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SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist made certain of its outcome early taking care of visiting Southern Arkansas from early on in its way to an easy 67-47 victory in women's basketball action Thursday in Shawnee. Victoria Blankenship scored 20 and Katy C...

BETHANY, Okla. — Defense is normally a pretty strong emphasis for head coach Trent May, but Southern Nazarene took it to another level on Thursday night in a 48-36 win over Arkansas-Monticello. The 36 points allowed is a season-low for the Crimson S...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The Rogers State Women's Basketball team's comeback bid fell short in its comeback bid Thursday night at St. Mary's University, falling 61-56 in Heartland Conference play. The Hillcats (9-9, 2-3 Heartland) found themselves b...

WEATHERFORD, Okla.– Jayana Sanders scored 18 points, while Ryann Goodsell added 12, but the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns basketball team (6-11, 3-8 Great American Conference) was unable to overcome foul trouble and a late surge by No. 16 Southwestern O...

ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma took advantage of a big run early and defeated Harding 74-61 in Great American Conference men's basketball at Percefull Field House. Harding scored the first five points of the game, but Northwestern answered w...

ALVA, Okla. – Harding played great defense and dominated under the basket to defeat Northwestern Oklahoma 71-57 Thursday in Great American Conference women's basketball at the Percefull Fieldhouse. Harding opened the game on a 10-0 run and led by a...

ADA, Okla. — Henderson State got 19 points from Hailey Estes and 17 from Pink Jones, but turnovers and cold second half shooting plagued the Reddies as they fell to East Central 75-67 on Thursday night at the Kerr Activities Center. Estes hit five 3...

DURANT, Okla. – Lady Tigers battle in tough matchup with Southeastern Oklahoma State and fall 69-63. Freshman Rylee Lavender scored a career high 18 points on 4-8 from behind the three point line. Madison Brittain put in 12 points and five assists w...

Shawnee, Okla. – The SAU Women's Basketball team dropped their third game in Oklahoma this season with a 67-47 loss to Oklahoma Baptist in a game where the Bison jumped out to an 8-0 lead and never conceded the lead from that point onwards. The M...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's new governor is ordering that his office's airplane be sold and demanding state agencies stop hiring contract lobbyists as part of cost-saving efforts. Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt issued a series of executive orders T...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A University of Oklahoma student says she tweeted a video of a man walking near campus wearing blackface to make a difference. OU student Ashonte Winston tells KWTV the man's actions are ignorant and that she shared her video "...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A judge in Oklahoma has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf of a Muslim woman who alleges she was denied entry into the Tulsa County Courthouse because of her religious headscarf. U.S. District Judge Claire Eagan o...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City's police chief says he plans to retire in May after 15 years as head of the city police force. Police Chief Bill Citty announced his May 2 retirement Thursday in a letter to City Manager Craig Freeman. Citty s...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A 69-year-old resident of an Oklahoma City nursing center has died after she was allegedly assaulted by a fellow resident. Carolyn Irene Rutledge died Tuesday after suffering a head injury Saturday in the cafeteria of the n...

STROUD, Okla. (AP) — No damage has been reported following a 3.5 magnitude earthquake that shook parts of central Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was recorded at 10:38 a.m. Thursday about seven miles (12 kilometers) northwest o...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has affirmed the life prison sentences of a man convicted of shooting his father and younger brother to death. The court handed down the decision Thursday to 23-year-old Thorsten Rushing. I...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Lawrence police say an employee at a Subway restaurant apparently made up an armed robbery in order to steal money from the business. The armed robbery was reported Tuesday. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the Subway e...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita's fire marshal says a 58-year-old man who died in a house fire was smoking while using oxygen. Battalion Chief Jim Wilson says crews were called to a home in south Wichita early Thursday after a passerby reported s...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Overland Park police say a 17-year-old male was fatally shot in his home and the case is being investigated as a homicide. Police spokesman John Lacy says officers were called to the teenager's apartment Wednesday e...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Department of Revenue says hundreds of furloughed federal employees have applied for unemployment as the partial government shutdown continues. WIBW-TV reports the agency has received 549 unemployment claims through W...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A private Roman Catholic college in Wichita that was already facing two lawsuits from fired employees has had two more former workers sue over allegations they were unfairly fired. John Walker, Newman University's former c...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A 41-year-old man who raped a Kansas sheriff's deputy has pleaded guilty to a second rape in Missouri. William Luth pleaded guilty Thursday and was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the attack on an Independence, M...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly has signed an executive order creating an advisory group that aims to improve education in Kansas. The governor told reporters Thursday that educating children is one of the most important obligations of e...