Articles from the May 13, 2018 edition
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Five Goldbugs honored as NWOBCA All-Stars; All-Star games on Thursday
ALVA, Okla. – Five Alva High School baseball players were honored this week with All-Star selections for the Northwest Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association All-Star games. Being feature in their final contest in Alva as high school ball players...
RSU Softball's Season Ends with 6-3 Loss to TSU in South Central Regional
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – The Rogers State softball team's season ended with a 6-3 loss to No. 5 seed Tarleton State on Friday (May 11) in the NCAA South Central Regional at CMU Softball Field. With the score tied at 3-3 in the seventh inning, TSU...
Suns' season comes to an end in regional semifinal
WINONA, Minn. – The Arkansas Tech Golden Suns softball team (44-19) saw its season come to an end in the semifinals of the Central Region Championship on Saturday, as Tech fell 7-4 to Minnesota Duluth (42-14) at Maynard R. Johnson Field. MINNESOTA...
Goad and Duran homer late to help carry No. 8 Lady Muleriders to the sub-regional final on Saturday
MAGNOLIA, Ark. – The Lady Muleriders used the long ball in their contest against #15 Augustana that allowed SAU to advance to Championship Saturday in the Central Region Tournament after a 4-1 win over the Vikings on Friday afternoon. TEAM RECORDS...
A surprising bullying battleground: Senior centers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The unwanted were turned away from cafeteria tables. Fistfights broke out at karaoke. Dances became breeding grounds for gossip and cruelty. It became clear this place had a bullying problem on its hands. What many found...
Texas schools chief to get $750K in wake of bullying claims
KATY, Texas (AP) — A school district west of Houston will pay more than $750,000 to its superintendent who's resigning at the end of the year in the wake of allegations that he was a bully as a teenager. Details of a contract released Friday by...
MMA star Valentina Shevchenko checks out first NASCAR race
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Valentina Shevchenko would normally be glued to her television to watch UFC 224 on Saturday night, when bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes was set to defend her belt against Raquel Pennington. Turns out she won't be paying...
Chancellor, president picked for New Mexico State University
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A two-person leadership team will replace Garrey Carruthers when he retires as New Mexico State University chancellor and president. The NMSU regents on Friday announced the selections of Dan Arvizu as chancellor and John...
Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Fox appointed to EPA group
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The tribal chairman of the oil-rich Three Affiliated Tribes in western North Dakota has been named to an Environmental Protection Agency advisory committee. The EPA announced Chairman Mark Fox's appointment on Friday. The EPA...
Trump wants negotiations with California on auto gas mileage
WASHINGTON (AP) — Addressing a key concern for manufacturers, President Donald Trump has instructed his administration to explore negotiations with California on achieving a single fuel economy standard for the nation during a meeting with auto...
Interest in farm-raised meat grows
KENAI, Alaska (AP) — For those who want farm-raised meat, it can be a challenge to get unless they happen to own enough property for a pasture or barn. However, some local farmers offer a middle ground between raising animals in the backyard and...
Professor warns of climate change's effects on recreation
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Mild-mannered Cathy Whitlock is blunt when she talks about climate change in Montana. "Spoiler alert," she said. "The climate is getting warmer, and we're going to have to deal with it." Whitlock is in a position to know. As...
Mexico faces prospect of failure in NAFTA talks
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The top trade representatives of the United States, Mexico and Canada ended the latest round of talks on renegotiating the North American Free Trade without a deal Friday, less than a week before an unofficial deadline to get...
Help wanted _ desperately _ as applicants become scarce
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — In a country in the midst of sustained economic growth, Colorado has been ahead of the pack. Month after month of an expanding economy has resulted in some pretty good times for business owners across the Centennial State. The...
Stillwater man with autism rarely speaks, but often uses art
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The floral still life looked perfectly fine. The purple, pink and white flowers, bright-green stems and brown pot were centered. A small window in the upper-left corner added dimension. The background colors were pleasing....
Oklahoma suicide rate among worst in country
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — Helen Coffey paused when the emotions became too much. Seated at a table inside her Edmond home, she spoke about her oldest, Heather, who she said lived courageously for 38 years with a biological brain disorder called borderli...
BOK Center dedicates green rooms to Oklahoma artists
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — U2 and Justin Timberlake had the opportunity to be exposed to Oklahoma music history during one of the biggest weeks in the BOK Center's 10-year history. The superstar artists didn't have to listen to a lecture or step into a cl...
Ward leaves Kansas governor's race, citing fundraising woes
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas House Minority Leader Jim Ward dropped out of the governor's race Wednesday, acknowledging that he wasn't able to raise enough money in the crowded race for the Democratic nomination. Ward suspended his campaign after...
Bloomberg warns of 'epidemic of dishonesty'
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are facing an "epidemic of dishonesty" in Washington that's more dangerous than terrorism or communism. That's according to former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who warned in a commencement speech on Saturday at...
NASA's next Mars rover mission to carry tiny helicopter
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA is planning to send a tiny autonomous helicopter to Mars on its next rover mission to the red planet. The space agency announced Friday that the helicopter will be carried aboard the Mars 2020 rover as a technology...
Hawaii volcano raises concerns of eruptions along West Coast
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The eruption of a Hawaii volcano in the Pacific "Ring of Fire" has experts warily eyeing volcanic peaks on America's West Coast that are also part of the geologically active region. The West Coast is home to an 800-mile (1,300...
N. Korea to blow up nuke-site tunnels before Trump-Kim talks
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Saturday that it will dismantle its nuclear test site in less than two weeks, in a dramatic event that would set up leader Kim Jong Un's summit with President Donald Trump next month. In a statement...
America's most dangerous volcanoes are on the West Coast
Here are the 10 most dangerous volcanic mountains in the U.S., according to the U.S. Geological Survey: 1. Kilauea, Hawaii 2. Mount St. Helens, Washington 3. Mount Rainier, Washington 4. Mount Hood, Oregon 5. Mount Shasta, California 6. South...
Purdue team wins NASA award for designing flying cars city
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A team of Purdue University engineering students has won a NASA award for designing a futuristic city able to accommodate flying cars. The team won the University Student Design Challenge sponsored by NASA's Glenn...
Trip to Oregon's Cascadia Cave brings archaeology to life
SWEET HOME, Ore. (AP) — Only some of the petroglyphs catch the eye right away. So Tony Farque held up a flashlight and clicked the button to trigger a strobe. Light flickered on the rock wall towering above him, revealing a hidden tapestry of carvi...