa McIver, Janet Snow Jan. 11: Tegan Cook, Gene...

  • Trophy auction, meal set for Jan. 10

    Jan 4, 2018

    The Freedom Sirloin Club will host the annual trophy auction and meal on Wednesday, Jan. 10, at the Freedom American Legion Building. The meal of pulled pork, beans, potato salad, chips and dessert begins at 5:30p.m. The auction will start at 6:30 p.m. All funds raised by the auction will go back to the youth of Freedom toward their livestock projects. Any donation toward these efforts is greatly appreciated. For more information, contact Bryant Weber at 580-621-3271 or 580-227-0810 or email [email protected]....

  • OSDE releases first public draft of academic standards for computer science

    Jan 4, 2018

    OKLAHOMA CITY – In releasing the first public draft of academic standards for computer science, the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) moves the state closer to joining only nine other states in the nation with computer science standards and only two others with grade-specific expectations. “Coding is not only a universal language of the future, it is an art. Computer science is quickly becoming a field that affects every other discipline, from heath and medicine to agribusiness and finance,” said Joy Hofmeister, State Super...

  • Community play brings 'Joy to the World'

    Jan 4, 2018

    "Joy to the World" was this year's Community Christmas play, a fun evening for all attendees of all ages. The yearly event is presented by the Wednesday Night youth group participants (ages 5 – 17 years old). Besides the actors found in the light, there are many volunteers who make this event a time of reflecting on the true meaning of Christmas – for example, Sharon Walker, who directs this annual event. She runs weekly rehearsals and coordinates with the adult participants making sure the...

  • Florida sees first snow in decades as storm hits the South

    RUSS BYNUM|Jan 4, 2018

    SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A brutal winter storm dumped snow in Tallahassee, Florida, on Wednesday for the first time in nearly three decades before slogging up the Atlantic coast and smacking Southern cities such as Savannah and Charleston, South Carolina, with a rare blast of snow and ice. Forecasters warned that the same system could soon strengthen into a "bomb cyclone" as it rolls up the East Coast, bringing hurricane-force winds, coastal flooding and up to a foot of snow. At least 17 deaths were blamed on dangerously cold temperatures that f...

  • Former heart surgeon set to become next Mormon president

    BRADY McCOMBS|Jan 4, 2018

    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The man set to become the next Mormon church president is a 93-year-old former heart surgeon whose conservative track record on the religion's leadership panel has led Mormon scholars to predict he won't make any major changes. Russell M. Nelson is likely to be formally named to the post in the coming days under longstanding church protocol designed to ensure a smooth handover by giving the post to the longest-tenured member of the governing Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Nelson has been on the panel for three decades. P...

  • Trump barrels into 2018 with fresh foreign fights on Twitter

    JOSH LEDERMAN and MATTHEW LEE|Jan 4, 2018

    WASHINGTON (AP) — You thought President Donald Trump might mellow out in 2018? Refrain from taunting world leaders tweet by tweet? Think again. Trump is storming into the new year in exceptionally aggressive fashion, picking fresh fights on Twitter with such speed that his aides, international partners and the public are struggling to catch up. If he was brash on the global stage in Year 1, the first days of Year 2 suggest he was just warming up. Pakistan? Liars and swindlers who enable terrorists, the president tweeted just hours after the wor...

  • Manafort sues Mueller, Justice Department over Russia probe

    ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY|Jan 4, 2018

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman sued special counsel Robert Mueller and the Justice Department on Wednesday, saying prosecutors had overstepped their bounds by charging him for conduct that he says is unrelated to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The lawsuit by Paul Manafort, filed in federal court in Washington, is the most direct challenge to date to Mueller's legal authority and the scope of his mandate as special counsel. It comes amid Republican allegations of partisan bias a...

  • Milwaukee Red Cross reverses visit policy after criticism

    IVAN MORENO|Jan 4, 2018

    MILWAUKEE (AP) — The American Red Cross of Wisconsin said Wednesday it was reversing a new policy in Milwaukee that would have forced predominantly black and Latino residents from low-income areas to travel to receive the organization's volunteer assistance after a house fire. Volunteers will continue going to help fire victims wherever they are in the city, the organization said in a statement Wednesday in which it apologized for the policy it briefly implemented in late December. The Red Cross had quickly faced backlash over the change, which...

  • Price tag on gene therapy for rare form of blindness: $850K

    MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer|Jan 4, 2018

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A first-of-its kind genetic treatment for blindness will cost $850,000 per patient, making it one of the most expensive medicines in the world and raising questions about the affordability of a coming wave of similar gene-targeting therapies. The injectable treatment from Spark Therapeutics can improve the eyesight of patients with a rare genetic mutation that affects just a few thousand people in the U.S. Previously there has been no treatment for the condition, which eventually causes complete blindness by adulthood. P...

