Articles from the January 21, 2018 edition
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Alva to apply for ODOT sidewalk, street grants
Alva could see some upgrades and improvements to sidewalks and streets if the city is successful in a couple of grant applications. City Business Manager Joe Don Dunham told the city council Monday...
Strong start leads Lady Rangers over East Central
ALVA, Okla. – The Northwestern Oklahoma State women's basketball team matched their season win total from a season ago with a 75-62 victory over East Central on Saturday afternoon inside Percefull F...
Bull Battle III coming in April
Justin Dowdy came away with $10,000 of the $14,000 in funding he sought from the Alva Tourism Committee Wednesday. It wasn't an easy process for Dowdy, who was grilled about his planned event by commi...
Men's Basketball Late Push Falls Short at Northwestern
ALVA, OKLA. – The East Central University men's basketball team came back from 22 down to within seven, but ended up falling 101-93 to Northwestern Oklahoma State in Great American Conference action. The Tigers (9-6, 7-4 GAC) were led by junior M...
Women's Basketball Falls at Northwestern
ALVA, OKLA. – The East Central University women's basketball team ran into a hot-shooting Northwestern Oklahoma State, falling 75-62 in Great American Conference road action. The Rangers shot 47.4 (27-of-57) percent from the field and 44.0 (11-of-25)...
Season-High Scoring Effort Falls Short at OBU
SHAWNEE, Okla. – Despite a combined 60 points from Charles Beauregard, Jr. and Devin Pugh and a season high scoring effort by the team, SWOSU Men's Basketball came up short against Oklahoma Baptist on Saturday in Shawnee by a final score of 104-96. I...
Priddy Scores 1,000th Point in Win at Oklahoma Baptist
SHAWNEE, Okla. – The No. 13-ranked SWOSU Women's Basketball team got off to a slow start on the road in Shawnee against Oklahoma Baptist, but weathered the storm and went on to beat the Lady Bison 91-78. Junior point guard Hayden Priddynotched her 1...
OC gives No. 3 Lubbock Christian rare challenge before falling
LUBBOCK, Texas (Jan. 20, 2018) – The final score might not have been indicative of it, but Oklahoma Christian gave No. 3-ranked Lubbock Christian (Texas) one of its toughest challenges of the basketball season on Saturday afternoon. OC held a s...
Hillcats Hit 12 3s to Cruise to 77-57 Win over TAMIU
CLAREMORE, Okla. – The Rogers State women's basketball team won its second straight game with a dominating 77-57 victory over Texas A&M International on Saturday (Jan. 20) at the Claremore Expo Center. RSU hit 12 3-pointers and shot 54.5 percent f...
Strong Third Quarter Lifts Harding Women's Basketball over UAM
MONTICELLO, Ark. – Harding used a dominant third quarter to open up a close game and defeat Arkansas-Monticello 70-53 Saturday in Great American Conference action at Steelman Field House. The victory was Harding's 12th straight over A...
SAU Snaps Henderson's Seven-Game GAC Win Streak 78-63
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — Southern Arkansas jumped on Henderson State from the opening tip on Saturday afternoon and never looked back, as the Lady Muleriders defeated the Reddies 78-63 at the Duke Wells Center to snap Henderson's seven-game Great A...
Hot Shooting Southern Arkansas Upends Henderson State 90-76
Henderson State could not overcome the hot shooting of Southern Arkansas as the Muleriders beat the Reddies 90-76, Saturday at the Duke Wells Center in Arkadelphia, Ark. The Muleriders, 9-7 overall and 5-5 in the Great American Conference, hit 15 thr...
Lady Muleriders stymie Henderson on the road and snap Reddies' 7-game winning streak, 78-63
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Behind an impressive career-high 40 points from senior guard Sue Key, 30 of which came in the first half, the Lady Mulerider Basketball team snapped the Reddies' 7-game winning streak with a 78-63 final decision on Saturday a...
Democrats, GOP try to dodge blame for shuttered government
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours after shuttering much of the federal government, feuding Democrats and Republicans in Congress spent Saturday dodging blame for a paralyzing standoff over immigration and showed few signs of progress on negotiations needed t...
Celebrities join march for women's rights, encourage voting
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Demonstrators from Los Angeles to New York marched in support of female empowerment and denounced President Donald Trump's views on immigration, abortion, LGBT rights and women's rights on Saturday, the anniversary of his i...
Pope: Femicides in Latin America a scourge that must stop
TRUJILLO, Peru (AP) — Pope Francis denounced femicides and other gender-based crimes that have turned Latin America into the most violent place on Earth for women, calling Saturday for legislation to protect them and a new cultural mindset as he v...
Signs of government shutdown spotty but symbolic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Symbols of American promise became emblems of American dysfunction on Saturday when a dispute in Congress over spending and immigration forced scores of federal government agencies and outposts to close their doors. The Statue of L...
Missouri governor: 'no blackmail,' 'no violence' in affair
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In his first interview since acknowledging an extramarital affair, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Saturday that there was "no blackmail" and "no threat of violence" by him in what he described as a months-long "...
IOC says North Korea to have 22 athletes in 5 Olympic sports
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A Korean unity deal for the Pyeongchang Olympics will bring 22 North Korean athletes across the border to South Korea, where they will march as one under a unification flag at the opening ceremony and compete together in...
Big towers to rise near historic Jamestown: $90M in payouts
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A big change is looming on the horizon near Jamestown Island, site of Britain's first permanent settlement in North America: 17 transmission towers — four nearly as tall as the Statue of Liberty — are set to rise to help meet...
Oklahoma lawmaker sues private investigator in spying case
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma lawmaker who found a tracking device attached to his pickup truck last month is suing a private investigation company and an investigator who works for the company over the device. Discovery of the tracking device has...
Young gets 48, but No. 4 Oklahoma falls to Okla St in OT
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Trae Young had a sinking feeling when his final shot left his hand. The freshman point guard scored 48 points, but he missed a deep 3 at the buzzer in overtime as No. 4 Oklahoma fell to Oklahoma State 83-81 on Saturday. "I k...
No. 24 Oklahoma State women beat Oklahoma for Bedlam sweep
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Kaylee Jensen scored 29 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for her 37th career double-double and No. 24 Oklahoma State beat Oklahoma 70-67 on Saturday to claim a Bedlam sweep. Oklahoma missed a 3-pointer with eight seconds left a...
Hundreds gather at Oklahoma Capitol for women's march
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Hundreds gathered at the Oklahoma Capitol in Oklahoma City on Saturday to join worldwide women's marches. They protested Donald Trump's policies, chanting "We need a leader, not a creepy tweeter." Marchers wore pink cat-ear h...
Oklahoma bombing museum open despite government shutdown
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum remains open despite a federal government shutdown. Executive Director Kari Watkins said Saturday that while the museum and memorial to honor victims of the 1995 Oklahoma City b...