Articles from the December 1, 2021 edition
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Veteran Bill Nelson 'humbled' by Kansas Honor Flight experience
Fifty years ago 1966 Kiowa High School graduate Bill Nelson never dreamed he would return to Washington, D.C., 50 years later as a veteran honored as part of the Kansas Honor Flight. Nelson said he...
BILLY DEAN McCONKEY
Funeral service for Billy Dean McConkey, 75, of Fairview, Oklahoma, were held at 2 p.m., Monday, November 29, 2021, at the Fairview Mennonite Brethren Church followed by burial in the Fairview Cemeter...
DEANNIE MICHOLSON
Graveside services will be held on Saturday, December 4, 2021, at 2 p.m. at the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Wharton Funeral Chapel. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com. Deannie was born on February 26,...
LESLIE DUANE WHISMAN
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 4, 2021, at 10 a.m. at the Assembly of God Church with Rev. Donetta Hunter officiating. Burial will follow in the Alva Municipal Cemetery. Online...
KELLY LAVELL SCHLARB
Funeral services for Kelly Schlarb will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, December 3, 2021, at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Ron Pingelton officiating. There will be a private family interment at the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of...
KATHRYN L. HELMS
Kathryn L. Helms died on the morning of November 24, 2021, in Tampa, Florida, after an arduous and heroic battle with Alzheimer's disease. Born in Alva, Oklahoma, in December of 1948 to her now...
JOHN BROWNING PANGBURN
John Browning Pangburn, 79, of Ponca City, Oklahoma, passed away November 23, 2021, in Blackwell, Oklahoma. He was born on July 9, 1942, to Samuel L and Verona (Browning) Pangburn in Oklahoma City,...
JOAN WAGNER
Joan Marie Wagner, 82, died following a fall in Nashville, Tennessee, at Vanderbilt University Medical September 21, 2021. She was born February 18, 1939, in Alva, Oklahoma, the daughter of William...
JERRY ROBERT BLEVINS
Jerry Robert Blevins was born on November 10, 1940, in Amorita, Oklahoma, the son of Robert Hugh Blevins and Vinita A (Holden) Blevins. Vinita died when Jerry was 18 months old. Robert married Opal...
Timberlake to play Mt. View-Gotebo for Class C championship
The Timberlake Tigers decisively defeated Tyrone 64-14 in Woodward Friday night for a chance at the state Class C championship. The undefeated Tigers will take on undefeated Mountain View-Gotebo this...
Oklahoma board denies clemency for man in quadruple killing
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 4-1 on Wednesday to reject clemency for a man convicted and sentenced to die for his role in a quadruple slaying in Oklahoma City in 2005. The board's denial of a clemency r...
Man wounded after shootout with police outside Tulsa airport
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Airport police in Tulsa shot and wounded a man after he opened fire on a car carrying his wife, whom he tried to confront her after her flight landed, authorities said. The man had threatened to harm the woman late Tuesday at T...
Skull found in 2005 identified as missing Muskogee woman
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A human skull found in southwestern Oklahoma 16 years ago has been identified as that of a missing Muskogee woman, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announced Wednesday. The skull is that of Rebecca Jean Boyd, who was 2...
Charges dismissed in Missouri woman's 1988 killing
AURORA, Mo. (AP) — A prosecutor said Wednesday that he dropped a first-degree murder charge against a Missouri man in the 1988 killing of a 31-year-old woman. A grand jury indicted Lawrence Timmons, 67, in 2019 in the killing of Cynthia Smith, who w...
Ex-nurse convicted of raping patient at Missouri hospital
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas man was convicted Wednesday of raping a woman while he was working as a nurse at a hospital in Missouri. Chukwuemeka U. Emmanuel, 37, of Overland Park, was found guilty of first-degree rape after a bench trial. He w...
Kansas man pleads guilty for role in Jan. 6 riot at Capitol
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A northeast Kansas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge for his participation in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Mark Roger Rebegila, 32, of St. Marys, pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating or p...
Fossil footprints puzzle scientists: Bear or ancient human?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prehistoric footprints that have puzzled scientists since the 1970s are getting a second look: Were they left by extinct animals or by human ancestors? When famed paleontologist Mary Leakey first uncovered the footprints in T...
Michigan teen charged in Oxford High School shooting
OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy was charged with murder and terrorism for a shooting that killed four fellow students and injured more at a Michigan high school, authorities said Wednesday as they revealed additional details, includin...
Women's tennis tour suspends China events over Peng concerns
In the strongest public stand against China taken by a sports body, the head of the women's professional tennis tour announced Wednesday that all WTA tournaments there would be suspended because of concerns about the safety of Peng Shuai, a Grand...
Death of bullied Utah girl draws anger over suicides, racism
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — When her 10-year-old daughter tried spraying air freshener on herself before school one morning, Brittany Tichenor-Cox suspected something was wrong with the sweet little girl whose beaming smile had gone dormant after she s...
Justices signal they'll OK new abortion limits, may toss Roe
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the biggest challenge to abortion rights in decades, the Supreme Court's conservative majority on Wednesday signaled they would allow states to ban abortion much earlier in pregnancy and may even overturn the nationwide right t...
