Man charged in shooting of kids
CARTHAGE, Mo.
- A Carthage man faces six felony charges after an altercation with his fatherin-law resulted in two young children being shot in the face.
The Joplin Globe reported Kenton Cowgill Jr., 27, was charged Tuesday with three counts of domestic assault, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm.
The Jasper County sheriff’s office said the fight Monday began when Mark Wittenmeyer, 48, confronted Cowgill about a domestic assault involving Cowgill’s wife - Wittenmeyer’s daughter.
Prosecutors said Cowgill grabbed a shotgun, and it discharged while the men struggled over the weapon.
Pellets struck a 2-year-old girl and 4-year-old boy in their faces.
A deputy said the children’s wounds are not life-threatening.
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Examiner: Woman overdosed at center
McALESTER, Okla. - The state medical examiner said a 20-year-old woman who died at an Oklahoma rehabilitation center died from an accidental drug overdose.
Stacy Murphy was found dead in July at Narconon Arrowhead near McAlester.
Medical examiner’s spokesman Amy Elliott told the McAlester News-Capital that Murphy died from acute oxymorphone toxicity.
Oxymorphone is a narcotic painkiller.
Murphy is one of four patients who’ve died at Narconon since 2009. Her parents have filed a lawsuit against Narconon, alleging that the facility’s actions were “grossly negligent.”
Narconon uses saunas, vitamins, mild exercise and a special diet in its threemonth treatment, which is based on techniques developed by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.
Narconon has said it’s cooperating with investigators, and that Murphy’s death was “devastating.” - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Truck killed birds, Missouri man says
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Asouthwest Missouri man said he knows what killed 50 to 100 birds at a Springfield intersection because he saw it happen.
Mike Davis of Rogersville said he was driving about 50 feet behind a small red pickup Saturday morning when a large flock of starlings flew across the street.
Davis told the Springfield News-Leader the birds swooped right in front of the pickup and about half of them were wiped out. He said he also ran over some of the birds.
Some who saw the dead birds contacted conservation officials. Nature Center manager Linda Chorice collected one of the dead birds for later testing.
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Romance women killed in wreck
SEARCY - Authorities said two people were killed in a car crash in White County.
The Searcy Police Department said Kimberly Langley and Betty Grisham died in the accident Tuesday afternoon in Searcy. Both women were from Romance.
The Daily Citizen reported that Langley was pulling out of a driveway onto Beebe Capps Expressway when her car was struck by a pickup. A witness told the newspaper that the car pulled out directly in front of the truck.
Searcy police said no one has been cited in the crash, which remains under investigation.
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESSArkansan jailed in Idaho on counts
BOISE, Idaho - Boise police who responded to a complaint about a man using his cell phone to expose himself to a woman arrested the man when, officers said, they found nearly 30 pounds of marijuana in his motel room.
Boise station KTVB reported that Jeffery B.
Ash, 54, of Fayetteville was taken into custody Tuesday evening.
Police said they were investigating the woman’s complaint when they noticed a strong odor of marijuana and found 28.5 pounds of marijuana contained in two duffel bags.
Ash was booked into the Ada County jail on suspicion of trafficking marijuana and indecent exposure.
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