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Oklahoma City (AP) — A federal judge has awarded $1 million against a former Oklahoma teacher who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2015 for sex crimes involving her teenage student. An attorney for 31-year-old Jennifer Caswell says she will b... Full story

Oklahoma City (AP) -- Tim Locastro hit a two-run homer in the third inning to give the Oklahoma City Dodgers a 2-0 win over the Round Rock Express in the second game of a doubleheader on Sunday. Okla. City starter Justin Masterson (10-5) picked up...

Sallisaw, Okla. (AP) — Heavy rains in eastern Oklahoma are believed to have caused a train to derail near Sallisaw. The Union Pacific train with two locomotives and about a dozen cars derailed about 6 a.m. Sunday just north of Highway 64, about 1...

Overland Park, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 14, 2017--As the new school year begins across the country, 180,000 low-income high school students will receive the equipment and connectivity they need to complete their schoolwork from home as part of the...

Lawrence, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say the bodies of a man and a 3-year-old girl have been found in a wetlands area near Lawrence, and a woman who is believed to be the girl's mother was fatally shot about 10 miles away. The Douglas County S...

Oklahoma City (AP) — Police say a woman was fatally shot and a man was wounded during a home invasion robbery in southwest Oklahoma City. The victims' names have not been released. Lt. T.G. Childs told reporters three people forced their way into t...

Oklahoma City (AP) — The FBI has arrested a 23-year-old man who authorities say attempted to detonate what he believed was an explosives-laden van outside an Oklahoma bank. Officials say Jerry Drake Varnell of Sayre, Oklahoma, was arrested S... Full story

Oklahoma City (AP) — The Latest on the Oklahoma bomb plot (all times local): 3:45 p.m. Oklahoma's senior U.S. senator says law enforcement authorities "prevented a hateful act of domestic terrorism" by foiling a plot to bomb an Oklahoma City bank. S...

Wichita, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out one of the charges against a Kansas man accused of plotting to attack Somali immigrants in the meatpacking town of Garden City. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren granted a defense motion to d...

Holton, Kan. (AP) — Prosecution of a Kansas man accused of sexually assaulting several women has grown to $80,000. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Jackson County attorney Shawna Miller decided early this year to seek a special prosecutor b...

El Dorado, Kan. (AP) — A man imprisoned for killing three suburban Kansas City women nearly three decades ago has lost his disciplinary appeal. The Kansas City Star reports that Kansas Department of Corrections officials disciplined Richard G...

Topeka, Kan. (AP) — A northeast Kansas county's top environmental advocate has been chosen to complete the 13 months left of a state House term of a lawmaker who has resigned. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Eileen Horn was elected to the H...

Hutchinson, Kan. (AP) — Irrigation projects that aim to improve Kansas's diminishing underground water supply will be showcased across the state this month. The Hutchinson News reports that the state's more than 15 Water Technology Farms will show f... Full story

Lawrence, Kan. (AP) — Lawrence officials have learned that 13 miles of pipeline was improperly installed after 22 water main breaks. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the breaks have occurred over a three-week period. Director of Utilities D...

Topeka, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's spokeswoman is stepping down within days, ahead of his anticipated departure. The Republican governor on Monday announced Melika Willoughby's resignation as communications director, effective Friday. S...

Austin, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University late Monday abruptly canceled a planned white supremacist rally on its campus next month, amid bipartisan pressure from state lawmakers who said hatred should be rejected in all forms — despite First Ame... Full story

Edinburg, Texas (AP) — Police in Texas acting on a tip found 16 immigrants locked inside a tractor-trailer parked at a gas station about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the border with Mexico, less than a month after 10 people died in the back of a h...

Topeka, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka, Kansas, man has been sentenced to prison for lying to investigators after a 2016 standoff involving a fugitive who shot three federal agents before his body was found in a motel room. A federal judge in Topeka s... Full story

Mexico City (AP) — The former head of Mexico's state-owned oil company is denying accusations that he took bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht. Emilio Lozoya says he was never corrupt and suggests the allegations are being made by e...

Royal Oak, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 14, 2017--Powerley today announced that BC Hydro, a leading Canadian utility based in British Columbia, has launched a consumer pilot of the Powerley platform to households equipped with smart (AMI) meters. By...

Concord, N.H. (AP) — Gas prices have dropped a bit in Maine and Vermont, but they're still higher than prices in New Hampshire. The latest survey from GasBuddy shows average retail gasoline prices in Maine fell 1 cent per gallon in last week, a...

New York (AP) — Stocks are rallying Monday morning as the tensions between the U.S. and North Korea that flared last week appeared to ease. Technology companies and banks are making some of the largest gains as stocks bounce back from their losses w...

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii (AP) — The daughter of a Hawaii coffee farmer who was deported last month to his native Mexico says the farm will stay afloat if her father can return to the United States within a year. West Hawaii Today reports (... Full story

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Marion, Iowa (AP) — A November trial has been scheduled for a Marion kindergarten teacher accused of not reporting that a 15-year-old classroom volunteer sexually abused her students. Linn County records say a judge set a trial starting date of N...