Articles from the August 2, 2020 edition
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Woods County Sheriff's Office phone log, May–July
May 1, 2020 5 p.m. – Inmate inquiry. May 2, 2020 10 a.m. – Bail bondsman called. 11 a.m. – Cattle out. May 5, 2020 11:20 a.m. – Cattle out. 2:38 p.m. – Warrant check. 6:16 p.m. – Man called about inmate information. May 6, 2020 2:30 a.m. – Warrant c...
Gilgeous-Alexander scores 19 to help Thunder top Jazz 110-94
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 19 points, Chris Paul added 18 and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Utah Jazz 110-94 on Saturday in their first game of the restart. Steven Adams had 16 points and 11 rebounds, D...
By Gonzalez expected to start for the White Sox against Royals
Chicago White Sox (3-4, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (3-5, fifth in the AL Central) Kansas City, Kansas; Saturday, 7:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Gio Gonzalez (0-0, 14.73 ERA, 2.18 WHIP, 3 strikeouts) Royals: Ronald...
Airlines, unions pin hopes for more payroll cash on politics
With tens of thousands of airline workers facing layoffs this fall, labor groups are pushing Congress for more federal money to keep them on the payroll until next spring. The unions have gained significant support among Democrats. They hope that the...
19-year-old man is shot to death in Wichita
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police are investigating the shooting death of a 19-year-old man early Saturday. Officers responding to a call found Andreas Carlyle of Wichita lying in the street. He was pronounced dead at the scene. "This was not a r...
Settlement reached in death of football player in Kansas
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas community college has reached a settlement with the New Jersey family of a football player who died of heatstroke after team conditioning drills in 2018. Details of the settlement reached between Garden City C...
Oklahoma reported coronavirus cases up by 1,244, 8 more die
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of reported coronavirus cases in Oklahoma has increased by more than 1,200 with eight more deaths due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the illness, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reported on Saturday, The d...
Federal audit finds unsafe conditions at Kansas foster homes
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' foster care homes have not been meeting health and safety requirements, even though state inspectors visited regularly, federal inspectors found in an audit. Foster care children have been living at risk in group h...
Louisiana OKs deepening Mississippi River to 50 feet
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Mississippi River in Louisiana is getting deeper. The state and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday agreed to start deepening the shipping channel from the Gulf of Mexico to Baton Rouge from a depth of 45 feet (13.7 m...
Texas city commissioner killed in gun battle with police
MISSION, Texas (AP) — A Texas city commissioner was fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire with police and a sheriff's deputy who had responded to a domestic disturbance call at his home, authorities said. Officers who responded to the call late T...
Health officials link US salmonella outbreak to red onions
Federal health officials say an outbreak of salmonella infecting nearly 400 people in more than 30 states has been linked to red onions, and identified a California company as the likely source. The Food and Drug Administration said in a statement...
Foreign threats loom ahead of US presidential election
NEW YORK (AP) — As the Nov. 3 presidential vote nears, there are fresh signs that the nation's electoral system is again under attack from foreign adversaries. Intelligence officials confirmed in recent days that foreign actors are actively seeking t...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's election agitations and distortions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Heads snapped and eyes rolled when President Donald Trump made a case for considering an election postponement in the pandemic. Republican and Democratic lawmakers, who agree on precious little, said forget about it. Among them, Sen...
Q&A: What would a US ban on Chinese-owned app TikTok mean?
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump says he wants to take action to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns. The threat comes as Microsoft Corp. is in advanced talks to b...
Virtual school: Teachers want to improve but training varies
After a rocky transition to distance learning last spring, Georgia teacher Aimee Rodriguez Webb is determined to do better this fall. She bought a dry-erase board and a special camera to display worksheets, and she set up her dining room to...
Navajo lawmakers pass massive virus relief spending bill
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Lawmakers on the Navajo Nation have approved a massive spending bill to respond to the coronavirus pandemic that includes money for water projects, power lines, broadband and casino employees who have been laid off. The N...
Column: Let's make baseball weirder with even more new rules
The stat geeks are all excited, even if no one else seems to be. They've spent the first days of the baseball season analyzing a bunch of new numbers that show the possibilities — and probabilities — of runners scoring after being put on second bas...
Oklahoma City faces conference foe Denver
Denver Nuggets (43-23, third in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (41-24, fifth in the Western Conference) Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Monday, 4 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Denver Nuggets take on the Oklahoma City Thunder in a matchup of...
Junis scheduled to start for Kansas City against Chicago
Chicago White Sox (4-4, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (3-6, fifth in the AL Central) Kansas City, Kansas; Sunday, 2:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Dylan Cease (0-1, 15.43 ERA, 3.00 WHIP, 1 strikeouts) Royals: Jakob...
Laid-off Kansas aviation workers find new opportunities
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Some aviation workers who were laid off in Wichita are taking advantage of a federal program that helps people looking for new opportunities or a chance to gain more education and skills. Tracy Taylor, 32, lost her job on the 7...
Police: second man dies after shooting at Wichita motel
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A second man has died days after a shootout at a Wichita motel that police suspect happened during a fight over drugs. Wichita Police say 23-year-old Keion Whyte, of Wichita, died Saturday at a hospital. He was injured early T...
As school begins amid virus, parents see few good options
WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — John Barrett plans to keep his daughter home from elementary school this year in suburban Atlanta, but he wishes she were going. Molly Ball is sending her teenage sons to school in the same district on Monday, but not without f...
Oklahoma reports 494 more coronavirus cases, 1 more death
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma reported another 494 cases of COVID-19 Sunday, and one more death linked to the illness caused by the new coronavirus. The state has seen 38,225 confirmed cases of the virus and 550 deaths, an increase from from the 3...
W. Nebraska manufacturer has been creative from the start
GURLEY, Neb. (AP) — The brick house on County Road 38 southeast of Gurley doesn't give any indication by itself of its significance to industry. Nor does the garage that sits just to the south. What started out for Theodore (Ted) Egging as a p...
Wind farms threaten West Texas river and Air Force routes
COMSTOCK, Texas (AP) — Exactly how the Devils River got its forbidding name is lost to history, but there is little doubt the harsh terrain and fierce natives who once reigned here played a role. "It is far from any habitation, in a barren waste surr...
