Player in state is lottery winner
ALMA - Arkansas lottery officials said a $1 million winning Mega Millions ticket was sold at a gas station in Crawford County.
Lottery officials said a ticket sold at the Hilltop Travel Center in Alma won a $1 million prize in Tuesday night’s drawing. The ticket matched five white ball numbers, resulting in a $250,000 win. That prize was increased to $1 million because the player added a $1 “Megaplier” option.
The winner has not yet claimed his prize at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Claim Center in Little Rock.
Officials said someone in Maryland matched all six numbers in Tuesday’s drawing, winning the $26 million jackpot.
Nephew charged in aunt’s slaying
FORT SMITH - Prosecutors have filed a first-degree murder charge against a Fort Smith man accused of killing his aunt.
Officials Tuesday charged 19-year-old Dustin Trowbridge in the death of 25-year-old Rita Jackalynne Anderson, who was shot in her living room Feb. 13.
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLR police hunting robbery suspect
Little Rock police are looking for a suspect in a home invasion and robbery in which the victim was tied up with a phone charger cord.
Police said Tuesday that they’re looking for 21-yearold Robert Lee Holmes Jr., who is accused of being one of two people who took part in the robbery in the city’s Pulaski Heights neighborhood. Authorities have not released the name of the other suspect.
Police said the robbers stole two rifles, two pistols and ammunition, along with electronics, cash and the victim’s automatic teller machine card.
Authorities said the men threatened to kill the victim after punching him in the face. The victim was left in his shower with his feet tied.
Police said Holmes is wanted on kidnapping, aggravated robbery and theft charges.
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Oklahoma teen held in fatal crash
ENID, Okla. - A 16-yearold Enid boy is charged with first-degree manslaughter in the death of a woman killed in a traffic accident.
Authorities said Monday that the youth is accused of being intoxicated and not having a valid driver’s license when his struck another vehicle, fatally injuring 55-year-old Patricia N.
Russell of Enid.
Russell was pronounced dead at a hospital after the Sunday crash.
The youth is reportedly in the Garland County jail in Oklahoma.
Police said the teen was driving at high speed before his vehicle hit a car inwhich Russell was a passenger. The youth suffered minor injuries, and the other driver was hospitalized, according to reports.
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMissouri senators OK gun-safety bill
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.
- Missouri first-graders could see an addition to their curriculum under a bill given first-round approval in the Missouri Senate.
The measure endorsed Tuesday would give school districts the option of teaching a National Rifle Association-sponsored gun-safety program to students in first grade. It would also allow schools to implement a training program for teachers and other personnel on responding to intruders.
The bill, sponsored by Republican Sen. Dan Brown of Rolla, originally would have required schools to adopt both programs. But opposition from Democratic senators caused Brown to make the training and gunsafety course optional.
The measure needs one more affirmative vote before moving to the House.
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESSOklahoma texting bill clears panel
OKLAHOMA CITY - A bill to outlaw texting while driving has been approved by a House committee.
The House Transportation Committee on Tuesday approved the bill that would make it illegal for anyone to “compose, send, or read a text-based communication while the motor vehicle is in motion.” If approved by the House Calendar Committee, the bill will next head to the full House for a vote.
The measure by Smithville Democratic Rep. Curtis McDaniel would impose a fine of up to $500 for violations.
The bill specifically exempts texts to emergency responders, medical providers, firefighters and law enforcement officials.
Although a texting ban is in place for teen drivers, it does not apply to all motorists.
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESSOil-well platform falls, hurts worker
DUNCAN, Okla. - Authorities said a worker was injured when he was crushed by a platform at an oil well site in Stephens County.
Authorities said Mickey Pruitt of Velma suffered multiple injuries Tuesday afternoon. Pruitt was reported in stable condition at an Oklahoma City hospital.
Sheriff Wayne McKinney said Pruitt was crushed by a work-over platform, a device that’s lowered onto a well in need of repair. The sheriff said either a chain or cable failed and the workover platform fell on top of Pruitt.
Authorities said the platform weighed between 500 and 800 pounds. It took four men to lift the platform off the worker.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is to investigate the accident.
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