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Happy Birthday To Jan. 17: Stephanie Gillenwaters Jan. 18: Linn Melkus, Lance Bradt, Andrea Haney Jan. 19: Guy Rackley Jan. 20 Priscilla Ledford Johnson, Darren Hughes, Lou Wilshire, Patricia Jessup, Shelley Wyckoff, Dasan Gillenwaters Jan. 21: Shelly Lane, Royce Friend Jan. 22: Paula McMurphy, Buddy Dotter, Margene Burnham, Stephanie Moss, Reese Grimes Jan. 23: Evan Reed Ferguson, Lana Darr, Alan Dean Sample, Beau Wilson Jan. 24: Sonny Wagner, Linda Gray, Landon Brady Jan. 26: Margie Waldrop, Ashley Ferguson, Tammy Honer Jan. 27: Jason...
Happy Anniversary To Jan. 20: Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Schultz, Mr. & Mrs. Mick Ferguson Jan. 24; Mr. & Mrs. Albert Williams Feb. 2: Mr. & Mrs. Bill Wardrop (Note: Send corrections, additions to: [email protected] or call 800-305-2111)...
On Sunday, Jan. 13, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Announcements: Freedom UMC is having their annual Pancake Supper on Feb. 2, from 5 to 7 p.m., in the UMC Fellowship Hall. Shirley Wagner has donated an afghan to be raffled. Please join us and enjoy good food and fellowship. Invocation by Pastor Todd Finley Call to Worship: Psalm 113, led by Julie Russell Opening hymn: “Crown Him with Many Crowns,” led by Debra Brown Affirmation of Faith Gloria Patri Hymn of Justifying Grace: “O...
The 2019 Freedom Sirloin Club Trophy Auction will be held Monday, Jan. 28, at the Freedom American Legion Building. The meal will start at 6 p.m. and will include ham, scalloped potatoes, green beans, bread and dessert. The trophy auction will begin at 7 p.m. All funds raised by this auction go back to the youth of Freedom toward their livestock projects. For more information, contact Bryant Weber at 580-621-3271 or 580-227-0810 or email him at [email protected]....
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that many Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices will reopen temporarily in the coming days to perform certain limited services for farmers and ranchers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has recalled about 2,500 FSA employees to open offices on Thursday, Jan. 17, and Friday, Jan. 18, in addition to Tuesday, Jan. 22, during normal business hours. The offices will be closed for the federal Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, Jan. 21. In almost half of F...
As of Jan. 1, hospitals have been required to post their prices. But the information is often difficult to understand, and hospitals say it doesn't reflect what patients pay. For the first time ever, many Oklahoma hospitals are posting their prices online for every service or item they offer, creating a consumer menu. But a closer look at these price lists shows that they are unlikely to help patients comparison-shop with ease or figure out complicated medical bills. A check of websites for some...
At the regular meeting Jan. 9 of the Freedom Town Board, Mayor Shad Brackin, Trustee Rolando Galindo, and Clerk Cindy Reed discussed exciting news about their REAP grant application, as well as the situation of the town's sewer system and other business. Trustee Terry Smith was absent, but a quorum was determined. REAP Grant Awarded for More Than Requested "Here's the good news," said Mayor Brackin as Reed opened the manila envelope with the REAP Grant award letter from the Oklahoma Economic...
The Lady Eagles and Eagles finished a long week with consolation championship wins on Saturday at the Medford High School Invitational Tournament. With five games in six days, fatigue was a factor but it did not stop either team from bringing home trophies. Lady Eagles The Lady Eagles started with a 5-point loss to the home team as Medford pulled away after the Lady Eagles lost a starter to fouls. With the score 41-40 Medford, Freedom post player Linsy Weber fouled out and Medford finished the...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Following a season that resulted in the program's second trip to the NCAA Division II National Championships in the past three seasons, Southern Arkansas will enter the 2019 softball season as the favorite in the Great American Conference following a vote of the league's 12 head coaches. The Lady Muleriders garnered the first-place vote from all 11 other institutions after they went 60-11 in 2018. They return a pair of All-Americans in pitcher Victoria Taylor and third baseman Faith Otts. Taylor posted a 33-1 record with a...
NEW YORK (AP) — On each side of the abortion debate, legislators and activists emboldened by recent political developments plan to push aggressively in many states this year for bills high on their wish lists: either seeking to impose near-total bans on abortion or guaranteeing women's access to the procedure. For abortion opponents, many of whom will rally Friday at the annual March for Life in Washington, there's a surge of optimism that sweeping abortion bans might have a chance of prevailing in the reconfigured U.S. Supreme Court that i...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Numbers from the Oklahoma Tax Commission show medical marijuana sales reached nearly $1 million in December, generating about $70,000 for state coffers from a special new tax on pot sales. The agency released figures on Wednesday that show the 7 percent tax on medical marijuana sales generated $69,425 in December. So far in January, more than $43,000 has been collected from medical marijuana sales. Those figures don't include the standard sales tax that varies from city to city. Oklahoma voters approved a medical m...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Voter registration in Oklahoma has reached an all-time high following the November mid-term election. The Oklahoma State Election Board's annual Jan. 15 voter registration count eclipsed 2.1 million, the Tulsa World reported . "Our state saw a big increase in voter engagement in 2018, and I am hopeful that this trend will continue through 2019 and into the 2020 elections," said Paul Ziriax, Secretary of the State Election Board. Voter registration totals are usually the highest after a presidential election. The 2017 v...
