Articles from the January 24, 2021 edition
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Trump agreements seek to tie Biden's hands on immigration
SAN DIEGO (AP) — During the Trump administration's final weeks, the Department of Homeland Security quietly signed agreements with at least four states that threaten to temporarily derail President Joe Biden's efforts to undo his predecessor's i...
Biden reverses Trump ban on transgender people in military
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an order Monday reversing a Trump-era Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from serving in the military. The new order, which Biden signed in the Oval Office during a meeting with D...
Effort to put Tubman on $20 bill restarted under Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a change of administrations, it looks like Harriet Tubman is once again headed to the front of the $20 bill. Biden press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that the Treasury Department is taking steps to resume efforts to put t...
Watchdog probes if DOJ officials tried to overturn election
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department's inspector general is launching an investigation to examine whether any former or current department officials "engaged in an improper attempt" to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Inspe...
BRAD AMERIN
Bradley Allen Amerin (Brad) was born on November 30, 1989, in Liberal, Kansas, to Cathy Cain and Jeffery Amerin. Brad went to Tyrone Elementary where he met the love of his life in fourth grade,...
South Barber FFA raises near $25,000 at work auction
South Barber FFA Advisor Tommy Hutson estimates that 130 people ate at the FFA meal and work auction last Thursday evening held at Kiowa's Community Building. With just 21 FFA members, Hutson said tha...
Burlington's basketball season ends, principals contracts discussed
It was a four-hour morning meeting for Burlington's Board of Education at their Feb. 15 regular monthly meeting. The board met in executive session for a good deal of the meeting, but no action was taken upon return to open session. One topic of...
Covid-19 risk level lowered for area
Most of the counties in this area of Oklahoma have been moved to the low risk (yellow) level for Covid-19 by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH). Grant County remains in the moderate risk...
