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WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Softball earned a rivalry split against Northwestern Oklahoma State on Tuesday in front of a season-best crowd during their 'Pack the Park' event at the Athletic Complex. SWOSU (17-27, 11-23 GAC) now plays their final e...

OKLAHOMA CITY (April 18, 2017) – Solid pitching combined with timely hitting usually is a winning baseball formula and Oklahoma Christian received both on Tuesday afternoon against Southeastern Oklahoma State. Kolton Brown threw six strong i...

HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. – The Arkansas Tech men's golf team closed out its 2016-17 regular season with a victory as the Wonder Boys held off the host, Harding for a three-stroke win at the 2017 Natural State Classic at Red Apple Inn and Country Club i...

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Cody Wescott hit his fifth homer in his last 10 games, while Mark Vaughn added a ninth-inning home run to lead Arkansas Tech to an 8-4 win over No. 4 Southern Arkansas on Tuesday. NEXT UP Arkansas Tech will host Southern Arkansas t...

HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. — The University of Arkansas at Monticello women's golf team placed second overall in the Natural State Golf Classic this past Monday and Tuesday, played at the Red Apple Inn and Country Club. Leading UAM in the classic was s...

In the final regular-season tournament, the Henderson State men's golf team placed third at the Natural State Golf Classic in Heber Springs. The Reddies shot 7-over par, 291 as team on Tuesday and finished with a 36-hole total of 583. Arkansas Tech...

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – No. 4 Southern Arkansas trailed by five runs heading into the home-half of the sixth inning and managed to scratch just two runs to cut its deficit to 7-4 as Arkansas Tech would subdue that rally and one in SAU's final at bat in the...

MULHALL, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma sheriff's deputy died Tuesday after being shot while serving an eviction notice, authorities said, and a suspect was later arrested after a manhunt. The Logan County deputy was identified as David Wade, 40. Logan C...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health care providers are urging state lawmakers to raise the state tax on cigarettes by $1.50 a pack to help pay health care costs. Members of the Oklahoma Hospital Association gathered at the State Capitol Tuesday t...

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Seven people have been charged in connection with a 2015 riot at a private prison in Payne County in which four inmates were stabbed to death. Online court records indicate the charges were filed on Monday in Payne County D...

PAWHUSKA, Okla. (AP) — Eight months after fish and turtles died in an Oklahoma creek, when saltwater levels spiked and water temperature at the bottom of the creek hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit, there still isn't a definitive answer as to where the s...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — HUD Secretary Ben Carson is scheduled to speak at a memorial ceremony for the Oklahoma City bombing. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says Carson will speak Wednesday, the 22nd anniversary of the 1995 a...

SPERRY, Okla. (AP) — The police chief of a small northeast Oklahoma community says he issued himself a citation for speeding, but only after being caught on video. Sperry Police Chief Justin Burch posted an apology on the department's Facebook p...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback appointed a legislator Tuesday as the next state treasurer to replace Republican Ron Estes after Estes won a special congressional election. The new treasurer is GOP state Sen. Jake LaTurner, of P...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas grocery and convenience stores will be able to sell regular beer starting in 2019 after a years-long effort to get full-strength brews into the stores. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill Tuesday allowing grocery a...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Kansas agreed in a court filing with an expert's finding that a "climate of mistrust" exists between themselves and defense attorneys, and it's harming the interests of justice. Monday's acknowledgement c...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The FBI has set up a hotline to collect information about a suburban Kansas City teacher who is charged with sex crimes. The agency said Monday that its Kansas City Child Exploitation Task Force has joined Blue Springs p...

GREENWOOD, Kan. (AP) — Volunteer firefighters, who make up 90 percent of the firefighters in Kansas, are seeking additional funding. Kansas spends about $300,000 at the state level on firefighting, less than almost any other state, the Wichita E...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities searching for a man who jumped off a Kansas River bridge while fleeing from law enforcement have found a body. WIBW (http://bit.ly/2opEF3a ) reports that Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat said in a statement t...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Lawmakers in Kansas are debating the fairness of proposed inspection protocols and fee increases for animal breeders and shelters. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/2oJ02yj ) reports some legislators want to pass a s...

HOLTON, Kan. (AP) — The first trial has started for a man who is charged with sexually assaulting a teenager and five women in a case that has divided the small Kansas town of Holton. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/2ok5d6K ) reports t...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University's military training program has expelled a promising cadet, accusing him of falsely claiming that he was sexually assaulted during an altercation that left him hospitalized. The cadet testified that d...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Twenty-two years as a Vigo County emergency dispatcher helped prepare Vickie Oster for the threats of violence against Terre Haute North Vigo High School that shook the area for hours on April 7. She was one of four d...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A former strip mine would be converted into a solar farm under a proposal announced Tuesday by an Appalachian coal company that says it wants to place hundreds of thousands of panels in the Kentucky mountains. The Berkeley E...

BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada's dominant electric utility is marking completion of a solar power array in the desert outside Las Vegas. Officials with NV Energy and Alabama-based Southern Power and SunPower said Tuesday the Boulder Solar I f...