By KEN MILLER, Associate Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma woman whose 8-year-old daughter disappeared more than 20 years ago and is presumed dead said Wednesday that she is not celebrating the death in prison of the man convicted of killing the girl, and remains hopeful her daughter's remains will be recovered. Shannon Hazen said she is instead praying for the family of Anthony Palma, who state prison officials say was killed in his cell Friday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. "I forgave a nameless, faceless predator a d...
OKEMAH, Okla. (AP) — The bodies of a pair of friends who had been the subject of search parties near their central Texas homes were found in shallow graves in rural Oklahoma, according to law enforcement authorities. A statement released by the Temple Police Department says a preliminary investigation indicates the bodies are those of Jenna Scott, 28, and Michael Swearingin, 32, who have been missing since Jan. 4. Police said their families have been notified. "The family is hurting very, very much," Swearingen's mother, Deborah Harrison, t...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — New Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly told Kansas legislators Wednesday that the state faces an emergency in its child welfare system and is "completely unprepared" for the next national economic downturn. Kelly outlined an agenda for the Republican-dominated Legislature that includes increased spending on public schools and expanding the state's Medicaid health coverage for the needy. Yet she also told lawmakers that she will honor her pledge to balance the budget without raising taxes. Her first State of the State address , t...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly has named the Kansas Lottery's top attorney to serve as its interim executive director. The new Democratic governor announced Wednesday that Stephen Durrell will lead the agency. He has worked at the lottery since 2007, serving as its general counsel and an assistant Kansas attorney general assigned to the agency. Durrell also served previously as an assistant attorney general assigned to the state Racing and Gaming Commission. The lottery operates its games of chance and oversees four state-owned casinos t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Kansas Rep. Kevin Yoder has joined a Washington lobbying firm in which one of former Vice President Dan Quayle's sons is a partner. HHQ Ventures announced Wednesday that the former Republican congressman from Kansas is now a partner in the firm. Another partner is Ben Quayle. He is the younger of the former vice president's two sons and a former GOP congressman from Arizona. Yoder represented the 3rd District of the Kansas City area from 2011 through 2018, losing his bid for a fifth term to Democrat Sharice Davids. B...
ANDOVER, Kan. (AP) — Members of a Kansas public library board are considering a request to move books that include transgender characters out of the children's section. Andover resident Marci Laffen said in a written request that the books "George," ''Lily and Dunkin," and "I am Jazz" should be moved to the library's adult section, or at least to the young adult section. She cited the "sexual content" of the books, along with issues such as bullying, rebelling against police and refusing to take medications, The Wichita Eagle reported . Library...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Two men were arrested after their car intentionally rammed a police car at the home of a member of the Charles Koch family. The Wichita Eagle reports the incident happened Tuesday night at the home of Chase Koch, son of Wichita billionaire Charles Koch. Police spokesman Charley Davidson said in a new release that officers were called to the home after a car intentionally rammed a private security vehicle before driving through a closed security gate. The driver then hit a Wichita police car. The car became disabled after i...
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a suburban Kansas City woman has died from injuries sustained when she crashed into a pond. The Kansas City Star reports that police in Olathe, Kansas, say 61-year-old Helen Riddle apparently suffered a medical emergency last week before her sport utility vehicle struck a car and went off the side of a road. She then crashed through a fence before the SUV became submerged in the pond. Police announced Tuesday that she died after she was rescued and rushed to a hospital with critical injuries. Divers also s...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Fuel thieves in Mexico have grown so bold they are drilling illegal taps under warehouses in big cities and siphoning off the entire contents of pipelines, Mexico's president said Wednesday. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that at one pipeline carrying gasoline, thieves didn't just skim off part of the flow — they drilled so many taps they siphoned away all the fuel in the duct. "There was no pressure. They siphoned off all the fuel, because the pipeline is a sieve. They have installed devices along the length of...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The oil and gas industry should not be spared the pain of the partial government shutdown, according to the chairman of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee. Rep. Raul Grijalva (gri-HAWL-vah) on Tuesday sent a letter to Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt objecting to the department changing plans to allow employees to work on upcoming offshore lease sales, seismic permits and a five-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan in Alaska and elsewhere. "One of the most striking features of the current government s...
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. government attorneys have asked a federal judge in Montana to dismiss allegations that a Trump administration panel reviewing royalties paid by fossil fuel companies is stacked with industry supporters. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula presided over a Wednesday hearing in the case. He did not issue an immediate decision. A Montana-based conservation group called the Western Organization of Resource Councils sued the administration in August. It wants to disband the Interior Department's Royalty Policy C...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is proposing a $351 million bond to repair or replace 250 bridges across the state, a pitch he made to lawmakers Wednesday during his first State of the State speech since taking over when his predecessor resigned in scandal last year. Parson's plan comes after Missouri voters in November shot down a proposed 10-cent-a-gallon increase in the gas tax to pay for road and bridge repairs. Parson toured the state to try to persuade voters to pass the gas tax increase, and he's repeatedly cited imp...
DETROIT (AP) — Despite a government shutdown, Hyundai and Kia are moving ahead with a recall of about 168,000 vehicles to fix a fuel pipe problem that can cause engine fires. The problem stems from improper repairs during previous recalls for engine failures. The affiliated Korean automakers have been dogged by fire and engine failure complaints from across the nation. They're both under investigation by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which has been trying to figure out whether initial recalls covered enough v...