  • Turkish banker convicted of helping Iran evade US sanctions

    LARRY NEUMEISTER|Jan 4, 2018

    NEW YORK (AP) — A banker accused of helping Iran evade economic sanctions was convicted Wednesday in a case that strained ties between the United States and Turkey with its testimony about corruption at the highest levels of the NATO ally's government. Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a 47-year-old deputy general manager at Turkey's state-run Halkbank, was charged by U.S. authorities with taking part in a complex scheme in which Iran traded its oil and gas for gold, with some of the proceeds moved through U.S. financial institutions without their k...

  • GOP's Senate majority shrinks with Jones sworn into office

    KEVIN FREKING and KIMBERLY CHANDLER|Jan 4, 2018

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Doug Jones of Alabama was sworn into office Wednesday, shrinking the Senate's Republican majority and leading lawmakers of both parties to plead for more bipartisanship as Congress tackles pressing issues in advance of the 2018 midterm elections. Vice President Mike Pence administered the Senate's oath of office to Jones, the first Alabama Democrat elected to the Senate in a quarter century, and to former Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith, who was appointed to replace Sen. Al Franken, who resigned amid allegations of s...

  • Trump blasts Bannon over book, says ex-aide 'lost his mind'

    JILL COLVIN and JONATHAN LEMIRE|Jan 4, 2018

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump returned fire with both barrels Wednesday against criticism leveled at him in a new book that says he never expected — or wanted — to win the White House, his victory left his wife in tears and a senior adviser thought his son's contact with a Russian lawyer during the campaign was "treasonous." Trump released a formal statement railing against his former chief White House strategist, Steve Bannon, insisting Bannon had little to do with his victorious campaign and "has nothing to do with me or my Presi...

  • Trump threat to cut aid to Palestinians carries risks

    JOSEF FEDERMAN|Jan 4, 2018

    JERUSALEM (AP) — With a Twitter post threatening to cut off U.S. aid to the Palestinians, President Donald Trump has expressed his frustration over the lack of progress in his hoped-for Mideast peace push. But things could deteriorate even further if Trump follows through on the threat. Over two decades of on-and-off peace talks, the U.S., Israel and the Palestinians have created a situation of interdependence, with American mediation at the core of this system. A cutoff in aid would almost certainly harm the Palestinians, particularly those wh...

  • Church president was familiar face to generations of Mormons

    BRADY MCCOMBS|Jan 4, 2018

    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For more than 50 years, Thomas S. Monson served in top leadership councils for the Mormon church — making him a well-known face and personality to multiple generations of Mormons. A church bishop at the age of 22, the Salt Lake City native became the youngest church apostle ever in 1963 at the age of 36. He served as a counselor for three church presidents before assuming the role of the top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in February 2008. Tuesday night, 90-year-old Monson died at his home in...

  • N. Korea reopens cross-border communications with S. Korea

    HYUNG-JIN KIM|Jan 4, 2018

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reopened a key cross-border communication channel with South Korea for the first time in nearly two years Wednesday as the rivals explored the possibility of sitting down and talking after months of acrimony and fears of war. The sudden signs of easing hostilities, however, came as President Donald Trump threatened Kim with nuclear war in response to his threat earlier this week. In his New Year's address Monday, Kim said he was willing to send a delegation to next month's Winter O...

  • Thieves steal famed Indian jewels from Venice exhibit

    NICOLE WINFIELD|Jan 4, 2018

    ROME (AP) — Thieves on Wednesday stole precious Indian jewels from the famed Al Thani Collection that were on show in a Venetian palace, making off with a brooch and a pair of earrings by mixing in with the crowd on the final day of the exhibition, police said. The stolen jewels were not the top highlights of the Al Thani Collection, which includes gems dating from the time of the Mughal Empire. But police said they were made of gold, platinum and diamonds and news reports estimated their value in the millions of euros. Venice police said t...

  • Autopsy: 3-year-old Indian girl a homicide victim in Texas

    DAVID WARREN|Jan 4, 2018

    DALLAS (AP) — A 3-year-old girl whose body was found in a culvert near her suburban Dallas home little more than a year after she was adopted from an Indian orphanage died from "homicidal violence," according to autopsy findings released Wednesday. Steven Kurtz with the Dallas County medical examiner's office said Sherin Mathews was a victim of homicide but that he couldn't provide any other details from the autopsy at this point. The Texas attorney general's office must decide whether the full report can be released to the public, he said. P...

  • This year's state elections could shape future for Congress

    DAVID A. LIEB|Jan 4, 2018

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Buoyed by a string of electoral victories during President Donald Trump's first year in office, Democrats will be waging a renewed battle to wrest control of Congress from Republicans this year. Yet the contests with the greatest long-term consequences for Congress could be elsewhere on the ballot —for governors and state legislators who will shape the boundaries of congressional districts for the decade to come. Voters in two-thirds of the states will be electing governors to new four-year terms in 2018. Of those, 26...

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