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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Gun deaths in Oklahoma have increased since a “permitless carry” law allowing people over the age of 21 to carry a gun without a permit or training went into effect in 2019, according to a newspaper’s review of data. The Oklahoman analyzed state medical examiner data. It found that Oklahoma has …

A man was sentenced Friday in federal court for a 2017 attack in which he picked up a fellow student and slammed the student’s head onto the ground, leaving him paralyzed, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Jace Christian Williams, 23, of Miami, Oklahoma, to 51 months in federal …

An accident on I-49 about four miles south of Lamar around 11:30 Saturday night resulted in injuries to two people. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the wreck happened when a southbound Ford F-250 driven by 18-year-old Moses R. Olivas of Lamar went off the left side of the road and overturned, crossing the median …

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Donald Trump is taking credit for the Supreme Court’s abortion decision, which he is calling “the biggest WIN for LIFE in a generation.” He says this ruling and others were possible because “I delivered everything as promised, including nominating and getting three highly respected and strong Constitutionalists confirmed to the …

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Sedgwick County has agreed to pay $22,000 to a former employee to settle his racial discrimination lawsuit. David Partridge, who is biracial, sued the county last year, saying a coworker on a county work crew called him “boy” or the “colored guy” and sang slavery-era songs with his name added to …

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – U.S. Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma testified as part of a civil case into an alleged sexual assault at the Baptist church camp he oversaw that he believed a 13-year-old can consent to sex. The Associated Press obtained a copy of Lankford’s deposition from 2010, before he’d joined Congress. A 13-year-old …