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WELCH, Texas (AP) — Murissa Horton set her feet, steeled herself and was knocked to the court taking a charge from a barrel-chested teenage boy who outweighed her by more than 100 pounds. The 5-foot-6 high school senior bounced back up, dusted h...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Researchers using a high-tech aerial mapping technique have found tens of thousands of previously undetected Mayan houses, buildings, defense works and pyramids in the dense jungle of Guatemala's Peten region, suggesting that m...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Outdoor enthusiasts looking for wildflowers in the Mojave Desert this year are likely to encounter the blossoms only along the path of a storm that moved through Las Vegas last month. Should wildflowers bloom at all in the coming m...

EUFAULA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is known for its unusual memorials and statues, and the city of Eufaula is adding to the list with a monument to a fish. Officials in the lakeside town on the Georgia border have unveiled a 12-foot-tall replica of a l...

DALLAS (AP) — Jorge Esteban of Dallas asks Curious Texas: "The State Fair of Texas has a hidden collection of memorabilia from the 1936 Centennial Exposition that was supposed to be featured in a permanent exhibit. What happened to this collection a...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A commission created by the Oklahoma Supreme Court is looking at new ways to provide free legal help to the poor in civil cases. "The whole goal here is to allow more people to do pro bono, to help people who otherwise w...

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" was published 200 years ago. The classic piece of literature tackles this question: Should man possess the power to reanimate the dead? Locally, there's another Frankenstein tale, albeit n...

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (AP) — Henderson State University wants to offer two doctoral degrees — one in nursing practice and another in instructional leadership — by fall 2019. The Arkadelphia university is the second public four-year school in the past six...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (AP) — A $63,296 grant from the Blue and You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas is boosting Arkansas State University-Mountain Home's nursing, paramedic and emergency medical technician students' chances of getting a hands-on exp...

SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist scored 42 runs in a doubleheader sweep of Manhattan Christian to finish a three-game season-opening sweep Saturday. The Bison won 21-0 and 21-4 after a 12-0 win Friday. Brett Bloomfield and Zane Gelphman had four hits each...

SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist rallied from 17 points down and knocked off Ouachita Baptist with a late basket by Shaylan Coleman, 72-70, Saturday. With the score tied at 70-70, Tasha Edge set a low screen and Autumn Avina a high screen while McKenzie Co...

CENTRAL, S.C. – Oklahoma Baptist scored 13 consecutive goals to open the game on their way to a 13-1 rout of Southern Wesleyan Saturday. Four players scored multiple goals as the Lady Bison wrapped up their South Carolina road trip with a .500 (1-1)...

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern found the going tough on the final day of the Southeastern Regional Invitational as it dropped all three games in a triple-header on Sunday afternoon at the Durant Multi-Sports Complex. The Savage Storm fell 4-1 to N...

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern bounced back from a 5-2 loss to open the day against Washburn to earn a 5-1 win over Missouri Southern State in game two to split with a pair of MIAA opponents at the Southeastern Regional Invitational on Saturday afterno...

DURANT, Okla. – Kevin Buckingham and Jose Libanio each tallied double-doubles to lead Southeastern to a 68-61 win over Arkansas-Monticello on Saturday afternoon in Bloomer Sullivan Arena. The win lifts the Savage Storm to 11-9 overall and moves t...

WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Baseball earned their first win of the 2018 season 6-4 over Cameron in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, but couldn't hold on to their lead in the rubber match and eventually fell 11-10 to the Aggies in the n...

JOPLIN, Mo. —Southern Nazarene's track and field teams were in action Friday and Saturday at the MSSU Open hosted by Missouri Southern State. On the women's side, Kyra Fuller finished fifth in the one-mile run, as the junior posted a time of 5...

BETHANY, Okla. — No. 12/14 Southern Nazarene's streak moved to 14 straight games Saturday with a 72-64 win over Henderson State. The Crimson Storm's (18-1, 15-0 GAC) magic number to win the Great American Conference outright now sits at three. J...

SHAWNEE, Okla. – The Ouachita Baptist Tigers bounced back from a Thursday night loss to Southern Nazarene with a 79-73 victory over Oklahoma Baptist on Saturday afternoon. Ouachita (9-11, 7-8 GAC) completed their first season sweep against O...

Alexis Morton put down a sacrifice squeeze bunt in the bottom of the eighth-inning to beat Missouri S&T 1-0, Sunday at the Ronnie Hawkins Memorial Invitational at Dee White Field. Tied after the regulation seven innings, the international...

Texas A&M-Kingsville scored nine runs in the seventh-inning to beat Henderson State 11-0, Sunday at the Houston Winter Invitational at Minute Maid Park. The Javelinas, 3-0 on the season, benefited from three free passes and a pair of hit batters to...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Ranger bats were alive and well on Sunday as Northwestern wrapped up a three-game series with a sweep of Christian Brothers University on the road. The Rangers tagged the Buccaneers with 14 runs on 17 hits, with eight guys p...

DURANT, OKLA. – The East Central University softball team dropped its final two games at the 2018 Southeastern Regional Invitational in the opening weekend of action for the season. The Tigers first fell 10-6 to Tarleton State and then fell just s...

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Rogers State softball team split its two games on day two of the Ronnie Hawkins Tournament to conclude the two-day event, going 3-1 in four games. The Hillcats scored three late runs to defeat Southwest Baptist, 3-0, in the f...

SEARCY – Harding scored six runs in the second inning, but Missouri Western, an NCAA Division II regional team last season and receiving votes in the national poll, answered with 11 unanswered runs over the next seven innings and defeated Harding 1...