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East Oklahoma Murder Case Set for trial Jan. 14
POTEAU, Okla. (AP) -- An Oklahoma man accused of shooting his elderly parents to death is set to go to trial next month.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against 51-year-old Kevin Paul Statham of Muldrow. Attorneys say a Jan. 3 pretrial hearing will give Statham the opportunity to enter a plea if he wants to avoid trial on Jan. 14.
Statham is charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shootings of his parents, 69-year-old Helen Ruth Statham and 70-year-old Paul Everette Statham.
A bill of particulars filed by prosecutors alleges that Statham planned the killings methodically.
Statham was arrested in North Dakota a few days after the July 2011 killings. He has pleaded not guilty.
Posted: Thursday, November 29 2012, 07:57 AM CST
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McConnell selected for new Air Force tanker base
May 22, 2013 13:56 GMT
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Wichita's McConnell Air Force Base has been selected to be the main operating base for the Air Force's new KC-46A air refueling tanker.
Members of the Kansas congressional delegation issued a joint statement Wednesday announcing the Air Force decision. The aircraft will replace the aging KC-135 fleet flown by crews for the past 50 years.
According to the delegation, the Air Force will base 36 of the new aircraft at McConnell starting in 2016. It also will be investing $192 million in upgrades to the base.
McConnell was chosen over bases in North Dakota, Oklahoma and Washington.
Forbes Field in Topeka was not selected as a site for the Air National Guard base but the delegation said the Topeka location would not be precluded from future refueling assignments.
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