Articles from the April 10, 2020 edition
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Alva High School Students accepted into Youth Leadership Oklahoma
Joseph Parsons and Katherine Ryerson, juniors at Alva High School, have been accepted into the 20th class of Youth Leadership Oklahoma. Leadership Oklahoma selects 52 rising high school seniors...
Applications now available for future teachers scholarship
Northwestern Oklahoma State University undergraduate and graduate students in the teacher education area are encouraged to submit their application for the Future Teachers Scholarship before May 22. High school seniors are also welcome to apply....
NWOSU student chosen to present at 25th Annual Research Day
Joni Welch, Alva senior, was recently selected to represent Northwestern Oklahoma State University at the 25th annual Research Day at the Capitol. Welch was one of 22 undergraduate students...
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Too dangerous to test
When you look at some of the “rat rods” at The Big Cruise and Car show, you wonder “was that too dangerous to even test?” An article in Popular Mechanics recalls the explosion of a small nuclear react...
Murdock's Minutes: Current budget shortfall of $416 million; make the census count for Oklahoma
The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to worsen throughout the nation and in Oklahoma. Nationwide, more than 300,000 COVID-19 cases were reported as of Sunday, and the death toll was approaching 8,000. All those numbers are expected to keep climbing....
Random Thoughts: The Lost Apple Project – Part 1
Recently, we looked at the life’s work of Henderson Luelling who is primarily responsible for the Pacific Northwest being the leading apple-growing region of the United States today. But apples g...
Typhoid epidemic brings turning point
A major turning point in my life began during the typhoid epidemic in 1908 in the Oklahoma Land Rush before statehood. My mother was a perpetual story teller! As sad as her stories were I am glad I...
April 10 Situation Update: COVID-19
As of this April 10 advisory, there are 1,794 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. There are an additional eight deaths: Two in Oklahoma County, a female in the 50-64 age group and a male over the age of 65. Two in Osage County, both...
Oklahoma's US Senate seat draws crowded field of challengers
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The only U.S. Senate seat up for grabs in Oklahoma drew a crowded field of challengers as the state's three-day filing period for political office ended Friday. Four Democrats, three Republicans, two independents and a L...
Oklahoma adds 8 more coronavirus deaths, pushing toll to 88
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Friday he's commuted the prison sentences of more than 450 inmates to help reduce overcrowding and slow the spread of the coronavirus in state prisons. Stitt said in a press release more t...
Spike in law enforcement impersonations reported in Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a spike in people impersonating law enforcement officers in Kansas. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release Friday that it has identified about 10 reports of suspected law e...
Kansas Supreme Court will hear coronavirus case Saturday
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court is set to convene Saturday for the first time ever via video conference to hear arguments on Gov. Laura Kelly's lawsuit against legislative leaders who overturned her executive order banning religious a...
Inmates rampage through offices, set fires at Kansas prison
LANSING, Kan. (AP) — Inmates at a Kansas prison where at least 28 people have been sickened by the coronavirus rampaged through offices, breaking windows and setting small fires for several hours before the facility was secured, prison officials s...
Church heads to parishioners after virus halts services
HOISINGTON, Kan. (AP) — With the coronavirus halting Easter services, a Catholic church in central Kansas is going on the road to reach worshipers. The pastor of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church will ride on a parade float Sunday through t...
Kansas suspends sales of nonresident turkey permits
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas suspended on Friday sales of general nonresident turkey permits to prevent the spread of coronavirus. "During this unprecedented crisis, we must take every measure possible to protect Kansas lives," Gov. Laura Kelly said i...
Veteran laid to rest at Kansas cemetery amid virus outbreak
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — No military bugler sounded "Taps" for Raymond Boler, a soldier for nearly 40 years. No honor guard stood among the white marble headstones of Leavenworth National Cemetery on a recent Monday to fire the three-volley salute h...
FDA warns Alex Jones to stop pitching bogus virus remedies
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are warning conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones to stop pitching bogus remedies for the coronavirus. The Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter Thursday ordering Jones to stop falsely c...
After months in space, astronauts returning to changed world
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two NASA astronauts said Friday they expect it will be tough returning to such a drastically changed world next week, after more than half a year at the International Space Station. Andrew Morgan said the crew has tried t...
Bunnies to the rescue as virus hits Belgian chocolatiers
SINT-PIETERS BRUGGE, Belgium (AP) — Master chocolatier Dominique Persoone stood forlorn on his huge workfloor, a faint smell of cocoa lingering amid the idle machinery — in a mere memory of better times. Easter Sunday is normally the most imp...
Mercury-bound spacecraft buzzes Earth, beams back pictures
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Mercury-bound spacecraft swooped past Earth on Friday, tweaking its roundabout path to the solar system's smallest and innermost planet. Launched 1 1/2 years ago, Europe and Japan's BepiColombo spacecraft passed w...
Hawaii volcano region has 6,000 earthquakes since August
HONOLULU (AP) — Scientists have recorded nearly 6,000 small earthquakes since August near a Hawaii volcano, officials said. The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory announced the earthquakes of magnitude 2 or lower have happened a...
Study shows pangolins may have passed new coronavirus from bats to humans
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Yang Zhang, University of Michigan; Chengxin Zhang, University of Michigan, and Wei Zheng, University of Michigan (THE CONVERSATION) Pan...
Apple, Google to harness phones for virus infection tracking
Apple and Google fueled hopes for digital technology's promise against a fast-moving, invisible killer, announcing a joint effort to help public health agencies worldwide leverage smartphones to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. New software the...
New York area walloped as global virus deaths pass 100,000
NEW YORK (AP) — The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus surged past 100,000 Friday as the epidemic in the U.S. cut a widening swath through not just New York City but the entire three-state metropolitan area of 20 million people connected by a...
Tracking NYC's coronavirus fight, from 911 call to ER door
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus crisis is taxing New York City's 911 system like never before. Operators pick up a new call every 15.5 seconds. Panicked voices tell of loved ones in declining health. There are multitudes of cardiac arrests and r...
