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SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — Jessie Newell's grandfather talked fondly of the friendships he formed while serving in the U.S. Army, but he didn't have many pictures of himself or memorabilia from his World War II experiences. The lack of mementos seemed more pronounced after his death in 1997. About three years ago, Newell, an award-winning photographer, decided to give veterans and their families something that she didn't have: photos. Newell provides complimentary photo shoots and photographs to Oklahoma veterans, The Oklahoman reported . She s...
After 20 years, Mississippi chicken farmer Kevin Kemp is getting out of the chicken business. He raised millions of pounds of chicken since 1996, alongside his father and brother. But Kemp said even though he's done well as a poultry grower, raising chickens is "not all it's cracked up to be." "The chicken industry has been good to a lot of people around here," Kemp said. "It just got to the point where I didn't enjoy raising chickens, because you had to put up with too much crap from the integrator." By "integrator," Kemp means the big...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — City directors recently approved locations for 12 more "smart kiosks" loaded with local content, ads and interactive apps throughout Little Rock's downtown. The first 7-foot-tall, touchscreen kiosk was unveiled in front of the Statehouse Convention Center in June. Passers-by can use it like a giant smartphone to learn about nearby restaurants, deals and other information the city or advertising partners put forth. The new kiosks will be spread throughout the downtown, River Market and South Main areas. At a city B...
ENID, Okla. (AP) — Infamous outlaw lovers Bonnie and Clyde died 84 years ago, ambushed on a rural Louisiana road by law enforcement, but in Oklahoma, their crimes still are under investigation. A 2017 series by Joe Cummings for the Enid News & Eagle highlighted Enid's history as a noteworthy stop along the pair's trigger happy road trip, as the town played unwilling host to gun fights, car theft, robbery, much of the assorted violence that was their trademark. Ex-detective Troy Cochran read those articles, and it got his wheels turning. He w...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A new lofty landmark is on its way to Route 66. Mary Beth Babcock, owner of Buck Atom's Cosmic Curios, plans to erect a 20-foot space cowboy outside her gift shop. The store's mascot, "Buck," will be an example of a Muffler Man, one of the large Fiberglas advertising icons that came to symbolize the Mother Road during its heyday. "I've always just loved Route 66, and the roadside attractions are the main things the people get excited about while traveling the route," Babcock told the Tulsa World . The project originated a...
Magnitude 3.0 earthquake rattles northwestern Oklahoma FAIRVIEW, Okla. (AP) — A magnitude 3.0 earthquake has shaken parts of northwestern Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake was recorded at 1:42 a.m. Monday 21 miles (34 kilometers) northwest of Fairview, about 77 miles (124 kilometers) northwest of Oklahoma City. The temblor was recorded at a depth of about 5 miles (8 kilometers). No damage or injuries were reported. Geologists say damage isn't likely in temblors below magnitude 4.0. Thousands of earthquakes have been r...
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Federal and state agencies are investigating the cause of a train derailment in southeastern Oklahoma. Authorities say 16 railroad cars and a locomotive of a Union Pacific freight train derailed about 6:30 a.m. Sunday in a rural area north of Kiowa, about 105 miles (314 kilometers) southeast of Oklahoma City. No injuries were reported and no hazardous materials were released. Union Pacific spokeswoman Hannah Bolte says Monday that nine of the railroad cars were empty. Officials say the others carried steel, grain and b...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and the Cherokee Nation are asking the U.S. Small Business Administration for a disaster declaration to residents of Cherokee County affected by tornadoes, severe storms and strong winds on Nov. 30. If approved, the request filed Monday would provide low-interest loans for homeowners, renters, and business owners in the county to repair or replace uninsured property that was damaged. Fallin says damage assessments found more than 90 Cherokee County homes and businesses affected by the storm. A...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma County has agreed to pay $175,000 to a former county employee who filed a lawsuit alleging that she faced age and racial discrimination and was treated like a "black slave on display at a plantation." A federal judge approved the settlement in 77-year-old Leona Porter's lawsuit last week, The Oklahoman reported . County commissioners voted on the settlement in November. Porter alleged that Oklahoma County Clerk David Hooten started harassing and discriminating against her in January 2017. Hooten cut Porter's p...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The former president and CEO of a shuttered Oklahoma bank has been sentenced to four years in a federal prison and ordered to pay more than $137 million in restitution for making false statements. Federal prosecutors say 68-year-old John Arnold Shelley of Oklahoma City was sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty to making a false statement to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Shelley was named in a 23-count federal indictment following the failure of the Bank of Union of El Reno, which state banking regulators c...
