Sean Murphy

Dec 14, 2024 | arkansasonline.com | Sean Murphy

OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma panel on Friday rejected a plea for clemency for a man convicted of torturing and killing a 10-year-old girl as part of a cannibalistic fantasy, paving the way for him to become the 25th and final person executed in the United States this year. Three members of Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole Board voted unanimously against clemency for Kevin Ray Underwood, who is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday, his 45th birthday.

May 2, 2024 | pubs.usgs.gov | Sharon Poessel |Elise Elliott-Smith |Sean Murphy |Susan Haig

Links More information: Publisher Index Page (via DOI) Open Access Version: Publisher Index Page Download citation as: RIS | Dublin Core Study Area Publication type Article Publication Subtype Journal Article Title Abundance of Long-billed Curlews on military lands in the Columbia Basin Series title Avian Conservation and Ecology DOI 10.5751/ACE-02616-190114 Volume 19 Issue 1 Year Published 2024 Language English Publisher The Resilience Alliance Contributing office(s) Forest and Rangeland...

Mar 14, 2024 | mysanantonio.com | Sean Murphy

FILE - In this image provided Malia Pila, Nex Benedict poses outside the family's home in Owasso, Okla., in December 2023. The death of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary student the day after a fight inside an Oklahoma high school restroom, has been ruled a suicide, the state medical examiner's office said Wednesday, March 13, 2024.

Feb 29, 2024 | starherald.com | Jim Vertuno |Sean Murphy

CANADIAN, Texas (AP) — The explosive growth of the second-largest wildfire in Texas history slowed as winds and temperatures dipped but the massive blaze was still untamed and threatening more death and destruction. The Smokehouse Fire is the largest of several major fires burning in the rural Panhandle section of the state. It has charred 1,300 square miles (3,370 square kilometers) and crossed into Oklahoma.

Feb 29, 2024 | beaumontenterprise.com | Lisa Baumann |Sean Murphy

FRITCH, Texas. (AP) — The small town of Fritch is again picking through the rubble of a Texas wildfire, a decade after another destructive blaze burned hundreds of homes and left deep scars in the Panhandle community. Residents in and around Fritch and other rural towns fled for safety Tuesday afternoon as high winds whipped the flames into residential areas and through cattle ranches.