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Home Runs Lift HSU to 8-2 Win Over Southeastern

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Henderson State hit four home runs, including two by freshman Monica Monreal, as the Reddies grabbed the fourth and final game of the weekend 8-2 over Southeastern Oklahoma State. Unfortunately, the Reddies were unable to get t...

 

Ouachita Softball Splashes and Sweeps

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Ouachita Softball sweeps the East Central Tigers after winning the first game of the double header and the second game being canceled. Marissa Butler would pitch 6.1 innings striking out six and only allowing two runs. She would p...

 

Ouachita's Steen and Willard Shine for Baseball in Ada

ADA, Okla. – Ouachita Baseball puts up four runs against East Central, but in the end they would fall to a final of 13-4. Louis Steen and Chris Willard would lead the Tigers on the day. Steen would go 2-5 with a triple in the first inning driving i...

 

Ouachita's Butler's No Hitter and O'Brien's Pitching Leads to Two Wins

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Ouachita Softball takes both games of a double header against East Central on the back of great senior pitching. Marissa Butler started game one throwing her second career no-hitter. She went seven innings not allowing a hit, r...

 

Muleriders salvage series with 7-2 win over Southern Nazarene in finale

BETHANY, Okla. – After dropping a pair of games via walk-off on Friday afternoon, the Southern Arkansas Mulerider Baseball team bounced back and salvaged its Great American Conference series with Southern Nazarene by earning a 7-2 win over the Crimso...

 

Four-run third sees #4 Muleriders complete sweep of Crimson Storm

Magnolia, Ark. – The SAU Softball team extended their winning streak to 17 games on Saturday, completing their series with Southern Nazarene through a 7-1 victory that also saw the last game of the series rained out. A two-out rally started the s...

 

Tulsa Public Schools noncompliant with special education

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Department of Education has found Tulsa Public Schools failed to meet federal requirements for students with disabilities. The Tulsa World reports the department investigated a complaint by parent Carmon Pool D...

 

Treasurer: Oklahoma revenue shows continued growth in March

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma State Treasure Randy McDaniel says March revenue to the state treasury shows continued growth in the state's economy. McDaniel said Friday the state collected $1.1 billion during the month, an increase of $101.2 m...

 

Attorney: Former OU president Boren met with investigators

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The attorney for former University of Oklahoma President David Boren says Boren met with investigators for the university who are looking into allegations that he sexually harassed male subordinates. Attorney Clark Brewster t...

 

US wants 2 years to ID migrant kids separated from families

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration wants up to two years to find potentially thousands of children who were separated from their families at the border before a judge halted the practice last year, a task that it says is more laborious than p...

 

Fire damages Texas home where boxing legend Johnson lived

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A Texas Gulf Coast home where boxing legend Jack Johnson once lived was heavily damaged by a fire. The blaze caused a wall in the vacant Galveston home to collapse Friday. Fire Chief Mike Wisko told The Galveston County D...

 

Rival Libyan forces say they have captured Tripoli airport

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Forces loyal to rival Libyan army commander Khalifa Hifter said Saturday they seized control of the main airport in Libya's capital Tripoli, two days after Hifter ordered his forces to seize the seat of Libya's U.N.-backed g...

 

Kim Kardashian West plans CBD-themed baby shower

NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Kardashian West is "high key freaking out" about the arrival of her fourth child and wants nothing more than to Zen out at her baby shower. Hence, her planned CBD-themed bash, the reality star and makeup mogul told E! News. T...

 

25 years after genocide, can Rwanda heal? 6 villages try

MBYO, Rwanda (AP) — Twenty-five years ago, Tasian Nkundiye murdered his neighbor with a machete. The 43-year-old Hutu and a few other men from his Rwandan village chopped the Tutsi man to pieces — one horrific slaying during a 100-day genocide tha...

 

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's tortured flips on border, health care

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump beat a retreat on two fronts this past week, the border and health care, and offered tortured explanations both times. He got his family history wrong in a speech that also drew a link between wind power a...

 

Man accused of taking empty Tulsa school bus on joyride

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Police in Tulsa have arrested a man who they say stole an empty school bus and took it for a joyride. Police say the Tulsa Public Schools bus was stolen early Monday when the driver went into a gas station and left the bus r...

 

Oklahoma GOP selects new chairman, approves policy platform

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma Republicans have elected a Tulsa County businessman to lead the state party and adopted a new platform that addresses teacher walkouts and abortion. David McLain, 48, was chosen to be the GOP's new state chairman at a c...

 
 By CASS RAINS    Regional    April 7, 2019

Family ranch uses higher-end breed to produce healthier meat

FAIRMONT, Okla. (AP) — Linda Woodruff and her family raise the Japanese breed of Wagyu cattle on their family farm, Silverwood Wagyu, east of Fairmont. The name comes from "Wa," which means Japanese, and "Gyu," which means cow. Silverwood also is a...

 

Artist reflects on Strawberry Shortcake's 40-year birthday

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Strawberry Shortcake — the character, not the dessert — is 40. Unveiled in 1979, Strawberry Shortcake has a local connection. Artist Muriel Fahrion, who created Strawberry Shortcake, is an Ohio transplant who has lived in Tulsa fo...

 

Charges filed against Oklahoma woman in racist vandalism

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Charges were filed Monday against an Oklahoma woman suspected of spray painting racist, anti-gay and anti-Semitic graffiti on Democratic Party offices in Norman and Oklahoma City. Allison Christine Johnson, 45, of Norman, was c...

 
 By Josh Rouse    Regional    April 7, 2019

Area superintendents seeking solutions amid teacher shortage

LAWTON, Okla. (AP) — Across Oklahoma, superintendents from the smallest districts to the largest continue to contend with an ongoing teacher shortage that shows no signs of slowing. More than 30,000 teachers have left the profession in Oklahoma s...

 

Casino-operating tribes influence sports betting debate

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Native American tribes have emerged as key players in the legislative debates over whether states should legalize sports betting, with some opposing the idea because it could threaten their casinos and others supporting l...

 

Oklahoma Senate confirms first black OU regent in 20 years

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Senate has given final approval to Gov. Kevin Stitt's pick of the first African American to serve on the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents in 20 years. The Senate voted 45-1 on Monday to confirm Stitt's n...

 

Teen skateboarder seriously hurt while being pulled by car

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a 15-year-old skateboarder was seriously injured while being pulled down a street by a car. The Wichita Eagle reports that the teen was holding onto an open car window Sunday when he lost control and hit his h...

 

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