Food giant J.M. Smucker has announced it is acquiring Ainsworth Pet Nutrition for about $1.9 million in cash.
Carthage Chooses Winner For Official Maple Leaf Artwork,
A winner is chosen for an artwork contest in Carthage. Residents got a chance to submit their work for the annual Maple Leaf Festival. The theme this year is “Magic of Maple Leaf” and the Maple Leaf Festival committee chose the work of Mary Jo Little, who happens to be a staffer at the Carthage chamber of commerce. The artwork will appear in coordinating marketing, including the official brochure for the annual city celebration and will also be printed on officia…
Greitens willing to send troops to border
From Associated Press – JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Eric Greitens is willing to send National Guard troops to the Mexican border if asked by President Donald Trump. “The Governor understands how grave the security situation on our southern border is,” Greitens’ spokesman Parker Briden said Friday in an email. “The men and women of the Missouri National Guard stand ready to serve.” Earlier in the week, Trump directed the Department of Homeland Security and th…
Court rules preventing felon gun ownership constitutional
From Associated Press – JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that a state law preventing gun ownership by felons doesn’t violate their constitutional rights. The Columbia Missourian reports that the majority of the judges found this week that Jack Alpert hadn’t proven his case. Court documents say Alpert had pleaded guilty and served time in prison twice for felony controlled substance possession counts in the 1970s. In 1986, he was granted a federal lice…
USGS records 2 small earthquakes in northwest Oklahoma
From Associated Press – COVINGTON, Okla. (AP) – The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded three earthquakes in northwest Oklahoma, the largest with a preliminary magnitude of 3.7. The USGS reports the larger quake struck at 10:07 a.m. Friday near Covington. A magnitude 3.1 quake struck two minutes earlier, and a 2.7 magnitude temblor was recorded at 10:21 a.m. in the same area about 56 miles (90 kilometers) northwest of Oklahoma City. Garfield County Emergency Management Director Mik…
Coffeyville Police Arrest Suspect in Shooting
Police arrest a man in connection with a January shooting in Coffeyville, KS. Authorities say the shooting happened in or around a vehicle parked at 412 E. 4th Street on January 10th, 2018. Police say 60-year-old Donald Collins was shot and taken to the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center and later transferred to St. John’s in Tulsa for surgery. Collins did not die. 24-year-old Lester G. Fullard, also known as “Bam”, was arrested on April 3rd and charged with attempted…