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Six charges, four felonies and two misdemeanors, were filed Friday afternoon against a Woods County resident. The charges are the culmination of an investigation begun in December 2019 by Woods County Deputy Sheriff Adam Honeyman which resulted in a...

Iowa State (11-14, 4-8) vs. Kansas (22-3, 11-1) Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kansas; Monday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Kansas looks for its 10th straight conference win against Iowa State. Kansas' last Big 12 loss came against the Baylor Bears 67-55 on...

WACO, Texas (AP) — Jared Butler scored 16 of his 21 points in the first half, and top-ranked Baylor never trailed while tying the longest winning streak in Big 12 history at 22 games with a 70-59 victory over No. 14 West Virginia on Saturday. The B...

ERICSON, Neb. (AP) — State banking officials have closed Ericson State Bank in north-central Nebraska, declaring it insolvent. The Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance announced the closure in a news release Friday night, saying it had named t...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A mistrial has been declared in the first-degree murder trial of an Oklahoma City man, charged in the 2018 death of his 3-month-old son. Court records show the jury deadlocked early Saturday on the murder charge against Deion R...

DEWEY, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a northeast Oklahoma man who was evicted from the home where his wife was living later returned to the home to kill another man, then fatally shot himself. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said Dewey p...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge has set a March hearing for presentation of new evidence in the case of a man in prison for murder who says he was framed. Attorneys for the Project for Innocence and Post Conviction Remedies at the U...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — At Facebook, Stan Chudnovsky oversees the Messenger chat app that's used by well over 1 billion people each month. He's playing a key role in helping Facebook integrate that app with its other chat tools, WhatsApp and I...

NEW YORK (AP) — A second wave of flu is hitting the U.S., turning this into one of the nastiest seasons for children in a decade. The number of child deaths and the hospitalization rate for youngsters are the highest seen at this point in any s...

A.E. Hotchner, a well-traveled author, playwright and gadabout whose street smarts and famous pals led to a loving, but litigated memoir of Ernest Hemingway, business adventures with Paul Newman and a book about his Depression-era childhood that...

VAIL, Colo. (AP) — Searchers are looking for two men who are missing and presumed dead after a weekend avalanche in the Vail area, the Eagle County Sheriff's Office said Sunday. Three men were snowmobiling in the mountains of central Colorado when t...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A political dispute between the Kansas Senate's top two Republicans over abortion and Medicaid expansion has escalated. Senate President Susan Wagle, of Wichita, distributed an editorial to newspapers across the state this w...

DETROIT (AP) — Quicken Loans founder and Chairman Dan Gilbert is slowly returning to work eight months after suffering a stroke. Gilbert, 58, returned to his Detroit office early this year. He's there one or two days a week, using a wheelchair and a...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Trump administration is working to determine what level of American military forces is needed in West Africa to counter the rise of extremist violence in the region. Speaking at t...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump gave an election-year embrace to NASCAR and its fans Sunday when he became the second president ever to attend the Daytona 500. The presidential motorcade took to the track to join in a warm-up lap af...

WAUCHULA, Fla. (AP) — A orangutan named Sandra, who was granted legal personhood by a judge in Argentina and later found a new home in Florida, celebrated her 34th birthday on Valentine's Day with a special new primate friend. Patti Ragan, d...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — An emotional Elton John had to cut short a performance in New Zealand on Sunday after he lost his voice due to walking pneumonia and had to be assisted off stage. John reached out to his fans on Instagram on Sunday, a...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Economic development officials are seeking the return of daily flights between Santa Fe and Los Angeles to support the ongoing growth of film production in New Mexico's capital city. Officials said such flights would have a s...

CENTURION, South Africa (AP) — Climate activists dressed as Wonder Woman and other movie superheroes interrupted a cricket game in South Africa on Sunday by invading the field, and protesters also climbed a floodlight pylon to display a banner. The p...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Student complaints of being served moldy bread and finding bugs in mac and cheese at a campus food court led Savannah State University to close its student center, where health inspectors later reported finding "many dead r...

Baylor and Kansas just keep winning, setting up a monumental showdown Saturday between the top-ranked Bears and No. 3 Jayhawks that could help decide not only the Big 12 title but the No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA Tournament. The two teams were...

BERN, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 17, 2020-- C.J. Foods, Inc., ("CJF"), a custom manufacturer of specialty dry pet food for leading U.S. super premium brands, today announced an agreement to acquire American Nutrition, Inc., ("ANI") a leading...

MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (AP) — A man playing a video game inside a home in the Oklahoma City suburb of Midwest City was fatally shot, apparently accidentally, police said Monday. Joshua Allen, 21, died after being shot in the chest Sunday afternoon, a...

CUSHING, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma authorities say the death of a man found Monday by officials responding to a travel trailer fire is considered suspicious. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says the body of Patrick McGuire, 40, was found a...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Topeka police said a man died Monday after being run over by a vehicle, which then left the scene. The driver was later located and was being questioned by police, Lt. Manny Munoz said. Witnesses called authorities to report h...