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Happy Birthday To Jan. 24: Sonny Wagner, Linda Gray, Landon Brady Jan. 26: Margie Waldrop, Ashley Ferguson, Tammy Honer Jan. 27: Jason Kornele, Ranae Murrow, Ronda Williams Jan. 29: Tracy Walker Jan. 30: Staci Bliss, Tenesha Bookstore Jan. 31: Chad Grimes, Bill Bishop, Bret Burnham Feb. 1: Tricia Coday, Dean Welty, Jeffery Melkus Feb. 2: Dylan Moore, Lisa Welty, Jerry Cell, Deric Wagner Feb. 3: Bobby Gerloff, Vanessa Gerloff Feb. 4: Noah Ring Feb. 5: Chad Novak, Bryce Adair, Kay Decker Wardrop Feb. 6: Tamara Green Feb. 7: Norma Jean Smith Feb....
Happy Anniversary To Jan. 24; Mr. & Mrs. Albert Williams Feb. 2: Mr. & Mrs. Bill Wardrop Feb. 9: Mr. & Mrs. Shane Justice Feb. 16: Mr. & Mrs. Travis Woodson, Mr. & Mrs. Dudley Winn Feb. 17: Mr. & Mrs. Lonnie Holbrook (Note: Send corrections, additions to: [email protected] or call 800-305-2111)...
Northwestern Oklahoma State University will host the third performance in the Northwest Oklahoma Concert Series lineup with Tulsa Camerata on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 7 p.m. in Herod Hall Auditorium. Formed in 2010, members of Tulsa Camerata have a passion for sharing chamber music with a broad regional audience. The group's mission is to enrich the cultural life of communities through artistically excellent and innovative chamber music concerts. In addition to performing works from traditional...
Sunday, Jan. 20, 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 36:5-10 led by Debra Brown Opening hymn: “Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty” led by Debra Brown Affirmation of Faith Gloria Patri Hymn of Justifying Gra...
Share Medical Center is weighing the pros and cons of staying with the same software for electronic health records (EHR) or changing. CFO Kandice Allen said Jean Sands and Melissa Spaulding of SSM (St. Anthony's) were in Alva Jan. 8 to review Share's upcoming IT needs and projects. By the end of February, they will provide the hospital with a quote along with the benefits of EPIC software. Alva Hospital Authority Chairman Jason Gaisford said the hospital is "up against the wall" because current... Full story
James Robert “Bob” Meade died Saturday, December 29, 2018, at the Willapa Harbor Care Center. He was born November 28, 1938, to Kenneth Ray and Reba Eileen (Cummings) Meade in Enid, Oklahoma. After graduating from Alva High School in Alva, Oklahoma, James attended Bethany Nazarene College in Bethany, Oklahoma, from which he earned an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Christian Ministry. On July 23, 1958, he married Marilyn B. (Lile) Meade. James served 53 years as a pastor for the Church of the Nazarene as well as two years in the Wesleyan Chu...
A Come-N-Go Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, January 25, 2019, at 5 p.m. at the Freedom American Legion Hall in Freedom, Oklahoma. Wharton Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com. Leslie Earl, son of Wanda Lea (Bickford) and Charles Earl Hackney, was born January 12, 1951, in Alva, Oklahoma. He received his angel wings on January 20, 2019, at the age of 68. Les is preceded in death by his parents; a grandson, Dylan...
Vickie Irene Stuckman Limestall of Freedom, Oklahoma, passed away January 4, 2019, due to an automobile accident south of Freedom. She was born in Enid, Oklahoma, on April 25, 1963. She spent most of her grade school and high school career in Syracuse, Kansas. In her early life she was active in sports and in rodeo, and she was a drum major in the band. Vickie has always been involved in the agriculture community. She managed a few different farms throughout her life, ending her career managing...
The life of Cheyenne Benefield, a 12-year-old Freedom Public Schools student, was cut short due to an automobile accident on January 4, 2019, south of Freedom. Cheyenne Carol Benefield was born on February 23, 2006, in Galveston, Texas, to Gregory Benefield and Vickie Limestall. Cheyenne grew up in LaFayette, Alabama, and Freedom, Oklahoma. She was currently attending Freedom Elementary. She loved barrel racing, horseback riding and playing basketball. She was also the 2018 Rodeo Princess in Fre...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is seeking increased funding from lawmakers to treat prisoners with hepatitis C. The department estimates more than 3,000 of the state's inmates have the viral infection that's dispersed through blood contact, which affects the liver, The Journal Record reported. Corrections spokesman Matt Elliott said that under the current funding, amounting to just over half a billion dollars, inmates receive treatment for their symptoms but few are getting the direct antiviral medication they n...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court will not review the sentences of two Oklahoma inmates who argue that people of color are more likely to be sentenced to death in Oklahoma when the victim is white. The court on Monday declined without comment to review the separate cases of Julius Darius Jones and Tremane Wood, whose first name is spelled Termane in state court documents. Jones was convicted of killing Paul Howell during a 1999 carjacking and Wood was convicted of killing Ronald Wimpf during a robbery. Both victims were white. J...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two Oklahoma residents died when their vehicle crossed the median on Interstate 80 in southern Wyoming and crashed head-on with a truck. The Wyoming Highway Patrol says the accident occurred about 9:30 a.m. Sunday west of Wamsutter while road conditions were slick with blowing snow. The patrol identified the two victims as 59-year-old Michael J. Bivens and 22-year-old Brandon M. Bivens, both of Tulsa. It said Brandon Bivens was driving a 2004 Toyota Tundra east when the vehicle crossed the median and entered the w...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators are still allowed to take unrecorded votes on legislation in committee and as the House or Senate debate bills despite an ongoing push for greater openness in state government. The Republican-controlled House approved new rules Wednesday for 2019 and 2020 that include a few changes that leaders in both parties said would promote transparency. The GOP-dominated Senate adopted its rules in 2017 and isn't set to review them again until 2021. Both sets of rules maintain a long-standing practice of allowing c...