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Mulerider Baseball picked to finish fourth in GAC Preseason Coaches Poll

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Coming off of their 16th-straight 30-win season, the Southern Arkansas baseball team has been picked to finish the 2017 campaign in fourth place according to the GAC Preseason Baseball Coaches Poll as it was released on Thursda...

 

Morris leads Iowa St. over Oklahoma St.

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Monte Morris scored a career-high 30 points and added five rebounds, five assists and four steals to help Iowa State beat Oklahoma State 96-86 on Wednesday night. Matt Thomas scored 19 and Nazareth Mitrou-Long contributed...

 

Winter storm to bring crippling ice, rainfall to central US

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A winter storm that brought heavy snow and rainfall to northern California was bearing down on the southern Plains on Thursday, and forecasters said crippling ice accumulations and heavy rain could cause widespread power outage...

 

Oklahoma governor issues emergency declaration for ice storm

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov. Mary Fallin has declared a state of emergency for all 77 Oklahoma counties in advance of a winter storm that's forecast to bring crippling ice accumulations and heavy rain to the state. Fallin issued the declaration...

 

Man charged with pointing knife at child during US flight

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man is facing federal charges after allegedly holding a knife to a child's stomach during a commercial flight from Los Angeles to Tulsa that was forced to land in Las Vegas. Fredrick Johnson of Tulsa was charged...

 

Lawsuit faults Bureau of Indian Education schools

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A small, remote American Indian village in the scenic base of one of the most visited places on earth is at the center of a lawsuit that seeks to dramatically reform the conditions of U.S. Bureau of Indian Education...

 

Men in Oklahoma casino shooting were security guards

SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — Investigators say two people involved in a shooting at an Oklahoma casino that left one of them dead and the other injured were security guards at the casino. The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/2jcja7p ) reports that the alleged...

 

Texas trucking dispatcher sentenced to 15 months in prison

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A trucking dispatcher in Texas has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in federal court after prosecutors accused him of creating fake invoices and billing an Oklahoma City company more than $1.2 million for deliveries that never...

 

Death toll now stands at 5 in Oklahoma due to influenza

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of Oklahomans who've died due to the flu this flu season has risen to five. The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Thursday reported two additional deaths since last week. The latest deaths were in Logan and...

 

Oklahoma House speaker endorses $6,000 teacher pay increase

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — New House Speaker Charles McCall is endorsing a pay increase for Oklahoma teachers that would phase in a $6,000 pay raise during a three-year period. McCall said in a statement released Thursday that he believes House...

 

Official: Plan raises Kansas' long-term pension costs $6.5B

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's budget-balancing proposals to reduce the state's short-term spending on public pensions would increase the retirement system's long-term costs by $6.5 billion over the next three decades, the...

 

Topeka to lose 150 to 200 jobs in energy company merger

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Between 150 and 200 jobs in the Topeka area will be lost over the next three to five years as Kansas City Power & Light merges with Westar Energy, according to an official with Great Plains Energy. Great Plains spokesman Chuck C...

 

Former Kansas bank teller convicted of embezzlement

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former bank teller has been convicted of embezzling about $700,000 from a Burlington bank. U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said in a news release Thursday that 48-year-old Denise Christy was convicted of embezzlement and six counts...

 

Report to Kansas lawmakers documents rise in state debt

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A state official says Kansas should no longer be considered a "low-debt" state. Kansas Development Finance Authority Senior Vice President Jim MacMurray made the comment Thursday in presenting a report on state debt to the...

 

Kansas House passes bill revising laws for special elections

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas House has approved a bill rewriting state laws on special congressional elections so that military personnel overseas have a greater chance of voting. The vote Thursday was 122-1. The measure went to the Senate. The...

 

Kansas Capitol to add mural celebrating Brown v Board

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Governor Sam Brownback says a new mural will be added to the third floor of the Kansas Capitol celebrating the historic 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned segregated education. Brownback unveiled a mockup of the...

 

2 admit to robbing priest, pastor, another person in Kansas

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Two men have admitted to robbing an 82-year-old Catholic priest, a pastor and another person in Kansas City, Kansas. The Wyandotte County prosecutor's office says 19-year-old Ladarious Racquez Barkers and 20-year-old...

 

Arkansas lawmakers say they'll move quickly on tax cut plan

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas legislative leaders said Thursday they plan to move quickly on Gov. Asa Hutchinson's $50 million income tax cut proposal, but said there are concerns among lawmakers about part of his planned tax break for...

 

Arkansas court ends Lincoln County clerk's contempt case

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court has admonished Lincoln County's clerk over how her office handled court papers submitted by inmates unable to pay their filing fees. Cindy Glover had previously pleaded not guilty to a contempt...

 

2 shot, hurt on Texas ranch in confusion during hunting trip

CANDELARIA, Texas (AP) — Authorities say two men who were shot at a West Texas ranch near the Mexico border last week were injured when they and another member of their hunting group opened fire during a "state of confusion." Presidio County...

 

Navajo Nation: 5 found dead in New Mexico have Arizona ties

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials say two sisters and their three young daughters who were found dead in New Mexico were originally from the Arizona community of Red Valley. Tribal officials say Navajo Nation Council members are...

 

Whooping cough cases in infants increase in New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico health officials say the number of cases of whooping cough in infants has increased. The Health Department is investigating four infant cases reported in December. The cases are from Eddy, Curry, Rio Arriba and San...

 

Former principal of the year charged with statutory rape

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former principal of the year from Kansas City has been charged with having sex with a high school cheerleader nearly two decades ago. Matthew Lindsey of Oak Grove was charged Wednesday with two statutory rape counts. No...

 

Missouri's sexual predator law unconstitutional, inmate says

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — An attorney for a man who served a 25-year prison sentence for rape argued Thursday that a Missouri law allowing him to be subsequently committed indefinitely to a mental institution as a "sexually violent predator" is...

 

5th man gets prison in drug-related Texas abduction-slaying

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A fifth man has been sentenced to prison over a 2009 drug-related kidnapping and killing of a West Texas man who was later found shot with his hands chopped off in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Federal prosecutors say 34-year-old...

 

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