🌱 How a 1915 Kingston-area farmhouse killing reshaped Oklahoma courtroom history

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• How a 1915 Kingston-area farmhouse killing reshaped Oklahoma courtroom history

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 87 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 94, low: 74.
• Sunday: Humid with a heavy t-storm, with a high of 80 and low of 65 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• The Lion of the Courtroom, Pt V (madillrecord.net) — A gripping historical account revisits a 1915 double killing at a farmhouse just east of Kingston and the sensational Marshall County trials that followed. Jurors first acquitted defendant John Wesley Honeysuckle in the death of Ida Mutz, then later convicted him of manslaughter for killing Creacy Merriman. The story also traces how these Kingston-area trials launched defense attorney Charles Coakley’s rise in Oklahoma legal history.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Traditions Hospitality Group posted a job opening for Line Cook- Kitchen 70- West Bay Casino in Kingston. Apply here.
• Sonic Corporation posted a job opening for Cook in Madill. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kingston here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Durant

• Zach Top Performs Acoustic 'Amarillo by Morning' at Durant Show (country1037fm.com)
• Janeva Maxson named Director of Aerospace Sciences Institute (se.edu)

Ardmore

• Delta Dental program delivers $213,000 in free dental care (journalrecord.com)
• Oklahoma ranks 44th in nation for children's well-being (kxii.com)
• Monkey brains and such (coloradocountycitizen.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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