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DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern rodeo will have its most representation in recent memory when it sends a total of seven athletes across the men's and women's teams to compete in the College National Finals Rodeo June 11-17 in Casper, Wyo. The women's s...

BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Despite a two-hit effort by Janie Knowles and four solid innings in relief by Morgan Vaughan, the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns softball team (36-21) dropped a 2-1 decision to No. 21 Southern Arkansas (44-14) on Thursday afternoon a...

BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Jalissa Gum fired a two-hit shutout, fanning 13 as the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns softball team (36-20) captured a 2-0 opening-round win over Southern Nazarene (22-33) at the Great American Conference softball championship. NEXT U...

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team was defeated by number one seed Harding in the second match-up of the Great American Conference Championship Tournament, 2-0. The Blossoms (34-22, 26-16 GAC) in the second rou...

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team took down East Central in the opening round game of the Great American Conference Tournament by a final score of 2-0. The first game of the 2017 GAC Championship Tournament f...

BENTONVILLE, Ark. – The 2nd-ranked and No. 1 seed Harding softball opened the Great American Conference Tournament on Thursday with a 3-1 win over No. 8 seed Ouachita at the Tiger Sports Complex. With the win, the Lady Bisons improve to 51-6 o...

In the longest game in Great American Conference Tournament history, Henderson State fell on Thursday afternoon 2-1 in 16 innings to Southern Nazarene to bring their run in the GAC Tournament, and their season, to a close. Over the game's first five...

Henderson State out-hit Southern Arkansas, but the Lady Muleriders used a big third inning to to break open a close game and defeat the Reddies 7-2 in the opening game of the Great American Conference Tournament for both teams. The Reddies jumped on...

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. - The Ouachita Tigers' softball team defeated East Central University 5-1 in an elimination game at the 2017 Great American Conference Championships on Thursday night in Bentonville, Ark. Sarah Johnson hit two home runs in the...

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. - The Ouachita Tigers' softball team lost 3-1 to top-seeded Harding in the opening round of the 2017 Great American Conference Softball championships on Thursday afternoon in Bentonville, Ark. Kelsey O'Brien's RBI single in the...

BENTONVILLE, Ark. – The Lady Mulerider softball team advanced in the winner's bracket of the GAC tournament on Thursday after a reliable pair of homeruns credited a 2-1 final score and a thrilling victory over #3 seed, Arkansas Tech. TEAM RECORDS Sou...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa's police union has filed an ethics complaint against the district attorney, saying he unfairly brought charges against an officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man. Officer Betty Shelby has pleaded not guilty to f...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Firefighters rescued 19 people from a roller coaster that got stuck on the tracks Thursday at an Oklahoma City amusement park. The last person was removed from the Silver Bullet coaster at Frontier City amusement park shortly aft...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Agriculture experts in Oklahoma estimate the state's farmers planted 10 percent fewer acres of winter wheat at the end of last year, opting to use the acreage for more profitable endeavors. The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/2qEogKD )...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The father and son owners of an Oklahoma publishing company accused of defrauding authors and musicians were charged Thursday with felony extortion, embezzlement and racketeering. Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter said the a...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Four Oklahoma City police officers are on paid leave as internal investigators look into claims of excessive force during an arrest. Authorities say investigators will also review video of the arrest that was taken by a b...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Legal challenges to a Kansas law requiring documentary proof of citizenship remain on track for trial after rulings Thursday in two separate federal cases. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson issued decisions that keep both cases...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Discussions about increasing taxes in Kansas to fix the state's budget and provide additional funds for public schools have again stalled, as leaders look for a plan lawmakers can support. House and Senate tax negotiators were s...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators have advanced a proposal to keep concealed guns out of hospitals, mental health centers and nursing homes after June. The Senate Ways and Means Committee approved a bill Thursday that would give the f...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Participants in the annual hard winter wheat tour have released their final projection on the size of the 2017 crop in Kansas amid uncertainty to the full extent of storm damage. The Wheat Quality Council's tour forecast T...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' top court wrestled Thursday with whether it can mandate new, separate sentencings for two brothers facing execution for four notorious slayings that became known as "the Wichita massacre." Jonathan and Reginald Carr had a...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — New regulations being considered by the Kansas school board includes a lifetime ban on working as a school bus driver for people who commit any crime involving a child. State director of pupil transportation Keith Dreiling t...