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HENRYETTA, Okla. (AP) — A registered sex offender found dead on a rural Oklahoma property, the latest apparent mass killing site, with his wife, her teenage children and two visiting teens was quiet, but kept the family "under lock and key" and always had to know where they were, the wife's mother said Tuesday. Janette Mayo, 59, of Westville, said Jesse McFadden's controlling behavior was concerning, but the family didn't learn about his criminal history until a few months ago. "He lied to my daughter, and he convinced her it was all just a h...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) When the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board decided not to recommend clemency for death row inmate Richard Glossip, the case highlighted the role clemency plays in the death penalty system. Glossip had asked the board to commute the sentence he had been given for his role in an alleged murder-for-hire plot. He was convicted of paying his co-defendant, Justin Sneed, to kill Barry Van Treese in 1997. Van Treese owned...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma on Monday became the latest state to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors as Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill that makes it a felony for health care workers to provide children with treatments that can include puberty-blocking drugs and hormones. Oklahoma joins at least 15 other states with laws banning such care, as conservatives across the country have targeted transgender rights. Stitt, who was reelected in November, made the ban a priority of this year's legislative session, saying he wanted t...
HENRYETTA, Okla. (AP) — A registered sex offender found dead on a rural Oklahoma property with his wife, her teenage children and two visiting teens kept the family "under lock and key" and always had to know where they were, the wife's mother said Tuesday. Janette Mayo, 59, of Westville, said Jesse McFadden's controlling behavior was concerning, but the family didn't learn about his criminal history until a few months ago. "He lied to my daughter, and he convinced her it was all just a huge mistake," Mayo told The Associated Press in a telepho... Full story
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Authorities in the U.S. and Europe arrested nearly 300 people, confiscated over $53 million, and seized a dark web marketplace as part of an international crack down on drug trafficking that officials say was the largest operation of its kind. The worldwide operation targeting the "Monopoly Market" is the latest major takedown of sales platforms for drugs and other illicit goods on the so-called dark web, a part of the internet hosted within an encrypted network and accessible only through specialized a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking up to a dozen cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest public health epidemic. About half of U.S. adults say they've experienced loneliness, Dr. Vivek Murthy said in an 81-page report from his office. "We now know that loneliness is a common feeling that many people experience. It's like hunger or thirst. It's a feeling the body sends us when something we n...
Almost half of all voters in the 2022 midterm elections cast their ballots before Election Day either by mail or through early voting, with Asian and Hispanic voters leading the way, according to new data the U.S. Census Bureau released Tuesday. The heavy use of both early voting and voting by mail occurred even as Republican-led states have tightened rules on both voting methods over the last two years, and it marked a steep rise from the two previous midterm elections in 2018 and 2014. Only the 2020 presidential election, during the worst...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will send 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border starting next week, ahead of an expected migrant surge following the end of coronavirus pandemic-era restrictions. Military personnel will do data entry, warehouse support and other administrative tasks so that U.S. Customs and Border Protection can focus on fieldwork, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday. The troops "will not be performing law enforcement functions or interacting with immigrants, or migrants," J...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sounding alarms about artificial intelligence has become a popular pastime in the ChatGPT era, taken up by high-profile figures as varied as industrialist Elon Musk, leftist intellectual Noam Chomsky and the 99-year-old retired statesman Henry Kissinger. But it's the concerns of insiders in the AI research community that are attracting particular attention. A pioneering researcher and the so-called "Godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton quit his role at Google so he could more freely speak about the dangers of the technology he h...
NEW YORK (AP) — The first Hollywood strike in 15 years began Tuesday as the economic pressures of the streaming era prompted unionized TV and film writers to picket for better pay outside major studios, a work stoppage that is leading most late-night shows to air reruns. "No contracts, no content!" sign-carrying members of the Writers Guild of America chanted outside the Manhattan building where NBCUniversal was touting its Peacock streaming service to advertisers. Some 11,500 film and television writers represented by the union put down t...
Real Estate Transfers Book 890 page 15: Christopher D. Horseman conveys unto Hannah K. Johnson. The south half of Lot 5 and all of Lot 6, in Block 3, in Gilmore’s Addition to Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 890 page 19: Amanda J. McDaniel conveys unto Troy Hickman. Lots 21–24 in Block 19 in the Town of Goltry, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 890 page 20: Erika Klein Brave conveys unto Erika K. Braver, trustee of the Erika K. Braver Trust. Lots 1 and 2, and the east half of the northwest quarter of Secti...
An attempt to pass led to a collision with injuries Thursday, April 27, in Alfalfa County. The wreck occurred about 2:45 p.m. on US-64 270 feet west of the intersection with OK-8. The location is two miles north of Cherokee. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol report, Brock Thomas White, 29, of Earlville, Iowa, was driving westbound on US-64 in a 2018 Ram 3500 pickup pulling a 25 foot stock trailer loaded with one horse. Marty Allen Crowl, 63, of Hockley, Texas, was following in a 2014...
