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DENVER (AP) — Denver teachers ended a three-day walkout and returned to their classrooms Thursday, greeted by hugs and high-fives, after their union reached a tentative deal raising their pay, the latest win in a national movement by educators to r...

OUTSIDE BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — Islamic State group militants clung to their last square kilometer (square mile) of land in eastern Syria on Thursday with an unknown number of civilians trapped inside, officials said. U.S.-backed forces conducted p...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's plan to declare a national emergency to free up money for his border wall would be an extraordinary step, despite his statement that predecessors liberally used such power. The White House said Thursday t...

BETHANY – Oklahoma Baptist ran up against a red-hot basketball team losing 102-62 to nationally-ranked Southern Nazarene Thursday in Bethany. The 40-point margin was the Bison's biggest most lopsided loss this season. OBU still remains in good s...

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern pushes its current winning streak to three while snapping a losing skid in its rivalry series thanks to an 83-70 victory over East Central on Thursday night in Bloomer Sullivan Arena. The win is the third-straight and t...

BETHANY - Sometimes a true test of a champion is how you respond after you've fallen and what you do when you pick yourself up. After a stunning loss at home to Southeastern that saw their 25-game home streak snapped, No. 17 Southern Nazarene had to...

BETHANY - We've said it before and it always remains true. In rivalry games, anything can happen. Unfortunately for the Southern Nazarene softball team, they found that out the hard way on Thursday evening as they were three outs away from earning...

BETHANY - We've said it before and it always remains true. In rivalry games, anything can happen. Unfortunately for the Southern Nazarene softball team, they found that out the hard way on Thursday evening as they were three outs away from earning...

WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Men's Basketball lost a double-overtime thriller to rival Northwestern Oklahoma State on Thursday evening after the Rangers sank a three-pointer with less than four seconds to play and took the game 98-96. The Bulldogs l...

WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The #13/8-ranked Lady Bulldogs forced Northwestern into 28 turnovers, and converted a season-high 17 steals into 25 points off turnovers as they raced past the Rangers 83-58 on Thursday evening at the Pioneer Cellular Event C...

LAREDO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2019) – Channeling his inner John Moon, another Oklahoma Christian center put together a perfect shooting game on Thursday night. Senior Will Lienhard went 8 of 8 from the field, scoring a career-high 20 points to go with 14 r...

OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 14, 2019) – A no-hitter, a grand slam and a dramatic late rally to secure a win against an archrival gave Oklahoma Christian's softball team a Valentine's Day to remember on Thursday. Madison Hagood threw her first career no-no an...

LAREDO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2019) – The Oklahoma Christian Lady Eagles are showing themselves to be road warriors as the Heartland Conference women's basketball season enters its homestretch. The latest proof came Thursday. OC never trailed, led by as m...

PITTSBURG, Kan. – The Rogers State Softball team picked up a split with Pittsburg State Thursday afternoon on the road in non-conference play. The Hillcats defeated the Gorillas 8-2 in game one, but fell to Pitt State 9-6 in game two. In game one, t...

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Freddy Lee led a cast of five Wonder Boys to score in double-digits with 21 points helping the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys basketball team (9-14, 7-10 Great American Conference) edge past Harding (5-18, 3-14 GAC) 88-82 on Thursday...

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — Henderson State trailed by 19 points with 11 minutes to play on Thursday night but closed the game on a 34-12 run to rally and stun rival Ouachita Baptist 68-65 in front of a raucous crowd at the Duke Wells Center. The Reddies (...

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Sophomores Lani Snowden and Karrington Whaley combined for 30 points as the Reddies scored 56 in the second half to take down Ouachita Baptist 75-62 and sweep the season series against the Lady Tigers. The Reddies shot just 24 p...

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Ouachita Tigers Men's Basketball team used an all-around team effort to hold a lead over Henderson State for 39 minutes but could not capture the win. Wesley Franklin led the Tigers with 14 points and seven rebounds. Kendarious S...

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Lady Tigers have a strong showing at rival Henderson State, but they fall in the end 75-62. Alivia Huell led the Lady Tigers with 17 points and nine rebounds. Madison Brittain added in 13 points going 3-4 from behind the t...

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – It was a historic night inside a raucous W.T. Watson Center on Valentine's Day 2019 as the Southern Arkansas Men's Basketball team rallied from an 11-point deficit midway through the second half to defeat Great American Conference r...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma Highway Patrol captain accused of using cellphone audio recordings to try to blackmail the commissioner of the state Department of Public Safety and further his career has been charged with extortion. Attorney Mike J...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Bloomington, Minnesota-based The Toro Company has announced plans to purchase the Oklahoma-based company that manufactures Ditch Witch and other underground construction equipment. Toro said in a news release Friday that i...

SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — A 41-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the 2015 hit-and-run death of his 2-year-old son. Jail records show Marland Tramble was being held in the Pottawatomie County jail Friday after being charged in t...