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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has affirmed the life sentence of a woman convicted of killing her adult daughter by forcing a crucifix and medallion down her throat because she believed the woman was possessed by the d...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Legislature has approved a bill to prevent cities and towns from imposing a fee on single-use plastic and paper bags and it will now proceed to the governor's office. The measure aims to bar local governments from p...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The National Weather Service says two tornadoes that struck northwest Oklahoma are each rated EF1 with wind speeds of up to 90 mph (145 kph) and may be the first confirmed tornadoes of the year in the state. Weather service m...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Election Board has removed more than 91,000 names from the state's list of registered voters. Board spokeswoman Misha Mohr said Thursday that the list includes more than 88,000 "inactive" voters who have failed s...

KINGFISHER, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man has been charged with killing his girlfriend then dismembering and burning her body. Court records show 62-year-old Steven Stricker of Kingfisher is charged with first-degree murder and desecration of a b...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials issued a new fiscal forecast Thursday that's slightly more optimistic about how much tax revenue the state should expect to collect over the next two years, creating a little more breathing room for expanding M...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A 38-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years in the shooting death of a man whose body was set on fire in rural Lawrence. Christina Towell, of Leavenworth, was sentenced T...

TOKYO (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is cautiously turning up the heat after his unsuccessful summit with President Trump in Hanoi two months ago. Returning to military optics for the first time in five months, Kim on Tuesday paid a s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — To Donald Trump, the start of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation looked alarmingly like the end of his presidency. So he tried to stop it. His months-long effort pushed the boundaries of presidential powers and the law,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a punt that will be examined for years, if not decades. Special counsel Robert Mueller found he couldn't exonerate President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice, but he wouldn't recommend charging him, either. In e...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Public at last, special counsel Robert Mueller's report revealed to a waiting nation Thursday that President Donald Trump tried to seize control of the Russia probe and force Mueller's removal to stop him from investigating p...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his attorney general are distorting the facts when it comes to special counsel Robert Mueller's report in the Russia investigation. Trump and his team continue to insist that he was exonerated by the t...

NEW YORK (AP) — A lawsuit seeking to represent any woman with a claim against Harvey Weinstein can proceed on sex-trafficking grounds, a judge ruled Thursday, as he dramatically shrank the scope of an action trying to treat the disgraced movie p...

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and its aftermath (all times local): 6:15 p.m. A French judicial police official said investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused Notre Dame Cathedral f...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's new North America trade agreement would give the U.S. economy only a modest boost, an independent federal agency has found. The International Trade Commission said Thursday that Trump's U.S.-Mexico-Canada a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Mueller's 448-page investigative report into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election includes 23 unredacted pages of Mueller's written questions and Donald Trump's written responses, the only d...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election identified 10 instances of possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump. Mueller said in his report that he could not c...

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ADA, OKLA. – A grand slam by East Central University softball senior Breecia Crawford in the fourth inning of game four gave the Tigers (22-24, 18-19 GAC) what they need to earn a Great American Conference series sweep of Oklahoma Baptist. ECU c...

ADA – Oklahoma Baptist dropped a pair of softball games to East Central Friday to close out the four game series. The Lady Bison fell in game one, 5-3, and game two, 8-5. In game one OBU had a total of six hits, with Shelby Savage leading the team w...

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern's offense totaled 21 hits and 16 runs over both ends of a double-header en route to a Friday Sweep of Northwestern Oklahoma State, taking game one 7-1 before winning the nightcap 9-4 at the Southeastern Softball Field. Th...

BETHANY - Senior Jefferson Harris fanned 12 SWOSU batter in game two, but the Bulldogs were able to sweep a doubleheader of Southern Nazarene, taking game one 14-3 (8) before winning game two in a tight 2-1 (7) contest. SWOSU got a 4-for-4 day from...

WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Following an extra-inning defeat that ended an eight-game winning streak, the SWOSU Softball team rebounded in the second game to earn a doubleheader split against Southern Nazarene on Friday afternoon at the Athletic Complex in...

BETHANY, Okla. – SWOSU Baseball opened their weekend series at Southern Nazarene by defeating the Crimson Storm twice, the first a run-rule victory and the second by one run in a low-scoring contest. The Bulldogs (20-21, 16-13 GAC) will wrap up t...

OKLAHOMA CITY (April 19, 2019) – Arkansas-Fort Smith seized control with a four-run second inning and held off a late comeback attempt by Oklahoma Christian to win 7-4 on Friday afternoon in the decisive game of a three-game Heartland Conference b...