The Alva Board of Education meeting Monday began with the administration of the oath of office to new board member Kevin Pingelton. Board Clerk Karen Koehn read the oath, which Pingelton repeated. He was recently elected to Seat 3 replacing Tiffany Slater. The board reorganized, electing new officers. Koehn made a motion to elect Jane McDermott as president, herself (Koehn) as vice president, Shane Hansen as clerk and Larry Parker as deputy clerk. Hansen seconded the motion, and all members...
Charges have been filed in Alfalfa County against several individuals involving contraband at James Crabtree Correctional Center (JCCC) in Helena. • Tamika Marie Anderson, 38, of Oklahoma City, has been charged with bringing contraband (drugs) into a penal institution (methamphetamine), trafficking in illegal drugs (methamphetamine), and conspiracy (methamphetamine). All three charges are felonies. Marcus Garnell Rucker, 37, of Oklahoma City, has been charged with bringing contraband (...
The Alfalfa County commissioners proclaimed May 7-13 Oklahoma Home and Community Education Week on Monday. OHCE is a statewide, county-based organization that partners with Oklahoma State University and OSU Extension. Members seek to develop leadership skills and strengthen families in their respective communities. OHCE members and county Extension educators work together to identify issues facing the county and use research-based information from specialists at OSU to help solve those...
The multi-million waterline project that updated Kiowa's underground water pipes and the waterlines from the city's water wells south of Sharon, Kansas, is almost complete. However, the city council keeps approving checks for needed work to finish the project which should be complete this summer. At a special meeting in late April with all members present, council approved a $13,641.33 payment for change orders on the water project to NOWAK who has done the work. Brian Foster from BG Consultants told council, “We tried our best to manage h...
Burlington Public School Superintendent Brent Rousey said, “We need to find another $250,000 in savings” on the new gym project. He told the Burlington School Board of Education this at their April meeting. Rousey also talked to the Newsgram after the board meeting. He received an itemized breakdown of the costs for the gym project. He believes there are still some savings to be made while keeping a high-quality result. Rousey said they await a list of value engineering possibilities from the architect and general contractor. Waiting on som...
Funeral services for Carol Jo Schultz were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at the Alva Church of God with Rev. Sheryl White and Rev. Bob Brown officiating. Interment followed in the Freedom Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Carol Jo, daughter of the late Willard John and Margaret Lydia (Stout) McCammon, was born July 18, 1933, at her aunt's home in the Haskew community, and passed away April 28, 2023, at her home west of Alva, at the age of 89 years, 9...
Clifton Mark Phillips was born January 14, 1959, to Clifton Pope and Jean Harlene Phillips in Clarendon, Texas. He passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at the age of 64. Mark grew up with his brother and sister just outside of Clarendon through junior high, then moved to Stratford, Texas, where he graduated from Stratford High in 1977. He attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University, where he played football for two years. Shortly after college he was employed by Santa Fe/BNSF Railway in...
Cynthia Marie Bryan, 75, passed away April 29, 2023 in Kiowa, Kansas, at Kiowa District Hospital Manor. She was born May 11, 1947, in Hardtner, Kansas, to Cecil Tucker Jr. and Verna Merryman Tucker. She attended Kiowa schools and graduated from Kiowa High School in 1965. After graduating high school, she continued her education at Kansas State University, where she graduated with her bachelor's degree and also met her future husband, Joseph Bruce Bryan, who was stationed at Fort Riley. They...
James Lewis Strickland (Jim) was born in the old Alva Hospital on April 30, 1941, to Rex and Mary Strickland and passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 81 years, 11 months and 18 days. Jim married his high school sweetheart Paula Jean Sims in 1959 and to this union was born a daughter (Kelli) and a son (Jeff). Jim lived around the Wichita, Kansas, area most of his life. For eight years he worked for Hyde Park Dairy as a rural dairy delivery man for the rural...
Funeral services for Nina Tatro will be Monday, May 8, 2023, at 2 p.m. at the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) with Rev. Drew Kirtley and Rev. Ron Pingelton officiating. Interment will follow in the Short Spring Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. A visitation with family present will be held on Sunday, May 7, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Nina Vaughn Schiffner, daughter of the late Joe and Eva (Moore) Schiffner, was born October 24, 1924, at the...
Rick Alvin Schrock, 68, passed from this life at his home in Kiowa, Kansas, on April 22, 2023. He was born on January 7, 1955, at the Kiowa District Hospital to Raymond Lee and Maxine Meyer Schrock. Rick graduated from Kiowa High School where he had a multitude of lifelong friends. He married the love of his life, Janice Lynn Wiedman, on May 15, 1976, at the Congregational Church in Kiowa. Rick attended two years at Northwestern State University in Alva, and then came back to Kiowa, Kansas, to join Vogel Plumbing. After several years he joined...
Graveside memorial services for Virgil Gene Deal will be held on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at 10 a.m. at the Apostolic Christian Cemetery, Burlington, Oklahoma. In case of inclement weather services will be held at Driftwood Christian Church Fellowship Hall. Memorials may be made to the Driftwood Christian Church Kid’s Point Food Pantry, in care of the church. j...
