Articles from the April 27, 2022 edition
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SHIRLEY LANCASTER REED
Shirley Lancaster Reed, 85, passed away on April 21, 2022, in Tyler, Texas. Her funeral services were held at the Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway, Tyler, Texas, on Monday,...
DODI SMITH DOELLING
Dodi was born December 10, 1950, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, to Mike and Theresa Smith. She passed away March 24, 2022, in Wichita, Kansas. She is survived by her sister, Judy of Wichita, Kansas, and...
DAWN ANN WHITE
Dawn Ann White was born in Cherokee, Oklahoma, on August 12, 1961, to Lawrence and Goldie Tyler. She went to be with the Lord on April 23, 2022. Dawn Ann was raised in Cherokee, Oklahoma, where she...
BETTY WOODS
Betty Woods passed away Sunday, April 24, 2022, just five days after her 89th birthday. She was born on April 19, 1933, in Canadian, Oklahoma, to Joseph and Alice Dudark. She had eight siblings....
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History is amazing, check out Kiowa Historical Society Museums Saturday
Did you know that two early-day settler families in Kiowa, Kansas, had a son and daughter marry that were a sort of power couple? Both from the mercantile families of Singleton and Streeter, they...
South Barber's Clare Pollock named True Blue Student of the Week
Clare Pollock is the voice of the daily announcements and Pledge of Allegiance for the 53 students who attend South Barber High School in Kiowa, a tiny town that hugs the Oklahoma border in south cent...
Jury deliberates sentence in trial of Tulsa officer's killer
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Jurors began deliberating the sentence Wednesday for a man convicted of fatally shooting a Tulsa police officer. Prosecutors called for the death penalty for David Anthony Ware for the June 2020 fatal shooting of Sgt. Craig...
Supreme Court seems divided in Oklahoma Indian Country case
WASHINGTON (AP) — A seemingly divided Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over Oklahoma's authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American lands, following a 2020 high court decision. The outcome probably rests with Justice Amy Coney Barre... Full story
Kansas looks to use taxes on sports bets to attract Chiefs
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators were close Wednesday to approving a measure authorizing sports betting that would dedicate most of the state's revenues from it to efforts to lure the Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri to the Kansas side of the...
US to play Uruguay in June 5 World Cup warmup at Kansas City
CHICAGO (AP) — The United States will play 13th-ranked Uruguay in a June 5 exhibition at Kansas City, Kansas, completing the schedule for the first four of six planned World Cup warmups for the Americans. The No. 15 U.S. plays No. 24 Morocco on Jun...
Kansas man gets more than 21 years for stabbing death
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has been sentenced to more than 21 years in prison for the 2018 stabbing death of his girlfriend's ex-husband. Vincenzo Anecio Lucasta was sentenced earlier this month to 258 months in prison for the death of...
Prosecutor won't bring charges against accused Topeka priest
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Catholic priest in Topeka suspended from his public duties after being accused of sexually abusing a minor will not face criminal charges in the case. Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay's office will not file charges...
Russia cuts off gas to 2 NATO nations in bid to divide West
POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia cut off natural gas to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday and threatened to do the same to other countries, using its most essential export in what was seen as a bid to punish and divide the West over its...
Federal judge halts preparations for end of US asylum limit
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge ordered a two-week halt Wednesday on the phasing out of pandemic-related restrictions on seeking asylum — and raised doubts about the Biden administration's plan to fully lift those restrictions on May 23. For...
Russia releases US Marine vet in surprise prisoner exchange
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia and the United States have exchanged prisoners. Russia released a Marine veteran jailed by Moscow while the U.S. released a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a prison sentence in Connecticut. Wednesday's exchange...
