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Golden Suns win seventh straight

ALVA, Okla. – Jayana Sanders turned in a 18-point, four-assist effort, Cheyenne North notched her fourth double-double of the season and the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns basketball team (16-2, 12-2 Great American Conference) forced 20 Northwestern Oklah...

 

@UAMWBB late comeback not enough against ECU

ADA, Okla. — The University of Arkansas at Monticello women's basketball team was taken down by the Tigers of East Central on the road Thursday evening, 73-69. NOTABLES The Blossoms fall to 7-12 (3-11 GAC) on the season. ECU jumps to 7-11 (6-8 G...

 
 By Scott Goode    Sports    February 2, 2018

Southwestern Oklahoma Hits 20 3-Pointers to Defeat Harding

WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Southwestern Oklahoma scored the first 10 points of the second quarter and made six 3-pointers in the period to pull away from Harding in a 103-77 victory Thursday in Great American Conference action at the Pioneer Cellular E...

 

Late Run Sinks Henderson in 92-83 Loss to Oklahoma Baptist

SHAWNEE, Okla. — Henderson State erased an early deficit on Thursday night and led by seven points with just under 11 minutes to play, but were out-scored 35-19 to close the game as Oklahoma Baptist defeated the Reddies 92-83 to break Henderson's t...

 

Reddies Fight Past Oklahoma Baptist 77-71 to Claim 10th GAC Victory

SHAWNEE, Okla. — Henderson State put five players in double figures on Thursday evening and held off Oklahoma Baptist's second half rally to get past the Lady Bison 77-71 and notch its 10th Great American Conference win of the season. The Reddies (...

 

Brittain Sinks Storm on Last-Second Three

BETHANY, Okla. – The Ouachita Lady Tigers needed a last second three to come away with the 69-68 victory against Southern Nazarene on Thursday evening. With six seconds to go in the game Ouachita (11-9, 7-7 GAC) women's basketball coach Garry C...

 

Lady Muleriders outlast Southeastern Oklahoma on the road, 68-67

DURANT, Okla. – The Lady Mulerider Basketball team outlasted Southeastern Oklahoma on the road as the contest came to a 67-all tie with just 15 seconds left to play and Sophomore Guard Kimberly Crown would connect with a free throw make on her s...

 

Trump will clear way for publication of classified memo

WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the strong objections of his own Justice Department, President Donald Trump will clear the way for the publication of a classified memo on the Russia investigation that Republicans say shows improper use of surveillance by t...

 

Rise of 'morality schools' for Chinese women sparks outcry

HONG KONG (AP) — The video shows students at the so-called "female morality school" in northeastern China getting up at 4:30 a.m. to scrub floors and being taught not to resist if their husbands beat them. Shot with a hidden camera and posted on a po...

 

Cuba state media: Fidel Castro's son has killed himself

HAVANA (AP) — The eldest son of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro killed himself on Thursday after months of treatment for depression, state media reported. He was 68. Official website Cubadebate said Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart had been in a "deeply d...

 

Natalie Wood's drowning now considered a 'suspicious death'

LOS ANGELES (AP) — New witnesses emerged in the 1981 drowning of actress Natalie Wood, which has prompted investigators to deem it a "suspicious death" and to name her former husband, 87-year-old actor Robert Wagner, as a "person of interest" in t...

 

Arizona House kicks out Rep. Don Shooter over sex misconduct

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona House kicked out Republican Rep. Don Shooter on Thursday because of a lengthy pattern of sexual misconduct, making him the first state lawmaker in the U.S. to be expelled since the #MeToo movement emerged last year. O...

 

Girl in Slender Man stabbing gets maximum mental commitment

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin girl who stabbed a classmate to curry favor with the fictional horror character Slender Man will be committed to a mental hospital for 40 years, a judge ordered Thursday, explaining his decision as "an issue of c...

 

LA school shooting was accidental, 12-year-old in custody

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A shooting at a Los Angeles middle school classroom Thursday that left one boy in critical condition, injured four others and had panicked parents in tears was an accident, police said. The shooting was reported just before 9 a...

 

US says Syria making new chemical weapons despite 2013 deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday accused Syrian President Bashar Assad's government of producing and using "new kinds of weapons" to deliver deadly chemicals despite committing to abolish its program in 2013, and said the w...

 

State Department loses top career diplomat as crises abound

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is losing its top career diplomat in a heavy blow to the State Department amid numerous international crises. The retirement of the department's third-ranking official, Undersecretary of State for P...

 

Climate change diet: Arctic sea ice thins, so do polar bears

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Some polar bears in the Arctic are shedding pounds during the time they should be beefing up, a new study shows. It's the climate change diet and scientists say it's not good. They blame global warming for the dwindling ice c...

 

AP Explains: How historic wounds fuel Polish-Israel dispute

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A diplomatic dispute has erupted between Poland and Israel over pending Polish legislation that imposes prison terms of up to three years for falsely attributing the crimes of Nazi Germany to Poland. Bitter recriminations h...

 

CIA defends meeting with Russian spy officials

WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Thursday there was nothing "untoward" about his meeting with top Russian spy chiefs, saying that even though Moscow remains an adversary, ignoring chances to cooperate on security issues would e...

 

Trump falsely claims most-watched State of Union

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the ratings for his first State of the Union address this week are "the highest number in history," but that is not true. Nielsen reports that about 45.6 million tuned in to watch Trump Tuesday night. T...

 

5 Things: What Yellen's Fed tenure will be remembered for

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Janet Yellen leaves the Federal Reserve this weekend after four years as chair, her legacy will include having shattered a social barrier: She is the first woman to have led the world's most powerful central bank, a position t...

 

Discovery of Oklahoma human remains investigated as homicide

WAYNE, Okla. (AP) — Investigators say the discovery of human remains near an oil well site in south central Oklahoma is being investigated as a possible homicide. Authorities say unidentified human remains were found Thursday near Wayne in McClain C...

 

Oklahoma Health Department chief financial officer resigns

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Department of Health's chief financial officer is stepping down and says he can no longer perform his job because the agency's leadership "is compromised." CFO Michael Romero announced his resignation Thursday in a...

 

Prosecutor resigns after lenient sentence for blind rapist

SULPHUR, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma prosecutor has resigned after negotiating a plea deal that gave probation to a legally blind man who raped a 13-year-old Texas girl at a church camp. Murray County District Attorney Craig Ladd said he disliked the w...

 

Lamb tops in fundraising for 2018 Oklahoma governor's race

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb has raised more than $3.1 million to lead all of the candidates for Oklahoma governor in fundraising totals. But campaign finance reports released on Thursday show Republican Tulsa businessman and p...

 

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