Articles from the June 16, 2021 edition
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Military defends Jan. 6 response as House steps up probes
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Army leader defended the Pentagon's response to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, telling a House panel Tuesday that the National Guard was delayed for hours because it had to properly prepare for the deployment a...
What They Want: Divergent goals for Biden, Putin at summit
GENEVA (AP) — An American president won't side with Moscow over his own intelligence agencies. There will be no talk of a "reset" in Russian relations. And it is highly doubtful that anyone will gaze into Vladimir Putin's eyes and discuss his s...
Q&A: Rita Moreno on finding self-worth and never giving up
NEW YORK (AP) — Rita Moreno emigrated with her mother from Puerto Rico at age five. By six, she was dancing at Greenwich Village nightclubs. By 16, she was working full time. By 20, she was in "Singin' in the Rain." In the documentary "Rita M...
People hurt by parachuting protestor at Euro 2020 game
MUNICH (AP) — Several spectators were treated in the hospital for injuries caused by a protestor who parachuted into the stadium before France played Germany at the European Championship, UEFA said Tuesday. Debris fell on the field and main g...
Judge OKs Weinstein's extradition for California rape case
A New York judge on Tuesday approved disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's extradition to California, where he faces additional sexual assault charges, ending a legal fight prolonged by the COVID-19 pandemic, the defense's concerns about...
Want a job? Employers say: Talk to the computer
A day after her interview for a part-time job at Target last year, Dana Anthony got an email informing her she didn't make the cut. Anthony didn't know why — a situation common to most job seekers at one point or another. But she also had no sense a...
More evidence suggests COVID-19 was in US by Christmas 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — A new analysis of blood samples from 24,000 Americans taken early last year is the latest and largest study to suggest that the new coronavirus popped up in the U.S. in December 2019 — weeks before cases were first recognized by hea...
Freedom birthdays
Happy Birthday To June 17: Phillip Welty, Brandy Darr, Bryan Pierce June 18: Kyle Reed, Michelle Schroeder June 19: Carol Rooney, Robert Frei, Chris Wagner, Heather Winn June 20: Kirk Brown, Jeffery Lewis June 21: Melba Artz, Janea Ferguson, Lisa...
Freedom anniversaries
Happy Anniversary To June 18: Mr. & Mrs. Darin Harris June 24: Mr. & Mrs. Bill Burkhart June 28: Mr. & Mrs. Andy Newby June 29: Mr. & Mrs. Eldon Murray, Mr. & Mrs. Dale Wares July 1: Mr. & Mrs. Mark Flock, Mr. & Mrs. Tom Russell July 2: Mr. & Mrs....
Freedom United Methodist Church news
On Sunday, June 13, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude – Janell Reutlinger We are on Facebook, live at 11 a.m. Our Facebook page is Freedom United Methodist Church. There will be a VBS planning meeting with t...
As GOP majority grows, fewer Democratic-led bills make it through Oklahoma's legislature
Armed with its largest supermajority in the state’s history, Republican lawmakers found increased legislative success this year as the number of successful bills written by Democrats fell. An Oklahoma Watch review found that of the nearly 600 b...
USDA announces dates for Conservation Reserve Program General and Grasslands Signups
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has set a July 23, 2021, deadline for agricultural producers and landowners to apply for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General signup 56. Additionally, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will accept a...
ODOC to close William S. Key Correctional Center
Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) announces plans to close the William S. Key Correctional Center (WKCC), a minimum-security prison located in Ft. Supply. The facility will close by year’s end. “The decision to close a facility is always a d...
Freedom Town Board hears complaint about loose dogs, defers reinstating compensation
A Freedom citizen voiced a complaint at the beginning of the meeting about loose pit bulls coming onto his property. He said he was attacked recently and had to beat the dog off with a hose. He asked the town to find a solution, but rules governing b...
34 Oklahoma lawmakers call for review of death row case
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Thirty-four Oklahoma lawmakers, including 28 Republicans, called Wednesday for reopening the investigation that led to the conviction of death row inmate Richard Glossip. Republican Rep. Kevin McDugle, a death penalty s...
Joint legislative committee to allocate federal COVID aid
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A 24-member joint committee of Oklahoma House and Senate members has been selected to consider proposals for the state's share of funds from the latest federal coronavirus relief legislation. House Speaker Charles McCall and S...
Oklahoma signs Eastern Illinois transfer Marvin Johnson
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma signed Eastern Illinois transfer Marvin Johnson on Wednesday, adding a 6-foot-6 guard who averaged 15.3 points, 4.7 assists and 1.9 steals last season. Johnson was a first-team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection l...
Kansas governor appoints 3 to Board of Regents
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has appointed a former railway executive, a former state senator and an educator to the board that governs the state's six universities. Kelly announced in a Wednesday news release that she appointed f...
Kansas teenager who killed mom pleads to lesser charges
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas teenager who shot and killed his mother in 2018 pleaded no contest Wednesday to lesser charges in her death. A teen, who was not charged as an adult, was originally charged with second-degree murder in the death of L...
Kansas teenager charged in homicide in Kansas City, Mo.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas teenager will be tried as an adult for murder in the shooting death of a Kansas City, Missouri, man, Jackson County prosecutors said Wednesday. Jayvon Hunter, 16, was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder and t...
Man given rare medical release from Kansas prison has died
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man who was granted a rare medical release from a Kansas prison in April because he had terminal cancer has died, the American Civil Liberties Union said. Christopher McIntyre, 48, was released April 12 from the Lansing Correct...
Mental exam ordered for suspect in security guard's death
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The criminal case against a Wichita man charged with killing a security guard at a QuikTrip will be on hold until the suspect undergoes a mental competency evaluation, a judge has ruled. Laroy Monzell West is charged with s...
Police in Kansas City, Kansas, find man dead in vehicle
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, are investigating after finding the body of a man who had been shot inside a car. Police said officers were called just after 7 a.m. Monday to a residential area a few blocks northwest of K...
'Practical work' summit for Biden, Putin: No punches or hugs
GENEVA (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin exchanged cordial words and plotted modest steps on arms control and diplomacy but emerged from their much-anticipated Swiss summit Wednesday largely where they started -- with d...