Articles from the February 1, 2023 edition

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Big 12 back to beating each other after beating up the SEC

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Baylor coach Scott Drew and the rest of his Big 12 counterparts probably felt a bit of a reprieve last Saturday, when the league took a break from beating up on itself by taking seven of 10 games from the Southeastern C...

 

OSHA fines Kansas City company after worker's death

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal agency has recommended nearly $200,000 in fines after an apprentice technician died from electrocution at a construction site in Kansas City last year — just a year after another technician working for the com...

 

'School choice' is culture-war focus for Kansas lawmakers

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Republican legislators in Kansas are focusing on helping conservative parents remove their children from public schools over what's taught about gender and sexuality rather than pursuing a version of what critics call F...

 

Bring back dodo? Ambitious plan draws investors, critics

WASHINGTON (AP) — The dodo bird isn't coming back anytime soon. Nor is the woolly mammoth. But a company working on technologies to bring back extinct species has attracted more investors, while other scientists are skeptical such feats are possible...

 

4 key suspects in Haiti presidential slaying in US custody

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Four key suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were transferred to the United States for prosecution as the case stagnates in Haiti amid death threats that have spooked local judges, U.S. officials an...

 

Manslaughter charge for Alec Baldwin in 'Rust' set shooting

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist have been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, according to court documents filed by prosecutors T...

 

A real zoodunit: Missing monkeys deepen mystery in Dallas

DALLAS (AP) — When police said two small monkeys were taken from the Dallas Zoo this week and a cut was found in their enclosure, it deepened a growing mystery that has included other cut fences, the escape of a small leopard and the suspicious d...

 

Elon Musk's Tesla tweet trial delves into investor damages

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Elon Musk tweet declaring he had the financing to take Tesla private in 2018 caused billions of dollars in investor damages after the deal collapsed, according to estimates presented Tuesday at a trial examining the h...

 

Winter weather cancels flights, leads to death in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Winter weather brought ice to a wide swath of the United States on Tuesday, causing the cancellation of more than 1,700 flights nationwide, bringing traffic to a standstill on an interstate through Arkansas and causing crashes t...

 

Boeing bids farewell to an icon, delivers last 747 jumbo jet

SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing bid farewell to an icon on Tuesday, delivering its final 747 jumbo jet as thousands of workers who helped build the planes over the past 55 years looked on. Since its first flight in 1969, the giant yet graceful 747 has served a...

 

Alaska gold, copper mine blocked over environmental worries

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took an unusually strong step Tuesday and blocked a proposed mine heralded by backers as the most significant undeveloped copper and gold resource in the world because of concerns a...

 

Tyre Nichols beating raises scrutiny on 'elite' police units

A car with dark tinted windows circles the block a few times before swerving onto the sidewalk. A handful of armed plainclothes police officers jump out and order everyone out of a double-parked car so they can search it, striking terror in the...

 

In Haiti, gangs take control as democracy withers

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Jimmy Cherizier zips through Haiti's capital on the back of a motorcycle, flanked by young men wielding black and leopard print masks and automatic weapons. As the pack of bikes flies by graffiti reading "Mafia boss" i...

 

Blinken Mideast visit highlights US limitations in region

JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday wrapped up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank with no visible signs of progress toward halting one of the deadliest outbreaks of Israeli-Palestinian violence in y...

 

Feds drop lobbying probe of retired general, lawyer says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has dropped its probe of retired four-star Gen. John Allen for his role in an alleged illegal foreign lobbying campaign on behalf of the wealthy Persian Gulf nation of Qatar, his lawyer told The Associated P...

 

Cheaters beware: ChatGPT maker releases AI detection tool

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework. The new AI Text Classifier l...

 

Barber County real estate transactions

Real Estate Transfers Book 148 page 129: Ashlyn and Gabe Voth convey unto Navigate Home LLC. Towns Company addition (Kiowa), block 63, lot 11 and 12. Quit claim deed. Book 148 page 134: Charles E. Achenbach conveys unto Ryan Laney. Lots 4 through 9,...

 

Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office logs

Monday, January 23, 2023 During this day were three traffic stops. 1:39 a.m. – Medic needed at James Crabtree Correctional Center for an officer having difficulty breathing. Medic took the patient to Bass Hospital. 9:10 a.m. – Report of a reckless wh...

 

Alfalfa County real estate

Real Estate Transfers Book 888 page 369: Scott Franklin Simon and Tabitha Unruh Simon convey unto Barton Ranch LLC. The southeast quarter of Section 4, Township 28 North, Range 11, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Warranty deed. Book 888 page 391:...

 

Alfalfa County court filings

According to the affidavits and petitions on file, the following individuals have been charged. An individual is innocent of any charges listed below until proven guilty in a court of law. All information is a matter of public record and may be obtai...

 

Alfalfa county commissioners hear about SandRidge tax protest

Alfalfa County commissioners Nate Ross, Mike Roach and Garret Johnson gathered for their regular meeting Monday, Jan. 30. After initial routine business, the group listened to a lengthy presentation by Alfalfa County Assessor Jennifer Roach. Roach...

 

Students evacuated for fire alarm at Cunningham Hall

During the dedication of the newly renovated Cunningham Hall Friday, Jan. 20, Northwestern Oklahoma State University student Shayna Miller said, “New buildings come with fun surprises. When we f...

 

Cherokee students vying for state FCCLA office

Davin Budy and Hope Jordan of Cherokee have made it to the final round of voting for the 2023-2024 state officer team of the Oklahoma CareerTech Family, Career and Community Leaders of America...

 

Manor full, overall stats for 2022 increase from 2021

Kiowa District Hospital Board of Directors President Pat Myers called the regular January meeting to order in the Kirkpatrick Conference Room with three other members present including Marcia Cantrell, Jeff Miller and Jim Parker. Chantae Simpson was...

 

Filing opens Monday for the municipal election

Filing opens Monday for municipal candidates in Oklahoma. The filing period is from 8 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, at county election boards. Woods County In Woods County, the...

 

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