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Happy Birthday To Jan. 11: Tegan Cook, Gene Burnham Jan. 12: Amanda Isenbart Jan. 13: Darlien Kamas, Alan Burkhart, Ruth Fisher Jan. 14: Kayle Costello, Taylor Turner, Kassidy Bourassa Jan. 15: Jan Howard Jan. 16: Laryn Luddington, Steve Brady Jan. 1...

On Sunday, Jan. 7, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Opening prayer by Pastor Woody Hamon Call to Worship – Psalm 113:1-9 led by Johnnie Sue Olson Opening hymn “Because He Lives” led by De...

Friday, Jan. 12: Junior high basketball vs. Waynoka, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16: High school basketball at Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Thursday–Saturday, Jan. 18–20: High school basketball at Buffalo Tournament Tuesday, Jan. 23: High school basketball at...

The Freedom School Board had a quick 11-minute meeting before adjourning into executive session to discuss the employment of Michelle Shelite, a part-time bus driver, and approve the superintendent's contract. After the executive session, the...

General Fund POs Pioneer telephone (cell, fax, alarm, internet, phone) – $449.74 Alfalfa Electric Cooperative (street lights, af/am, town) – $979.01 SPC (office supplies) – $10.82 Dacoma Co-op (fuel and supplies) – $163.48 Locke Supply (supplies) – $...

The first order of business on the Woods County commissioners' agenda Monday morning was to elect officers of their group. John Smiley made a motion to keep the officers “as is.” David Hamil seconded the motion and the question passed una...

SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist opens the season Feb. 2 as the No. 2 team in the Great American Conference, according to the coaches' poll released Wednesday. The Bison received 109 points, including three first-place votes. Southern Arkansas received t...

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - Arkansas Tech baseball has been picked to finish third in the 2018 Great American Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll, the league office announced Wednesday. The Wonder Boys are coming off a 34-21 record last season, including a...

USSELLVILLE, Ark. – After a 2017 season that saw the program claim its fourth Great American Conference Regular Season Championship and appear in its ninth NCAA Regional Tournament of the past ten years, the Southern Arkansas Mulerider Baseball t...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — This week's news that the Trump administration is ending Temporary Protected Status for 200,000 migrants from El Salvador is also rattling nerves in neighboring Honduras. A decision on the fate of more than 50,000 H...

MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — Anxious family members awaited word on loved ones Wednesday as rescue crews searched for two dozen people missing after mudslides in Southern California destroyed an estimated 100 houses, swept away cars and left at least 1...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that it "seems unlikely" that he'd give an interview in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign. Trump said "we'll see wh...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — When armed men tried to kidnap and threatened to kill him, Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui said he feared he would become another statistic in a growing list of activists and bloggers who have disappeared in Pakistan after c...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump threw his weight behind the Olympics-inspired diplomatic opening with North Korea, telling South Korea's leader Wednesday that the U.S. was open to talks with Kim Jong Un's government under the right c...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Wednesday to states that seek to prune their voting rolls by targeting people who haven't voted in a while. In a case from Ohio, opponents of the practice called it a violation of a federal law...

NEW YORK (AP) — A spirited Dutch duck-luring dog and a friendly French rabbit hound are now running with the American Kennel Club's pack. The club announced Wednesday that it's recognizing the Nederlandse kooikerhondje and the grand basset griffon V...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is taking on the oil industry on two fronts, announcing a lawsuit Wednesday that blames the top five oil companies for contributing to global warming and saying the city will sell off billions in fossil fuel i...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Charles Dutoit has stepped down as artistic director and principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra following multiple allegations of sexual assault, the orchestra said Wednesday. The renowned conductor's d...

NEW YORK (AP) — Diet Coke is getting a makeover to try to invigorate the sugar-free soda's slumping sales. Coca-Cola Co. said Wednesday it's adding a slimmer 12-ounce Diet Coke can, updating the logo and offering the 35-year-old drink in four new f...