Articles from the April 24, 2019 edition
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Woods County commissioners sign Earth Day Proclamation
The first agenda item on the Woods County commissioners' regular Monday morning meeting was to approve the minutes from the last regular meeting on April 15. A proclamation for Earth Day for Oklahoma...
SAU Softball's Taylor named GAC Pitcher of the Week
Russellville, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced their weekly honors on Monday, and for the third time this season, Mulerider pitcher Victoria Taylor was honored as the GAC Pitcher of the Week. Taylor earns the honor for her p...
Civil rights group drops lawsuit against Oklahoma gun range
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A lawsuit filed on behalf of a Muslim U.S. Army reservist asked to leave a gun range in eastern Oklahoma was dropped on Tuesday, with both sides declaring victory in the case. Court records show both sides agreed to the d...
Oklahoma Supreme Court invalidates civil justice damages cap
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a state law that caps monetary damages for pain and suffering in personal injury lawsuits, the latest civil justice measure backed by the Republican-controlled Legislature to b...
Air Ambulance service shuts down 4 Oklahoma helicopter bases
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Air Methods Corp. has shut down four medical helicopter bases in Oklahoma due to financial burdens. Officials with the Colorado-based company confirmed Monday that after analyzing operations, they decided to close the M...
Oklahoma governor signs bill against plastic bag fees, bans
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed legislation to prevent cities and towns from imposing a fee on single-use plastic and paper bags. Stitt signed the bill into law Tuesday after it received final passage in the Oklahoma L...
Conference set in ex-Oklahoma inmate's lawsuit over erection
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A former Oklahoma inmate who filed a $5 million lawsuit accusing jail authorities of refusing him treatment for a painful erection that lasted four days might be about to settle. Court records show a settlement conference i...
Zoo investigates animal handling after tiger attacks worker
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas zoo is investigating its animal-handling protocols after a Sumatran tiger seriously injured a veteran zookeeper, and its director acknowledged Tuesday that human error probably led to the attack. The Topeka Zoo has "...
Kansas governor aims to spur 2020 Census participation
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly is creating an advisory committee that aims to ensure every person in Kansas is counted in the 2020 Census. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the governor signed an executive order Tuesday that charged the c...
South Barber receives Kansas Challenge Award for elementary and 7-12 sites
The South Barber School District USD255 in Kiowa, Kansas learned they are the only school district in Kansas to receive the Kansas Challenge Award for both school sites (elementary and 7-12). This is...
Namesake of school funding suit hopes Kansas follows through
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — It was a quiet Sunday morning in 2011 when Jeff Gannon got a warning he'd never forget. A year earlier, he and his family agreed to put their name to one of the most divisive lawsuits in Kansas history. They had gotten a fair sha...
School garden to donate produce to a Lawrence food bank
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Nancy O'Connor and Elise Gard carefully lifted the plastic off the low tunnel, revealing big heads of Buttercrunch lettuce that would be ready to harvest in a few weeks. When that time arrives, Gard and other young gardeners w...
Kansas man gets life in prison for killing at Kansas lake
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka man convicted of killing a Lawrence man at a northeast Kansas lake has been ordered to spend life in prison with no chance of parole for 50 years. County Attorney Joshua Ney says Jonathan D. Blevins was sentenced to t...
Some Kansas City-area patients ditch fee-for-service doctors
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patients who are fed up with the bureaucracy of the health insurance industry are ditching the copays and high deductibles for a different way to get primary care. One such patient is self-employed attorney Dan Hobart, who s...
Share Medical Center shuffles talent
Alva, Oklahoma – On Tuesday, April 9, Share Medical Center (SMC) CEO Kandice Allen publicly announced that Kelly Parker has accepted a transfer to become the next administrator of the Share C...
Skeletal remains found in wooded area west of Topeka
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are searching a wooded area west of Topeka where skeletal remains were found. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Shawnee County sheriff's Lt. Harry Louderback says deputies responded Monday after receiving a r...
Schubert-Akin finishes 25th consecutive Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon is known for the infamous Heartbreak Hill, the steep half-mile incline at mile 20 that takes out many runners in the 26.2 mile race. Imagine, Jennifer Schubert-Akin has run up...
Child support evader site that caught 1 man is taken down
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas government website designed to nab child support evaders has been taken down after it caught only one man in a year. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Kansas Department for Children and Families spokesman Mike Deines s...
Swole, buzzy, among new words in Merriam-Webster dictionary
BOSTON (AP) — Get swole, prepare a bug-out bag, grab a go-cup and maybe you'll have a better chance of surviving the omnicide. Translation: Hit the gym and bulk up, put a bunch of stuff essential for survival in an easy-to-carry bag, grab a drink f...
Felts-Keplinger announce engagement
Derrick and Terri Walcott of Alva, Oklahoma, would like to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter Samantha Ruth Felts to Brandon Matthew Keplinger, both of Alva. Samantha is a 2013 graduate...
Police K-9 on chase stuck with over 200 quills by porcupine
COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) — A police K-9 in Oregon is recovering after encountering a porcupine and getting stuck with over 200 quills. The Coos County Sheriff's Office on Monday said Odin was called to the scene to track a suspect on Saturday when the d...
Back to Earth: Washington set to allow 'human composting'
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington appears set to become the first state to allow a burial alternative known as "natural organic reduction" — an accelerated decomposition process that turns bodies into soil within weeks. The bill legalizing the pro...
