Articles from the June 24, 2021 edition
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Freedom birthdays
Happy Birthday To June 24: Bobbie Powers, Rhonda Bradt, Loyd Boham June 26: Sharon Harper, Francis Koehn, Jeremy Ingraham June 27: Karen Weaver, Matt Adair June 28: Dudley Winn, Dawn Page June 29: Jim Russell, Mckenna Nixon June 30: Ashtyn Pierce,...
Freedom anniversaries
Happy Anniversary To 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. Gary Earnest July 8: Mr. & Mrs....
Freedom United Methodist Church news
On Father’s Day, June 20, the order of services at 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 wit...
Murdock urges citizens to contact the governor
Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt, is encouraging Oklahomans to contact Gov. Kevin Stitt’s office to stop the closure of the William S. Key Correctional Center in Fort Supply, slated to happen by the end of 2021. The Department of Corrections issued a n...
Students participate in Northwest Career Academy
Twenty-two area incoming eighth and ninth grade students participated in the Northwest Career Academy program (NWCA). The students spent three days touring area businesses, performing community...
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Rangers find success at CNFR
CASPER, Wyo. – The dreams of national championships came crashing down for two Northwestern Oklahoma State University cowboys during last week's College National Finals Rodeo in Casper. Bridger A...
Tator Tot Memorial calf roping winners listed
The 2021 Tator Tot Memorial calf roping was held Sunday, June 13, at Nixon's arena in Freedom. With 12 entries in the WPRA tiedown and 30 in the open Breakaway, it was a good day for roping! Posting o...
Miami-area condo collapses, killing at least 1 person
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The sea-view side of a beachfront condo tower collapsed in the Miami-area town of Surfside early Thursday morning, killing at least one, trapping residents in rubble and twisted metal and sending a cloud of debris throughout t...
Tulsa says ransomware attackers shared personal information
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Those responsible for a ransomware attack on the city of Tulsa last month are sharing personal information of some residents online, city officials said Wednesday. More than 18,000 city files, mostly police reports and internal p...
Tombstones found abandoned in Kansas river
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The city of Wichita is investigating after tombstones were found in the Little Arkansas River. KAKE-TV reports that one of the stones is for a woman who was born in 1902 and died in 1984. The other reads, "beloved husband, f...
Schwab seeks second term as Kansas secretary of state
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab has announced he will seek a second term, saying the state needs leaders who will defend election integrity. In a press release Wednesday announcing his candidacy in the 2022 election, the O...
Can ET see us? Study finds many stars with prime Earth view
Feeling like you are being watched? It could be from a lot farther away than you think. Astronomers took a technique used to look for life on other planets and flipped it around — so instead of looking to see what's out there, they tried to see w...
US economy up 6.4% in Q1 with stronger future gains expected
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a solid 6.4% rate in the first three months of this year, setting the stage for what economists are forecasting could be the strongest year for the economy in possibly seven decades. The Commerce D...
Alabama teenager donates his hair for children with cancer
Kieran Moïse's afro was a splendid 19 inches, a huge part of his personality. But after six years of growth, the 17-year-old Alabamian knew that he and his hair would soon be parted: He was bound for the U.S. Air Force Academy. So in memory of a...
Ethiopia confirms Tigray airstrike, says fighters targeted
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's military on Thursday confirmed it was responsible for a deadly airstrike on a busy marketplace in the country's Tigray region that locals say killed dozens of civilians, but the military insisted that only c...
Russia says next time it may fire to hit intruding warships
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia is prepared to target intruding warships if they fail to heed warnings, a senior Russian diplomat said Thursday in a tough statement in the wake of a Black Sea incident in which a British destroyer sailed near Crimea in an a...
Texas' Abbott leads GOP push for Trump-style border measures
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Promises to build a wall. Descriptions of American homes "invaded" by immigrants and a trail of "carnage." Plans to arrest border crossers and haul them to jail. It's not Donald Trump in 2016. It's Texas Gov. Greg Abbott 2021. T...
'We have a deal': Biden announces infrastructure agreement
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced on Thursday a hard-earned bipartisan agreement on a pared-down infrastructure plan that would make a start on his top legislative priority and validate his efforts to reach across the political a...
US to keep about 650 troops in Afghanistan after withdrawal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly 650 U.S. troops are expected to remain in Afghanistan to provide security for diplomats after the main American military force completes its withdrawal, which is set to be largely done in the next two weeks, U.S. o...
New York court suspends Rudy Giuliani's law license
NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York on Thursday because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump's loss in the presidential race. An attorney disciplinary c...
