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ADA – East Central University Director of Athletics Dr. Jeff Williams has announced the hiring of Lloyd Gage as the fifth Tiger baseball coach since 1960s. "We are excited to have Lloyd Gage as our new Head Baseball Coach at ECU," said Williams. "...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — The stories they brought into Hutchinson High School classroom this year were admittedly "edgy," said Donna Davis. "Charlene," for example, had a father described as an attorney and a big shot in their town. She knew it m...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — When she learned her adoptive father would eventually need a kidney transplant, Sara Hemphill never had a doubt she would be the donor. "I always felt that when his kidneys started shutting down and a transplant was in sight, th...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Things returned to normal for Paige Parker on Saturday. The senior threw a two-hitter, and Oklahoma defeated Arizona State 2-0 in an elimination game at the Women's College World Series. Parker entered the week with a career 8...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is banning state-funded travel to Oklahoma because of policies it considers discriminatory toward LGBT people. Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the ban Friday in response to a policy adopted in O...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Following Oklahoma's second-coldest April, the state had its hottest May. Oklahoma's statewide average temperature for May was 74.6 degrees, breaking the previous record of 74 degrees set in 1962, according to state C...

SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Republican governor candidate Kris Kobach rode in a parade on a jeep with a large replica gun mounted on it, prompting criticism on social media that the display was inappropriate at a time of school shootings. The s...

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A former assistant principal at a northeastern Kansas middle school faces a felony charge after being accused of sending sexually explicit messages to a student. The Kansas City Star reports that 40-year-old Eric Kilgore was b...

JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Texas man has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for causing the 2016 crash deaths of a mother and her two children on Interstate 70 in Kansas. The Wichita Eagle reports that 45-year-old Steven Johnson, of H...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Parents in Kansas say long waitlists and shortages of insurance providers are reducing access to therapy for their children with autism. Psychologists often point families who have children with autism to applied behavior a...

GARDNER, Kan. (AP) — A Catholic priest from Kansas is facing charges for allegedly stealing more than $42,000 from his parish after losing a large amount of money gambling. The Kansas City Star reports that 68-year-old Joseph Cramer is charged w...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — This year's race for Kansas governor has the second-largest field since the state began holding primary elections in 1908. Seven Republicans and five Democrats filed to run by Friday's deadline to be on the Aug. 7 ballot. One i...

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — More than 300 seniors at a Texas high school have received their diplomas with the memory of a deadly mass shooting on campus still fresh in their minds. The Santa Fe High School seniors gathered at twilight in the 83-degree he...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Three state parks in northern New Mexico are closing effective Monday because of extreme fire danger. The State Parks Division of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department says the parks being closed until further n...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The business combines satellite readings of the Earth's surface with advanced computing to take clients on deep visual dives into crop yields, deforestation, drought and natural disasters such as wildfires. It's a textbook S...

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross arrived in Beijing on Saturday for talks on China's promise to buy more American goods after Washington revived tensions by renewing its threat of tariff hikes on Chinese high-tech exports. The t...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Farmer Matt Romero doesn't have far to travel to see a stark reminder of the ongoing drought affecting New Mexico and parts of the West. When Romero looks over the bridge that crosses Embudo Creek just outside his home in n...

LAMONT, Wash. (AP) — Tucked within miles of barbed-wire fences and basalt columns southwest of Spokane reside what's left of the American West: Ranchers who scratch out a living from hard work and prairie grass. Henry and Linda Harder live in a p...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston hospital has suspended all medical procedures in its renowned heart transplant program following the deaths this year of at least three patients and the departure of several senior physicians. Baylor St. Luke's Medical C...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers have come up with an unusual solution to combat its opioid crisis, allowing doctors to prescribe medical marijuana instead of opiates as a way to curb a growing epidemic. Doctors could choose to t...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to let Arkansas enforce a law that critics say effectively bans abortion pills in the state is a setback for abortion rights supporters who have been fighting a wave of restrictions in the p...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — For Missourians suffering a particular type of serious heart attack, the nearest hospital may not be the best choice. St. Louis Public Radio reports that the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has designated 23 hospita...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Eating disorders affect at least 30 million Americans and have the highest mortality rates of any mental disorder. Th...