LOCAL NEWS
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9 charged after McCloskey confrontation won’t be prosecuted
by Ty Albright at 5:41 pm
St. Louis officials will not prosecute nine people who were charged with trespassing after a confrontation with a gun-wielding couple during a demonstration. The nine people were part of a group that entered a private and gated St. Louis neighborhood during a racial injustice protest in June. Mark and Patricia McCloskey say they were defending …
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US attorney general to visit Cherokee Nation headquarters
by Ty Albright at 5:00 pm
(AP) U.S. Attorney General William Barr is planning a visit to Oklahoma with leaders of the Cherokee Nation and federal prosecutors from Tulsa and Muskogee. Barr is expected to meet Wednesday in Tahlequah with Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., the tribe’s Attorney General Sara Hill, and U.S. attorneys from the northern and eastern …
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Hospitalizations up 186% in outstate Missouri since June
by Ty Albright at 4:58 pm
(AP) The number of people hospitalized for the coronavirus has nearly tripled in areas outside of Missouri’s two largest metropolitan areas since the state reopened for business in mid-June. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ COVID-19 dashboard shows that the state’s northwest, southeast, southwest and central regions all reached record highs for virus-related …
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Studyvin new Carl Junction Chamber Director
by Steve Smith at 3:33 pm
Carl Junction’s Chamber of Commerce has a new Director. She is Cavenaugh Studyvin. She grew up in Carthage and graduated from Carthage High School and Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. She replaces Ashley Butcher, who turned in her resignation. Cavenaugh returns to the area from New York City where she worked for Kidville, a children’s …
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Artist Bob Tommey passes
by Steve Smith at 3:18 pm
Nationally-known artist Bob Tommey has died. Tommey was the founder and driving force behind the annual Midwest Gathering of the Artists exhibit in his adopted home of Carthage. Tommey, who was born in Arkansas, is best known for his western art and for his work as an art teacher. Tommey died on Monday. Services are …
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OHP announces the passing of active duty Captain
by Steve Smith at 2:20 pm
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is deeply saddened to announce the passing of active duty Captain Jeffery W. Sewell. Captain Sewell had been hospitalized since Sept. 5 due to COVID-19. He passed away at Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas on September 26. The Texas Department of Public Safety escorted Captain Sewell home to Atoka on …