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a disbarred Wichita attorney with embezzling more than $132,000 from a bankruptcy estate. A criminal information filed Wednesday in federal court in Kansas charges Christopher W. O'Brien with one count of embezzlement and two counts of making false statements. Court records do not list a defense attorney. The government alleges O'Brien was acting as an attorney in the bankruptcy case of RCCA Well Service, LLC, when he stole between 2011 and 2014 money belonging to the estate. O'Brien is a...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said she wants a review of state sentencing guidelines to reduce overcrowding in prisons, a move that could find bipartisan support in the Republican-controlled Legislature. The Democratic governor said in an interview Tuesday with The Topeka Capital-Journal's editorial board that she would like to see more people receiving treatment rather than spending time in a cell. Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning, R-Overland Park, said he believes finding ways to reduce the prison population "would get a l...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former coach and a choreographer for a high school dance team in Kansas are denying allegations that they prevented a black student from performing during an event because her skin was "too dark" and clashed with the costumes. Former student Camille Sturdivant leveled the accusations in a lawsuit against the Blue Valley School District, saying she faced racial discrimination and was ostracized after complaining about how she was treated before graduating in 2018. Choreographer Kevin Murakami, who isn't named in the l...
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A suspect in the ambush, kidnapping and rape of a Johnson County sheriff's deputy wants to withdraw his guilty plea. The Kansas City Star reports 23-year-old Brady Newman-Caddell, of Independence, Missouri, was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty in May to the attack. Instead, he asked to withdraw his plea and go to trial. His attorney, Zane Todd, then withdrew from the case. His co-defendant, 26-year-old William Luth, of Blue Springs, Missouri, previously pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 41 years i...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An employee of a business at a Topeka shopping center found an injured homeless man curled up in a fenced-off area with a small black dog at his side. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the homeless man told the employee who found him Wednesday at the Holliday Square shopping center that he had fallen and hurt his hip and had been laying there about seven days. Two snowfalls had occurred during that time with temperatures dipping into the single digits. Police say the man had no shoes and his feet were wrapped in socks. H...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 20-year-old man who was slain after fatally shooting a community activist with a criminal record wouldn't have faced charges, a prosecutor announced Wednesday. Boone County prosecuting attorney Dan Knight said in a letter that the investigation showed that Ahmonta Harris — who frequently attended community meetings where he urged youths to stay away from violence — was shot in November after breaking into 20-year-old Deonte Gainwell's home and trying to rob him. According to the letter, Gainwell said he suspe...
SALINA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Department of Labor says federal employees who are furloughed during the partial government shutdown can seek unemployment benefits. The Salina Journal reports that federal workers in Kansas can apply for unemployment benefits by calling the department's Unemployment Contact Center. The state says federal employees who are still working full-time without pay during the shutdown won't be eligible. Kansas labor officials say federal workers should be prepared to provide wage verification because the agency may be u...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say an 11-year-old boy and his 9-year-old friend managed to unlock a bedroom gun safe before the older boy fatally shot the younger child in a Wichita mobile home. The Wichita Eagle reports that Officer Charley Davidson said Tuesday in an email that the family who lives in the home didn't know that the gun was loaded when Roy'Ale Spencer was killed. Davidson said the children got into the safe Monday after the adults in the home left for work, leaving three teens in charge. Students in Wichita public schools w...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government said on Thursday a Chinese-Australian writer had been detained in China in what a friend suspects is part of a backlash against Canada's arrest of a top Chinese telecommunications executive. Novelist and influential online commentator Yang Hengjun was a Chinese diplomat before he became an Australian citizen. Friends say the 53-year-old had been living in New York as a visiting scholar at Columbia University and had returned to China last week with his wife, Yuan Rui Juan, and 14-year-old s...
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State legislators on Wednesday pushed forward with tax reform efforts aimed at reducing state government's dependence on a volatile oil and natural gas sector and providing steady funding for road maintenance, public schools and teacher pay increases. The legislation seeks to increase annual state revenues by about $100 million at the same time it would shrink reliance on a pillar of the state tax code — the gross receipts tax on sales and business services. It also would increase some state personal income tax rates and...
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado town has extended its moratorium on new oil and gas drilling, expecting lawmakers to address statewide regulations this year. The Daily Camera reports the Erie Board of Trustees approved Tuesday the six-month extension, preventing a lapse in the freeze that was set to expire next month. The town north of Denver has approved other regulations on the industry over last year, including mapping requirements and odor mitigation. The nearby towns of Lafayette and Superior also have drilling moratoriums. Both towns a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers managed to capture the moment of an impact during this week's eclipsed moon. Spanish astrophysicist Jose Maria Madiedo of the University of Huelva said Wednesday it appears a rock from a comet slammed into the moon during the total lunar eclipse late Sunday and early Monday. The strike was seen by telescopes in Spain and elsewhere as a bright flash. Madiedo said it's the first impact flash ever seen during a lunar eclipse, although such crater-forming impacts are common. The object hit at an estimated 1...
