Articles from the February 24, 2017 edition
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3 people critically injured in Oklahoma gas well explosion
WAGONER, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say four people were injured when a private natural gas well exploded in eastern Oklahoma. Wagoner County Emergency Manager Heath Underwood says the explosion happened Thursday night as contract workers were r...
GOP state senator under investigation for campaign reports
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Republican state senator from Oklahoma City is being investigated for possible ethics violations for not reporting campaign contributions during his last two election cycles. State Sen. Kyle Loveless confirmed Friday that he w...
Crews battling wildfires in Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — Crews are working to contain a wildfire that's burning in a rural area of the Texas Panhandle while firefighters in Oklahoma fought back several blazes that popped up on an unseasonably warm and windy day. Forecasters had w...
By For high schoolers, rapper karate champ is cool teacher
PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. (AP) — Calm, cool and confident, Shawnee Mission East High School teacher David Muhammad is among the most skilled martial artists in the world and the No.1 seed on this year's U.S. Karate team. But Muhammad, 32, knows he has a...
Engineering initiative boosts enrollment, graduates at KU
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Sam Viron knew coming out of high school that she wanted to major in engineering, and had her heart set on leaving Kansas to do it. But when she visited the University of Kansas, just a few weeks before she had to pick a s...
'Little House on the Prairie' cabin in need of makeover
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. (AP) — It's time for Laura's house to get a makeover. The cabin is drooping and logs are deteriorating at the site where, in 1869, Ma, Pa, Laura, Mary and baby Carrie Ingalls settled near Independence in the southeastern corner of...
Witnesses: Bar gunman shouted 'get out of my country'
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — In the middle of a crowded bar, Adam Purinton yelled at two Indian men to "get out of my country," witnesses said, then opened fire in an attack that killed one of the men and wounded the other, as well as a third man who tried t...
Kansas man accused in bomb plot feared social collapse
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man accused of plotting to attack Somali refugees in western Kansas believed then-President Barack Obama would declare martial law and not recognize the validity of the election if Donald Trump won — forcing militias to step in...
Wichita man convicted of human trafficking
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man has been found guilty of human trafficking. U.S. Attorney Tom Beall says 25-year-old Daederick Lacy was convicted Thursday of sex trafficking of a minor, sex trafficking of an adult, and one count of interstate t...
Shooting of 2 Indians in US bar sends shock waves in India
HYDERABAD, India (AP) — The shooting of two Indians in a crowded suburban Kansas City bar has sent shock waves through their hometowns, and India's government is rushing diplomats to monitor progress in the investigation into the crime. Jaganmohan R...
Engineering initiative boosts enrollment, graduates at KU
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Sam Viron knew coming out of high school that she wanted to major in engineering, and had her heart set on leaving Kansas to do it. But when she visited the University of Kansas, just a few weeks before she had to pick a s...
US rig count increases 3 this week to 754; Texas up 8
HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by three this week to 754. A year ago, 502 rigs were active. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 602 rigs sought oil and 151 e...
Planning, planting begin months ahead for farmers
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Spring may be weeks away, but Westmoreland County farmers already are sowing the seeds for summer success. Paul Sarver, 55, owner of Sarver Hill Farms in Hempfield Township, is seeing sprouts of his customers' favorite crop: kale. "...
Indiana black farming community a Smithsonian surprise
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Slavery, Jim Crow, civil rights, jazz -- these are the traditional touch points of African-American history. But at the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, a modest exhibit devoted to a s...
Too few flushes get legislative candidate thrown off ballot
G, Pa. (AP) — A Democratic candidate's run for the Pennsylvania Legislature is down the drain — partly because he used too little water at the house he claimed as his residence. A state judge on Thursday threw Frederick Ramirez off the ballot in the...
UPS driver helps Phoenix officer subdue burglary suspect
PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say a UPS Inc. employee helped them subdue a burglary suspect who was resisting arrest. KPHO-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2mtHOOQ ) that UPS driver Adam Faz says he rounded a corner on his delivery route Wednesday and s...
FBI: Man in Wal-Mart vest robbed Albuquerque bank
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal agents are searching for a man they say robbed a northeast Albuquerque bank while wearing a Wal-Mart vest. The FBI said Friday the man hit the bank Tuesday while sporting a blue Wal-Mart vest and a black rag on his h...
Swedish politician: officials should have sex in lunchbreak
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A politician in northern Sweden wants to list sex as an officially approved activity for civil servants during their daily paid lunchbreak. Per-Erik Muskos of the city council of Overtornea on the Arctic Circle says he m...
