Articles from the June 15, 2022 edition
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White Kansas fire supervisor suspended over offensive text
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A white Wichita Fire Department supervisor who texted a photo of himself wearing a sweater featuring a naked Black man has been suspended for three days without pay in the latest fallout over racist, sexist and homophobic t...
By In a boost, McConnell backs Senate bipartisan gun deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced his support Tuesday for his chamber's emerging bipartisan gun agreement, boosting momentum for modest but notable election-year action by Congress on an issue that's deadlocked l...
Abortion foes, accustomed to small wins, ready for a big one
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The first of them arrived outside the clinic past 4 a.m., before a steady rain fell and a scalding sun rose, and all along, they had prayed for a moment like this. It's abortion day at Planned Parenthood and, try as they m...
Stocks dip deeper into bear market ahead of big Fed news
NEW YORK (AP) — Most stocks on Wall Street dipped Tuesday in their first trading after tumbling into a bear market on worries that high inflation will push central banks to clamp the brakes too hard on the economy. The S&P 500 fell 14.15, or 0.4%, t...
Alfalfa County court filings
According to the affidavits and petitions on file, the following individuals have been charged. An individual is innocent of any charges listed below until proven guilty in a court of law. All information is a matter of public record and may be...
Alfalfa County real estate
Real Estate Transfers Book 880 page 881: B & J Hughes Limited partnership unto Benjamin W. Hughes Trust and Jean L Hughes Trust No. 1. A tract of land situated in blocks 76 and 93 of the first addition to the Town of Carmen, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma....
Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office logs
Tuesday, June 7, 2022 During this day there was one traffic stop. 12:29 p.m. – Woods County request assistance for a medical issue in Waynoka. 9:25 p.m. – Report of a fire alarm going off at the Cherokee High School. All was okay. 11:51 p.m. – Medic...
Alfalfa County officials accept six-month bids
Despite having a short agenda, the commissioners of Alfalfa County spent a fair amount of time not only approving their large stack of regular business items (M&O payment warrants, blanket purchase orders, previous meeting minutes) but opening and...
Alfalfa County man arrested in confusing domestic incident
When law enforcement arrived on the scene of a reported domestic incident, they took conflicting witness statements. Eventually the man was arrested and taken to jail while the woman refused medical...
Kiowa's 37th Labor Day 5K Race is a Go!
"We were not wanting to let it die," Teresa MacKinney said. "We hated to see the Kiowa community lose this event,"Gayle McNett said. The duo officially grabbed the baton from Kiowa's Labor Day 5K...
Jill Daughhetee kept the beat 44 years before retirement at South Barber
"Fun." Jill Daughhetee used that word multiple times during her retirement interview with the Newsgram. Anyone who knows her would agree that Daughhetee made her band concerts fun; her classroom fun for students; and had fun with her co-workers throu...
Motorcycle-calf collision fatal for Ringwood man
A man from Ringwood was driving a 2002 Harley Davidson trike when it collided with a calf. Steven Shockley, 68, was pronounced dead at the scene. The collision occurred on Saturday, June 11, at 10:43...
It's wheat harvest time
Now that the rain has stopped and temperatures are in the triple digits, wheat fields are drying out enough for harvest. We’ll be seeing more combines and wheat trucks on the roads so drive with c...
MILFERD SCHUPBACH
Milferd Schupbach was born in Burlington, Oklahoma, on July 11, 1922, the son of Sam and Rose Frieden Schupbach, and died peacefully at Kiowa District Hospital on June 12, 2022. He attended...
LOYD THOMAS STOUT
Loyd Thomas Stout was born, the youngest son, to Harry O. Stout and Lydia Elliot Stout, on September 2, 1923, on a farm in Alfalfa County northwest of Lambert, Oklahoma. He passed away at the Kiowa...
GEORGIA LEE MARTIN
Georgia Lee (Hildebrand) Martin was born on a farm in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, on January 7, 1922, and departed this life at age 100 years and 4 months. Her early life was spent on a farm claimed by...
GEORGIA MAXINE HESS
Georgia Maxine Hess was born, February 12, 1936, in Kay County, Oklahoma, daughter of Carl Preston Rash and Goldie Blanch (Smith) Rash. She spent her early childhood in Uncas, Oklahoma, before moving...
BOBBIE COLEMAN ALLEN
Bobbie was born, June 15, 1935, in Washington, Oklahoma, to Irene and Russell Allen, and passed from this life on June 9, 2022 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 86. He owned and operated...
EOSC Livestock Judging Camp
On June 1, Tayen Redgate, Hunter Durkee and Allison Blocker took a trip south to the EOSC Livestock Judging Camp. Throughout the camp they gave multiple sets over performance bulls, wether dams, and...
BILLIE RICKARD
Billie Rickard, 89, of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, died Monday, June 6, 2022, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born January 26, 1933, in Kremlin, Oklahoma, the daughter...
Waynoka FFA hosts 'Best of the Best' Reasons Camp
The Waynoka FFA hosted the "Best of the Best" Reasons Camp from May 23 to May 25. During this time there were many classes of breeding does, breeding ewes, performance bulls, simmental heifers, red angus heifers, market hogs, and breeding gilts...