GOLDSBY, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says southbound lanes of Interstate 35 just south of Norman have reopened following a fiery collision, but northbound traffic remains restricted to the right shoulder of the interstate. The OHP says both northbound and southbound lanes were shut down Monday morning at mile marker 104 at Goldsby, about 22 miles (35 kilometers) south of Oklahoma City. Southbound lanes were reopened about 1:30 p.m. Oklahoma Department of Transportation spokesman Cody Boyd says one lane of northbound traffic is b...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities say a man was fatally shot by Oklahoma City police outside a convenience store on the city's southwest side. Police say 35-year-old Jacob Mohow was reportedly threatening people Sunday night with a screwdriver and a knife and allegedly had also tried to cut the hoses at gas pumps. Capt. Bo Mathews says in a news release that when officers arrived, Mohow refused to comply with orders to drop the weapons and was first shot with a stun gun and a bean bag shotgun, but then charged at the officers and was shot by S...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man convicted of abusing and killing his girlfriend's 3-year-old son before encasing the boy's body in concrete in their rental home's garage was sentenced Monday to more than 100 years in prison. Judge Steve Ternes sentenced Stephen Bodine to 109 years and six months after telling him during the hearing in Sedgwick County district court: "Your acts were disgusting and cowardly and monstrous." Bodine, 41, did not address the court. Bodine was convicted in October of first-degree murder, child abuse and other c...
PAOLA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man who worked at a center for children with developmental disabilities pleaded guilty to child pornography charges. Federal prosecutors say William Bresee, of Fontana, pleaded guilty Monday to possession of child pornography and three counts of distribution of child pornography. Bresee worked an overnight shift at Lakemary Center in Paola. Prosecutors say Bresee admitted that federal agents downloaded child pornography from his computer at work after investigators traced child pornography to a computer IP address a...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism wants to charge $50 a day for access to fragile rock formations at the state's newest park. The department is proposing a $50 permit for anyone who wants "backcountry access" in the Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park in Logan County, which is expected to open next year, the Wichita Eagle reported. The fee aims to preserve the rare geological attraction that features the state's largest Niobrara chalk formation, according to department officials. But the park's l...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' Medicaid director is reversing a billing change that resulted in pay cuts to pediatricians. KanCare Director Jon Hamdorf announced Monday that Kansas is fixing the billing change that went into effect Nov. 1, which split a bundle of services for child checkups into 12 separate codes, the Wichita Eagle reported. Hamdorf said he realized pediatricians weren't getting paid the same amount for each visit after reviewing data submitted by doctors last week. "We did identify a place where it would have been a reduction i...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Douglas County judge is weighing the sentence for a man convicted in a fatal shooting outside a Eudora bar. Judge Peggy Kittel was scheduled to sentence 37-year-old Danny Queen on Monday for the death of 32-year-old Bo Hopson but instead took the matter under advisement. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Queen was convicted Aug. 1 of second-degree murder after Hopson was shot outside the D-Dubs Bar and Grill. Both men are from Eudora. Hopson was working security at the bar when Queen was thrown out. While bar patrons t...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a suspect has been killed after wounding an officer in Kansas City, Kansas. Police Chief Terry Zeigler says the shooting happened Sunday night when officers responded to an indecent exposure call. Police said in a news release Monday that a man at the house, 46-year-old Richard Johnson, died after being shot by an officer. Two officers responded to the call and Johnson was able to get a gun from one of the officers. Police say during the ensuing struggle, Johnson fired a shot and a second officer r...
