LOCUST GROVE, Okla. – Ted Pierce was born in Edna, Kansas, on Nov. 23, 1940, to Gerald and Helen Rose Pierce. He passed away on April 19, 2025. He married his one and only Phyllis Jean Lafon on Sept. 20, 1958. They shared 66 years of marriage together. Ted had many different jobs as a
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John L. “Suthdog” Sutherland, age 60, passed away Friday, April 11, 2025, at KU Medical Center, after a yearlong bout with cancer. He left this world the way he lived in it, on his own terms. While his life span may have been less than average, there was nothing average about the way John lived
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Late Notices Scott T. Coates Scott T. Coates, 53, St. Joseph, died April 21, 2025. Farewell Services and Public Livestream 10 a.m. Friday, Living Hope Church. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Jackie L. Herndon Jackie Lynn Herndon, 68, St. Joseph, died April 22, 2024. Arrangements
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By The Associated Press NBA Thursday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG New York 1 (214) at DETROIT Oklahoma City 8½ (227) at MEMPHIS at LA CLIPPERS 5 (213½) Denver MLB Thursday American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at MINNESOTA -225 Chicago White Sox +188 at BOSTON -162 Seattle +136 Texas -144 at ATHLETICS +122 National League
Continue ReadingPor Claudia Rebaza, CNN El 13 de marzo de 2013, Oscar Crespo estaba viendo la televisión en su natal Buenos Aires cuando vio el humo blanco apareciendo sobre la Capilla Sixtina en el Vaticano: se había elegido un nuevo papa. Al igual que millones de católicos en Latinoamérica, tenía curiosidad por saber quién sucedería al
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV, AAMER MADHANI and JILL LAWLESS Assiociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at Ukraine’s president, saying Volodymyr Zelenskyy is prolonging the “killing field” after pushing back on ceding Crimea to Russia as part of a potential peace plan. Zelenskyy on Tuesday ruled out ceding territory to
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Few could have predicted that a comment Pope Francis made during a 2018 visit to Chile would blow up into the biggest crisis of his papacy, and one that eventually set the Catholic Church on a new path of accountability for clergy sexual abuse. Francis was
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN Hong Kong/Washington (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has signaled a potential U-turn on his trade war with China, saying the high tariffs on Chinese goods will “come down substantially, but it won’t be zero.” Trump’s remarks, made at a White House news event Tuesday, appear to mark
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Shanghai, China (CNN) — Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD has already beaten out long-standing frontrunner Tesla in sales of electrified vehicles. And now it’s coming for luxury sports cars. BYD’s premium Denza line on Wednesday unveiled the Z, a flashy new deep-blue model that points to the company’s ambitions to rival
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By Todd Symons, Rob Picheta and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump slammed Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday for his comments that Ukraine wouldn’t recognize Russian control of Crimea, calling the remarks “very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia.” “It’s inflammatory statements like Zelenskyy’s that makes it so difficult to settle
Continue ReadingBy CNN’s Abeer Salman and Oren Liebermann (CNN) — The final call lasted 30 seconds. Just enough time to say hello and ask if everyone was okay. But for Gaza’s tiny Christian population, the phone call from Pope Francis was a ray of hope that shone through the horrors of war. Every day since the
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CNN By CNN’s Abeer Salman and Oren Liebermann (CNN) — The final call lasted 30 seconds. Just enough time to say hello and ask if everyone was okay. But for Gaza’s tiny Christian population, the phone call from Pope Francis was a ray of hope that shone through the horrors of war. Every day since
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By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man convicted of fatally strangling and stabbing a young mother more than 20 years ago was executed Wednesday evening as the victim’s mother and other relatives looked on. Moises Sandoval Mendoza, 41, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary
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By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Cory Bowman was feeling inspired in January as he headed home after watching his half brother, JD Vance, be inaugurated as vice president. The 36-year-old Bowman, who shares a father with Vance, was already active in the community, starting an evangelical church in Cincinnati’s West End
Continue Reading By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Cory Bowman was feeling inspired in January as he headed home after watching his half-brother, JD Vance, be inaugurated as vice president. The 36-year-old Bowman, who shares a father with Vance, was already active in the community, starting an evangelical church in Cincinnati’s West End and
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By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Survivors recounted the horror a gunman caused when he fired dozens of bullets at a 2022 Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, detailing during a sentencing hearing for the man on Wednesday how they fled, hid inside businesses or treated the wounded packed into an emergency
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By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Anjan Roy was studying with friends at Missouri State University when he got an email that turned his world upside down. His legal status as an international student had been terminated, and he was suddenly at risk for deportation. “I was in literal shock, like, what the
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Air pollution levels keep getting worse for more people in the US, according to a new report, and experts say the Trump administration’s proposed deregulation plans will make it even harder for people to get clean air. Almost half of everyone who lives in the United States breathes unhealthy
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Women in the United States are less likely to have babies than ever before, but key figures in the Trump administration seem keen on changing that – even as federal programs focused on reproductive health face significant upheaval. About 3.6 million babies were born in the US in 2024,
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By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two major law firms asked separate judges Wednesday to permanently block President Donald Trump’s executive orders that were meant to punish them and harm their business operations. The firms — Perkins Coie and WilmerHale — say the orders are unconstitutional assaults on the legal profession threaten their
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Both Savannah and Maryville opened the tourney with double-digit losses, dropping them into the consolation side of the bracket. There was still pride on the line and a shot at the consolation championship in play. Fueled by a big first inning and a six-run sixth, the Savages surged past the Spoofhounds for an 11-4 win at Hyde Park.
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a missile early Wednesday toward northern Israel, the first such attack by the group to reach the area as a monthlong intense U.S. airstrike campaign continues to target them. The Houthis separately claimed shooting down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone
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