Articles from the April 13, 2017 edition
Sorted by date Results 26 - 50 of 71
White's huge hit gives Lady Eagles split at St. Edward's
AUSTIN, Texas (April 12, 2017) – In what has become a wild Heartland Conference softball race, Oklahoma Christian desperately needed at least one win on Wednesday afternoon and Bridget White came through with the big hit to deliver it. White's t...
Southern Nazarene limits Eagles to 2 hits in upset
OKLAHOMA CITY (April 11, 2017) – Southern Nazarene, led by relief pitcher Zach Birkle, limited Oklahoma Christian to two hits and stunned the Eagles 8-5 on Tuesday in a nonconference game at Dobson Field. SNU (4-33) issued 12 walks but OC (21-17) f...
Hillcats Split With RiverHawks on Military Appreciation Night
CLAREMORE, Okla. – The Rogers State softball team split a doubleheader with in-state rival Northeastern State on Tuesday on Military Appreciation Night at the Diamond Sports Complex. The Hillcats won game one, 10-1, in six innings, and dropped g...
Orozco Totals Eight RBI in Hillcat Loss to Savage Storm
DURANT, Okla. – Rogers State baseball built a 7-0 lead, but host Southeastern Oklahoma State rallied with 11 late runs to defeat the Hillcats, 11-8, on Tuesday (April 11) in nonconference action at the Ballpark in Durant. The Savage Storm snapped t...
Seth Wheeler delivers with walk off in 10th inning
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Dylan McDearmon tallied four hits and three runs batted in, and Seth Wheeler delivered the walk-off RBI-double to score Jake Harvey from first and give Arkansas Tech (25-14) a 6-5 win over Lyon College (28-14) in 10 innings on T...
By With Washington's return, Oklahoma St. boasts deep WR group
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — When quarterback Mason Rudolph and receiver James Washington decided to return to Oklahoma State for their senior years, they put the Cowboys in position to have a dynamic passing game. Both are among the nation's elite, a...
Police release more details in shooting of an Oklahoma man
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State Police have released more details in the shooting of an Oklahoma man during a traffic stop on Interstate 40 in Gallup. They say 33-year-old Steven Thompson of Oklahoma City remains hospitalized after Friday's i...
Woman charged with murder in Oklahoma officer's shooting
SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — A woman has been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of an Oklahoma police officer. Prosecutors on Wednesday charged 22-year-old Brooklyn Danielle Williams of Tecumseh in the death of 22-year-old Tecumseh o...
Lawmakers call for investigation of Oklahoma Veteran Affairs
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Lawmakers are calling for an investigation and audit of the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, citing a list of complaints about the agency's policies and purchasing decisions. Rep. Brian Renegar of McAlester leads the grou...
Oklahoma GOP congressman scraps town hall, citing safety
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma congressman canceled one of several planned town hall meetings in his district, citing safety concerns as his reason for not meeting with voters, who have been venting at Republican officials at such events in rece...
Newborn's body found in trash bin in north-central Oklahoma
ENID, Okla. (AP) — Police say the body of a newborn has been found in a trash bin in north-central Oklahoma. Police in Enid told reporters the body was found Sunday by officers investigating reports of an odor coming from a container in southeast E...
Oklahoma Senate panel in favor of Ten Commandments display
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma Senate panel has passed a bill that would allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed on public property despite concerns that the measure is unconstitutional. The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/2p9ryF8 ) reports the S...
Oklahoma Senate panel OKs teacher pay bill; funds uncertain
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Legislation calling for a $6,000 raise for Oklahoma public school teachers over three years has been approved by a state Senate committee, although lawmakers have not identified a way to pay for it. The Senate Committee on A...
Search for 2011 Oklahoma slaying evidence turns up items
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says a search for evidence in the 2011 slaying and dismemberment of a 19-year-old woman has turned up "several items of interest." The OSBI said in a news release Wednesday that the s...
Kansas secretary of state prosecutes non-citizen for voting
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach announced Wednesday his first prosecution of a non-citizen voting illegally since lawmakers in 2015 gave him the authority to prosecute voter fraud. Victor David Garcia Bebek pleaded g...
Kansas' Jackson pleads not guilty to property damage count
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas star freshman basketball player Josh Jackson has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor count of criminal property damage alleging he vandalized a woman's car outside a bar. Jackson's attorney, Hatem Chahine, told a judge W...
Kansas woman charged with murder in decapitation death
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman was accused Wednesday of decapitating her ex-boyfriend's mother when the victim went to collect her son's belongings. Rachael Hilyard, 35 and of Wichita, was charged with one count of first-degree murder in the dea...
Kansas hopes to hire company this fall to build new prison
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas could sign a contract this fall with a private company to build a new prison to replace its oldest and largest state lockup, and it is limiting the search to companies that already have built multiple prisons, documents s...
Feds: Human error, labeling led to chemical cloud in Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Human error and labeling and design problems led to the release of a large chemical cloud over a city in northeast Kansas that sent more than 140 people to the hospital last year and caused others to stay indoors or e...
Federal lawsuit filed in Texas high school hazing scandal
LA VERNIA, Texas (AP) — A federal lawsuit contends football players at a San Antonio-area high school were subjected to hazing, sexual abuse and other mistreatment as part of an initiation that coaches and others failed to stop. The lawsuit was f...
No rehearing in suit alleging oil industry coastal damage
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court Wednesday dealt another defeat to a Louisiana flood board's effort to make oil and gas companies pay for damage to coastal wetlands that help protect New Orleans from hurricanes. The suit by the Southeast Lo...
2 plead guilty to fraud in $30M Central Texas oil, gas scam
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors say a Central Texas lawyer and his business associate have pleaded guilty in a $30 million scam involving bogus oil and gas investments. Robert Allen Helms and Janniece S. Kaelin, both of Austin, each pleaded g...
Farmers dismayed that USDA delays fair practice rule
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A rule designed to protect the legal rights of farmers who grow chickens and hogs for the nation's largest meat processing corporations, was delayed Wednesday by President Donald Trump's administration, halting by at least s...
Company agrees to pay $200K in polygamous child labor case
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A company with ties to a polygamous sect on the Utah-Arizona has agreed to pay $200,000 for pay back wages to children who picked pecans for long hours in the cold. Federal prosecutors in Utah said Wednesday in a court filing t...
Plant butchers use charcuterie techniques, mimic meat flavor
MIAMI (AP) — When Ryan Bauhaus first experimented with faux meats, he fixated on recreating that taste of blood, settling on a tomato paste blend to mimic the acidic, iron flavor. For the fat, Bauhaus boiled down mushrooms until he got the desired t...
