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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Airlines canceled hundreds of flights Tuesday, governors urged residents to stay off roads and schools closed campuses as a huge swath of the U.S. braced for a major winter storm that was set to put millions of Americans in t...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — A man faces murder charges after authorities found the bodies of his girlfriend and two other people buried in northeastern Oklahoma. Robert Edwin Lewis, 61, of Stilwell faces three first-degree murder charges for the d...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Tax collections in Kansas exceeded the state's expectations in January for the 18th month in a row and created a 14.5% surplus for the month. The state Department of Revenue reported Tuesday that Kansas collected $944.5 million i...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A winter storm set to move across the country this week could drop more than a foot of snow in parts of Missouri and Kansas and, more ominously, coat trees and power lines with freezing rain. The National Weather Service i...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A north-central Kansas lawmaker has been arrested in Topeka on suspicion of drunken driving. Topeka police said Tuesday that officers stopped Republican Rep. Suzi Carlson, of Clay Center, at about 9 p.m. Monday a few blocks s...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 73-year-old woman died after she was hit by a car over the weekend, Wichita police said Tuesday. Officers were called to private property in east Wichita on Saturday afternoon. They found Luella Beemer injured, police s...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man serving a 25-year prison sentence for rigging computers to win lottery jackpots for himself, friends and family will be released from an Iowa prison on parole after serving nearly five years, but he could be forced to r...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri senators on Tuesday debated a "stand your ground" bill that backers say will strengthen the state's self-defense laws but that a prosecutor has dubbed the "Make Murder Legal Act." Republican Sen. Eric Burlison's bill see...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The owners of a New Mexico home were doubly surprised over the weekend to find a burglar in their house with an AR-15, and then to have him apologize, give them money and leave embarrassed. The man had slept, bathed, dined a...

MIAMI (AP) — A man and his 11-year-old grandson found a little more than they were looking for during a weekend fishing trip. The pair pulled two .50-caliber Barrett sniper rifles out of a canal near Miami. Duane Smith told the Miami Herald he saw a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. to authorize extra-low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5, potentially opening the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots as early as March. In an e...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden stretched out for Republican support for his Supreme Court nominee Tuesday, inviting the GOP's top Judiciary Committee senator to the White House along with the panel's Democratic chairman and phoning R...

Native American tribes have reached settlements over the toll of opioids totaling $590 million with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and the country's three largest drug distribution companies, according to a court filing made Tuesday. The filing in U.S....

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...

Real Estate Transfers Book 878 page 45: Marilyn R. Friend and 3JW, LLC, unto Brock Dee Buller and Kara Brooke Buller. The south half of section 15, township 27N, range 9, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Joint tenancy warranty deed. Book 878 page 72:...

Tuesday, January 25, 2022 During this day there were two traffic stops. 10:22 a.m. – Report of a fire alarm going off at 3rd and Magnolia. All was okay. 4:29 p.m. – Report of a gas leak in the hall at the Catholic Church. ONG was called. 6:51 p.m...

Commissioners in Alfalfa County heard a presentation Monday morning from Tom Smith, owner of Germinator. Smith gave Mike Roach, Jay Hague and Marvin Woodall information about his advanced protection air and surface purifiers. Smith brought four...

“It's your duty really. If you have good blood give it. Every little bit helps save a life,” Kiowa woman Lenora Dodds said. A longtime volunteer and blood donor, Dodds was just shy of being a 10-gallon donor until illness halted her efforts. Kio...