Articles from the April 15, 2020 edition
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Kansas sees another disturbance at prison, 2nd within week
ELLSWORTH, Kan. (AP) — Inmates at a state prison in central Kansas threw trash from their cells and damaged security cameras during a weekend disturbance that was the second outbreak of prison unrest in less than a week. The state Department of C...
By Transfer portal causing college basketball coaches headaches
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Gregg Marshall began his career as an assistant at tiny Randolph-Macon and Belmont Abbey, but it was during eight years on the staff of Hall of Fame coach John Kresse at College of Charleston that he learned to build a b...
Oklahoma surpasses 100 COVID-19 deaths, 115 additional cases
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma has surpassed 100 deaths due to COVID-19 and has 115 additional cases of the coronavirus, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reported Tuesday. The number of deaths rose from 99 on Monday to 108, and the number of t...
Emergency workers seek help responding to virus outbreak
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Three groups that represent paramedics and firefighters have written to Gov. Laura Kelly saying they lack adequate protective gear and that their workers compensation doesn't cover them if they become infected with the c...
38-year-old Orangutan at Topeka Zoo dies following illness
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center has announced the death of a Bornean orangutan there following a short illness. Lena, a 38-year-old female, died Monday after becoming ill April 8, the zoo said in a statement Tuesday. Her c...
Kansas works to fix buggy system for filing for unemployment
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Amid a surge of complaints from desperate out-of-work Kansans, state officials are making another effort to fix the state's faltering system for filing unemployment claims as the coronavirus outbreak wreaks havoc on the e...
Kansas Supreme Court to hear arguments on releasing inmates
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court plans to hear arguments from attorneys Wednesday over a civil rights group's attempt to force the state to release prison inmates with preexisting medical conditions making them vulnerable to the novel c...
Coronavirus relief checks won't have to be repaid, feds say
CHICAGO (AP) — Videos and online reports claiming that millions of Americans will have to repay the relief checks they receive from the federal government under the $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic recovery bill are not true. The government began i...
Stocks end higher as traders hope restrictions will ease
Technology companies led stocks higher on Wall Street Tuesday as investors focused on how and when authorities may begin to ease business shutdowns and limits on people's movements imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Big companies also...
States confront practical dilemmas on reopening economies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Setting the stage for a possible power struggle with President Donald Trump, governors around the U.S. began sketching out plans Tuesday to reopen their economies in a slow and methodical process so as to prevent the coronavirus f...
3 smart ways to use screen time while coronavirus keeps kids at home
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rebecca Dore, The Ohio State University (THE CONVERSATION) As families everywhere adjust to social distancing measures like closed...
Cut off from counseling during the coronavirus pandemic? There are options
Keeping away from one another is crucial for stopping the coronavirus. But that distancing also risks keeping people away from vital support. "It's a real danger," said Mike Marshall, executive director of Oregon Recovers, a coalition of addiction...
Tour de France postponed, could start in late August
PARIS (AP) — After weeks of holding out hope that the Tour de France would be able to go ahead as planned, the world's most famous cycling race was finally added to the list of sporting events postponed by the coronavirus pandemic. The three-week r...
No hugs or handshakes: Pandemic complicates storm relief
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — For people who lost homes to the deadly tornadoes that rampaged across the South, there are no comforting hugs from volunteers or handshakes from politicians. For homeless families, there are no Red Cross shelters, only h...
Burlington School Superintendent says of distance learning `we've got a really good start'
Last week Burlington Public School began their distance learning (Continuous Learning Plan). This is with students at home and teachers giving instruction online and/or through learning packets. Due to COVID-19, schools across America are closed – m...
Letter to Oklahomans:
Very few Oklahomans, if any, have faced a pandemic like COVID-19 in their lifetime. This pandemic has changed our daily routines in an instant and has created a new normal for many for us. Our kids' schools are closed for the remainder of the school...
Freedom anniversaries
Happy Anniversary To April 30: Mr. & Mrs. Dale Sample May 3: Mr. & Mrs. Jim London May 5: Mr. & Mrs. Larry Powers (Note: Send corrections, additions to: [email protected] or call 800-305-2111)...
Freedom birthdays
Happy Birthday To April 16: Travis Boham, Sage Hodgson, Kari Brackin April 17: Shirley Christopher April 19: Cari Farrow April 20: Sheena Howland April 22: Josh Neese April 23: Dawni Rae Rader, Lonnie Bolar April 24: Robert Russell, Leih Armantrout,...
U.S. Treasury Department to intercept stimulus checks of Oklahomans who owe past due child support
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Up to 130,000 Oklahomans with past due child support may not receive the new stimulus checks being issued over the coming weeks and days under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, due to another federal...
Town of Freedom declares state of emergency
The Town of Freedom held its regular meeting online on April 8, when the town board approved a proclamation declaring a state of emergency for the Town of Freedom. “In our last meeting,” Brackin said, “I'd been told by the emergency management admin... Full story
Situation Update: COVID-19
As of this advisory on April 15 at 7 a.m., there are 2,263 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. There are 15 additional deaths; four of them occurred in the past 24 hours and the others died between April 3-April 13. Three in Oklahoma Co... Full story
Freedom Schools to receive $242,507 in back taxes
Nearly a half million dollars is being released to school districts in Woods County following negotiations between DCP Operating Company and Woods County Assessor Renetta Benson. DCP filed tax appeals for 2016 through 2018. After much back and forth... Full story
Oklahoma adds transfers Umoja Gibson, Elijah Harkless
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma has signed transfers Umoja Gibson and Elijah Harkless. The school announced the signings on Wednesday. Both players will have to sit out next season because of NCAA rules and will have two years of eligibility r...
Stitt hopeful but 'we're not out of the woods'; deaths up 15
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said Wednesday that he is looking to reopen shuttered businesses as the curve is flattening in the number of coronavirus cases in the state. A ban on elective surgeries will be lifted April 24, Stitt s... Full story
New Mexico couple who ducked sentencing arrested in Oklahoma
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico married couple have been arrested in Oklahoma after failing to appear in court for sentencing for financial crimes involving vulnerable clients of a non-defunct firm that offered guardianship services. Susan a...
