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Happy Anniversary To March 5: Mr. & Mrs. Ty Harper March 10: Mr. & Mrs. Duane Gillenwaters March 19: Mr. & Mrs. Gary Gerloff March 21: Mr. & Mrs. Harold Snow March 24: Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Gainer March 25: Mr. & Mrs. George Leist March 26: Mr. & Mrs....

Happy Birthday To March 5: Todd Reutlinger, Brayden Nixon March 6: Kendra Brown, Olivia Rae Wilson, Tana Nixon, Lewis Darr, Leroy Bradt, Rachelle Richardson March 7: Glenn Gay March 8: Shannon Adair, Lance Harris March 9: Louise Darr, Roy Whitaker...

Sunday, March 1, is the first Sunday of Lent. The order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Acolyte – Reagan Wilson and Jade Stewart The Freedom Museum is hosting game night beginning on March 2 f...

March 9: 7 p.m. Freedom School Board meeting March 10: Heart Health Exams March 16-20: Spring Break March 24-26: FCCLA State Star Events at Stillwater March 26: Spring Picture Day March 29: 2:00 p.m. 4-H Fashion Contest at Waynoka School Auditorium...

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections expected to open seven prisons to normal operations Wednesday morning if prison staff determine no risk remains at those facilities. On Monday evening, the agency initiated a statewide lockdown of prisons after...

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State struggled earlier in the season and managed to turn its season around, but Kansas State is still in the midst of a long, difficult stretch. With the teams engaged in a tight battle late in the second half, i...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House has backed a bill that would require hundreds of public buildings in the state to display the national motto, "In God We Trust." The House voted 76-20 on Tuesday in favor of the bill, sending it to the Senate,...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man serving a 90-year sentence for participating in the 1993 murder of a Kansas corrections officer is charged in a 55-count federal indictment with running a drug ring from his Oklahoma prison cell. The U.S. attorney's o...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Katie A. Cahill, University of Tennessee; Andrea Kent, West Virginia University, and Rey Junco, Tufts University (THE CONVERSATION)...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas health officials are monitoring up to a dozen people a day for the possibility that they have the new coronavirus and the state health department now can do its own testing, the department's top official said Wednesday. S...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man whose murder conviction was vacated after he served 23 years in prison may continue with key claims in his lawsuit against a former Kansas City, Kansas, police officer and others accused of framing him, a f...

HONG KONG (AP) — Pet cats and dogs cannot pass the new coronavirus on to humans, but they can test positive for low levels of the pathogen if they catch it from their owners. That's the conclusion of Hong Kong's Agriculture, Fisheries and C...

BANGKOK (AP) — Nations around the world girded for months of disruptions from the new virus Thursday as its unrelenting spread brought ballooning infections, economic fallout and sweeping containment measures. "Countries should be preparing for s...

NEW YORK (AP) — Anna Alexander, a property manager in Virginia Beach, Virginia, started the day Monday thinking that she might avoid shaking hands because of the coronavirus outbreak. Then somebody stuck out a hand to shake. She took it. "I'm a b...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Researchers at New Mexico State University have been awarded a three-year grant worth nearly $284,000 to study Jupiter's atmosphere. The grant comes from NASA's New Frontiers Data Analysis Program. The NMSU team will be using...

BEIJING (AP) — Less than 30 minutes into a lecture on bioinformatics, Chu Xinjian's class was abruptly cut short. It was the first day of an unusual semester. Across China, schools have been shut indefinitely to contain the spread of a new virus that...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Across much of the United States, a warming climate has advanced the arrival of spring. This year is no exception....

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The race is on to identify an effective vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. Once discovered, the next challenge will be m...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Wednesday banned electrical shock devices used to discourage aggressive, self-harming behavior in patients with mental disabilities. The announcement from the Food and Drug Administration follows years of p...

CUYAMUNGUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico woman is facing a larceny charge after authorities say she stole a neighbor's anatomical skeleton model that allegedly was making an offensive gesture toward her. Court documents filed Monday show that Diana H...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A reptile breeder in upstate New York has paid a $500 fine related to the possession of more than 150 venomous snakes in his home, the state Department of Environmental Conservation said Wednesday. The DEC said in a report that i...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian officials announced Thursday the storied Church of the Nativity in the biblical city of Bethlehem was closing indefinitely over fears of the new coronavirus, weeks ahead of the Easter holiday that draws tens of...

BEIRUT (AP) — An airstrike on a rebel-held village in northwest Syria hit a poultry farm where several displaced families were sheltering early Thursday, killing at least 15 people including children while wounding several others, opposition a...