Articles from the February 9, 2022 edition
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BERNETTA LORRAINE (HERD) KENDRICK
Bernetta Lorraine (Herd) Kendrick was born December 23, 1923, on a farm west of Buttermilk, Kansas, to Jesse James and Bernice Herd and passed away on February 4, 2022 in Oklahoma City at the age of 9...
LYNN ELLOY LOGSDON
Lynn Logsdon passed away on January 25, 2022, at the age of 60 years. No services are planned at this time. Wharton Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com....
ROBERT BAILS
Robert Bails, age 79, went to be with his Lord, Wednesday, February 2, 2022, surrounded by his family in his home in Clovis, New Mexico. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, February...
STEPHEN SCOTT SIMMONS
Funeral services for Stephen Scott Simmons will be 1 p.m. Friday, February 11, 2022, at the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Leon Veazey officiating. Interment will be in the Memorial Hill...
WILLIAM BEAGLEY
William Beagley was born, August 12, 1936, in Lookout, Oklahoma, and passed away at Share Medical Center in Alva on January 16, 2022, at the age of 86. Wharton Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at...
New Oklahoma COVID-19 cases are down sharply in recent weeks
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of new COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma has fallen sharply in recent weeks, and hospitalizations are also decreasing, state health officials said Wednesday while adding words of caution as the pandemic continues. The s...
Massive fire burns empty apartment complex in Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A massive fire ripped through an empty five-story apartment complex in northwest Oklahoma City that was under construction, fire officials said. There were no injuries reported in the blaze late Tuesday at the construction s...
Wichita State, Kansas, split $11 million scholarship gift
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita State University and the University of Kansas will split an $11 million gift to provide full-ride scholarships to undergraduates, according to a news release issued Wednesday. Both schools will get $5.5 million from t...
By GOP undoes veto of Kansas map hurting Democrat; courts next
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas on Wednesday overrode the Democratic governor's veto of a redistricting plan that politically hurts the state's only Democrat in Congress, likely plunging Kansas into a national legal brawl amid t...
Settlement reached in Haskell University free speech case
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Haskell Indian Nations University has settled a lawsuit filed after a former university president sought to dictate what student journalists could report and write. Free-speech advocates said the settlement agreement with f...
Leavenworth man pleads no contest in killing of 12-year-old
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has pleaded no contest to second-degree murder for the shooting death last year of a 12-year-old boy outside a Leavenworth pharmacy. Darvon Deshawn Thomas, 26, of Leavenworth, entered the plea Tuesday in Leavenwo...
Snowbird kitty: Lost cat heads home to Maine - from Florida
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine family that long ago gave up on a lost family cat is being reunited — more than six years and 1,500 miles later. Denise Cilley, of Chesterville, said she was shocked to get a voicemail last week announcing her cat, Ash...
Indonesia frees croc from tire stuck on its neck for 6 years
PALU, Indonesia (AP) — A wild crocodile with a used motorcycle tire stuck around its neck for six years has finally been freed by an Indonesian bird catcher in a tireless effort that wildlife conservation officials hailed as a milestone Wednesday. T...
16 years prison for Colorado mom who abused kid, 7, to death
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado mother who fatally abused her 7-year-old daughter and lied about her health to get handouts from charities worth at least $100,000 was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison. Judge Patricia Herron issued the sentence a...
Under pressure to ease up, Biden weighs new virus response
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing growing pressure to ease up on pandemic restrictions, the White House insisted Wednesday it is making plans for a less-disruptive phase of the national virus response. But impatient states, including Democratic New York, m...
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection subpoenaed former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Wednesday, seeking to question an ally of former President Donald Trump who promoted false claims of v...
For Black women, hopes and dreams rest on Biden court choice
NEW YORK (AP) — When the pressure gets intense, law student Jasmine Marchbanks-Owens likes to wander the hallways of Howard University, examining the faded, framed photos of prominent Black graduates of decades past. "It's just really inspiring to b...
Ukrainians not panicking as West ramps up invasion rhetoric
AVDIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — In the trenches of eastern Ukraine, across the tense contact lines with Russia-backed separatists, a soldier's calm verges on numbness after a sniper's bullet recently killed one of the 50 or so men under his command. It is t...
SpaceX satellites falling out of orbit after solar storm
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX's newest fleet of satellites is tumbling out of orbit after being struck by a solar storm. Up to 40 of the 49 small satellites launched last week have either reentered the atmosphere and burned up, or are on the ver...
French cave tells new story about Neanderthals, early humans
BERLIN (AP) — A hillside dwelling overlooking the picturesque Rhone Valley in southern France proved irresistible for our ancestors, attracting both Neanderthals and modern humans long before the latter were thought to have reached that part of E...
