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Midwest City man arrested in wife's fatal shooting

MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (AP) — A 49-year-old Midwest City man suspected of fatally shooting his wife has been arrested on a murder complaint. Police say Robert Lee Moon was taken into custody Saturday after he called police to report that he had shot h...

 

EPA says creek contamination focused on 3 injection wells

PAWHUSKA, Okla. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says it has narrowed the source of salt contamination in an Osage County creek to three nearby oil and natural gas injection wells. The Tulsa World reports (http://bit.ly/2pPrcnr ) the c...

 

Oklahoman author, Texas dispute ownership of 'lunar Bibles'

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Ten microfilm Bibles once launched hundreds of thousands of miles into space sit landlocked today inside an Oklahoma courthouse while a legal battle rages in two states over who is the rightful owner of the celestial keepsakes. E...

 

Police: Houston man acknowledges strangling Oklahoma woman

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Texas law enforcement officials say a Houston man accused of killing multiple women has acknowledged fatally strangling a 19-year-old Oklahoma woman almost 20 years ago. The Oklahoman reports (http://bit.ly/2p6HQAI ) that 5...

 

Kansas man admits child porn activity through PlayStation

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An east-central Kansas man is scheduled to be sentenced in August now that he has admitted in federal court that he used a gaming device to chat about and exchange child pornography. Thirty-year-old Michael Stratton of B...

 

Search underway for man accused in Kansas woman's killing

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kansas City, Kansas, police and federal marshals are asking for the public's help in finding a man accused of killing the sister of a girl whose kidnapping 17 years earlier sparked a massive manhunt before she was found d...

 

Kansas Medicaid expansion in doubt despite hospital's woes

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Advocates are buzzing again about the possibility of extending Kansas' health coverage for the poor because of a Topeka hospital's potential demise but could struggle to attract the last few votes from reluctant Republican l...

 

Western Colorado coal mine still hanging on amid troubles

SOMERSET, Colo. (AP) — It's a cloudless early March morning with the sun glistening off new-fallen snow in the upper North Fork Valley. For the workers producing coal inside the West Elk Mine, however, it's another day of working in the dark undergro...

 

Agriculture producers struggle to find US workers

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — When Robert Kraft wakes up, usually before sunrise, the first thing he thinks about is his dairy. There's always a lot to do. He's the owner of Kraft Family Farms, a dairy in Fort Morgan. The day can start in a number of ways b...

 
 By Liz Welter    Regional    April 23, 2017

Sturgeon Bay holds seeds for the world

STURGEON BAY, Wis. (AP) — If a repeat of the Great Potato Famine was to strike or climate change so altered the Earth that water became scarce, potato seeds from the U.S. Genebank on the outskirts of Sturgeon Bay could provide the solution to a l...

 

EXCHANGE: Toy tractors tell farming history

BISHOP HILL, Ill. (AP) — The sun was shining April 1 in historic Bishop Hill as tourists could be seen mingling about the town, visiting the Colony Store and Bishop Hill Bakery. Others went in the door of the Steeple Building, where countless toy t...

 

UC Berkeley students threaten to sue over Ann Coulter visit

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The University of California at Berkeley students who invited Ann Coulter to speak on campus are threatening to sue the university if it doesn't find a proper time and venue for the conservative pundit to speak next week. H...

 

Arkansas teacher accused of assaulting student found dead

WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas teacher accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old female student has been found dead in a Lawrence County cemetery. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/2pPkX2O ) that the body of 4...

 

Authorities drop 33 cases against Dakota Access protesters

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Authorities dropped nearly three dozen cases last month that stemmed from arrests of protesters against the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline, court records show. The Bismarck Tribune reported Saturday (http://bit.ly/2ofXsTp ) t...

 

$25 million solar project now producing electricity

FORT RUCKER, Ala. (AP) — A $25 million solar project in Fort Rucker is now producing electricity. The 115,000 solar panel installed in the post absorbed the sunlight and converted it to electricity, the Dothan Eagle (http://bit.ly/2pWjmYm) r...

 

Schumer joins officials working on US-Canada dairy dispute

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer says he has spoken with President Trump about a U.S.-Canada trade dispute involving dairy products. Schumer said he is working with the president, House Speaker Paul Ryan and other s...

 

Trump Health Dept. dismisses Obama appointed surgeon general

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has relieved Dr. Vivek Murthy of his duties as U.S. Surgeon General. A spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services says Murthy was asked to resign after "assisting in a smooth transition" u...

 

Icelandic language at risk; robots, computers can't grasp it

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — When an Icelander arrives at an office building and sees "Solarfri" posted, they need no further explanation for the empty premises: The word means "when staff get an unexpected afternoon off to enjoy good weather." The p...

 

Advocates fan out in global show of support for science

WASHINGTON (AP) — The world saw brain power take a different form Saturday. From the Washington Monument to Germany's Brandenburg Gate and even to Greenland, scientists, students and research advocates rallied on an often soggy Earth Day, c...

 

Golf ball pieces from harvest cause hash brown recall

MATTHEWS, N.C. (AP) — A food company is recalling frozen hash browns from stores in nine states because the potatoes may have pieces of golf balls in them. McCain Foods USA's recall notice said the golf balls apparently were "inadvertently h...

 
 By Jon Chidester    Sports    April 23, 2017

Softball Finishes Sunday with Split at Ouachita

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – SWOSU Softball split Sunday's slate against Ouachita Baptist, falling in the opener 2-1, but bounced back to take the nightcap 4-2. The Dawgs will be back in action on Monday to conclude the road trip with another doubleheader b...

 
 By Jon Chidester    Sports    April 23, 2017

Bulldogs Lose Series Finale in Extras

WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Baseball couldn't pull off the series sweep over Ouachita Baptist on Sunday, dropping the final game of the weekend 7-3 in 10 innings. Devin Ring (L, 3-4) pitched a hard-nosed game for the Dawgs on the bump, lasting into t...

 

Wonder Boys take two from second-ranked Muleriders

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Kyle Wilson pitched seven scoreless innings in game one to move to 7-0 on the season, and Trent Armstrong went 5.1 innings in game two to become Arkansas Tech's all-time Division II wins leader, as the Wonder Boys took two g...

 

Suns drop pair at SAU

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Ashley Landry had a four-hit day, while Gaby Vasquez turned in a three-hit day, but the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns softball team (30-20, 24-14 Great American Conference) was unable to overcome the hot hitting of the No. 14 Southern A...

 
 By David Salley    Sports    April 23, 2017

Sorensen's fifth career no-hitter powers Henderson to a Sunday split with NWOSU

GAME ONE: Henderson State's Michelle Sorensen threw her second no-hitter of the season, and the fifth of her career, to lead the Reddies to a 3-0 win over Northwestern Oklahoma State in game one of Sunday's doubleheader at Dee White Field. The...

 

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