Articles from the May 4, 2022 edition
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Redistricting to affect Woods County voters
Mandatory redistricting efforts have caused some precinct boundaries to change. As a result, some voters will be assigned to new polling places, Holly Blevins, Woods County Election Board secretary, has announced. Precinct boundary lines must be...
JOAN McDANIEL
Joan McDaniel, beloved wife of Rex McDaniel and mother to Gary, Michaelle and Scott, passed away on May 2, 2022. She was born in El Dorado, Kansas, August 6, 1942, to Arthur and Mary (Betty) Cooley....
LORETTA ANN LYON
Loretta Ann Lyon was born September 20, 1939, in Alva, Oklahoma, as the youngest of four children to Clarence and Dora Haight. She passed away April 29, 2022, surrounded by family. In August of 1957 s...
ROBERT MANUEL BETTENCOURT
Robert Bettencourt, 83, passed away on April 28, 2022, in Alva, Oklahoma. There will be no funeral services at this time. Robert was born in Newport, Rhode Island, on February 26, 1939. He was one of five children of the late John S. and Evelyn G. (S...
Suspect in high-speed chase fatally shot by police, trooper
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man suspected of leading police on a chase in two states has been fatally shot by officers, police said. Mekiah Harris, 26, of Kansas City, Kansas, was killed in the shooting Tuesday night near Platte City, Missouri,...
Kansas gamer pleads guilty for role in fatal 'swatting' case
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has pleaded guilty to his role in a hoax call that led to a fatal shooting of an innocent bystander by Wichita police in 2017. Shane Gaskell, 23, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to wire fraud in case that...
How higher Fed rates stand to affect Americans' finances
WASHINGTON (AP) — Record-low mortgages below 3%, reached last year, are long gone. Credit card rates will likely rise. So will the cost of an auto loan. Savers may finally receive a yield high enough to top inflation. The substantial half-point...
Ukraine: Russia using 'missile terrorism' in wide attacks
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Complaining that the West is "stuffing Ukraine with weapons," Russia is bombarding railroad stations and other targets in an attempt to cut off weapons supplies. Ukrainian's foreign minister has accused Russia of using...
Amber Heard testifies she was assaulted by Johnny Depp
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Amber Heard said she knew she should leave Johnny Depp the first time he hit her, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. "I knew I couldn't just forgive him, right, because that means it will happen again. Like, I've seen the...
How higher Fed rates stand to affect Americans' finances
WASHINGTON (AP) — Record-low mortgages below 3%, reached last year, are long gone. Credit card rates will likely rise. So will the cost of an auto loan. Savers may finally receive a yield high enough to top inflation. The substantial half-point...
Abortion battles in states fire up after Supreme Court leak
The Supreme Court's apparent intention to abolish a nationwide right to abortion, spelled out in a draft opinion leaked this week, will expand the battlefield of the nation's most highly charged culture war, taking it to states where abortion access...
Movies love a comeback story. This summer, it's their turn.
Hollywood is bringing out some of its biggest and most reliable players for the 2022 summer movie season, which unofficially kicks off this weekend with the help of Marvel and Disney's "Doctor Strange and the Multitverse of Madness" and runs through...
Biden showcases deficit progress in bid to counter critics
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday highlighted new figures showing the government's red ink will grow less than expected this year and the national debt will shrink this quarter as he tried to counter criticism of his economic leade...
Pope's Ukraine diplomacy a political and spiritual tightrope
VATICAN CITY (AP) — His appeals for an Orthodox Easter truce in Ukraine went unheeded. His planned meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church was canceled. A proposed visit to Moscow? Nyet. Even his attempt to showcase Russian-Ukrainian...
Alabama church of 'Bloody Sunday' on endangered places list
Like religious congregants all over, the people of historic Brown Chapel AME Church turned off the lights and locked the doors at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic because it wasn't safe to gather for worship with a deadly virus circulating....