Articles from the July 20, 2017 edition
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Car trying to beat train gets knocked into police vehicle
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi police say a freight train hit a car trying to beat it across the tracks, knocking it into a police SUV and a car that had been pulled over for a traffic stop. Biloxi (bih-LUX-ee) Police Lt. Christopher De Back s...
Judge preliminarily approves deal in Kansas jail lawsuit
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge has given her approval to a deal in a lawsuit filed against the Wilson County sheriff over his jail's policy of allowing inmates to receive and send only postcards in the mail. U.S. District Judge Julie R...
Second man arrested in killing of semi-pro football player
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A second suspect has been arrested in the weekend shooting death of a semi-pro football player in Wichita. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2uzalKA ) reports that the 18-year-old Wichita man was booked into jail Monday on s...
FBI: Pipe bomb found in Oklahoma had unusual features
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An explosive found in the Oklahoma apartment of a man accused of setting off a pipe bomb near a military recruiting office had "unusual" features usually seen outside the U.S., according to a preliminary FBI investigation. C...
Oklahoma County inmate dies following fight inside jail
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office says an inmate has died after a fight involving several inmates in the county jail. Sheriff's spokesman Mark Opgrande says 36-year-old Maurice Pendleton died Tuesday afternoon at a hospital w...
Oklahoma inmate's death no longer deemed homicide
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The death of an Oklahoma County jail inmate is no longer being considered a homicide after investigators reviewed new evidence in the case. Ricky Earl Windle died Feb. 5 after complications from multiple blunt force trauma. An i...
