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A vehicle reported stolen in Alva was recovered at a casino. A Cherokee man has been charged with the theft. According to court documents, Officer William Shahan of the Alva Police Department was contacted by the Lighthorse Police Department. They...

A man from Mooreland died Wednesday, July 11, after the pickup he was driving collided head-on with a semi. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says Russell Weller Lewis III, 47, of Mooreland, was pronounced dead at the scene from trunk internal and leg inju...

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — Mysteries surrounding a long-lost port called River Bridge have historians studying thousands of artifacts going back 300 years found in the narrow, dark waters of the Pasquotank River north of Elizabeth City. No r...

GOODLAND, Kan. (AP) — Fortunately, Margaret Bauman has never minded telling people how old she is. She's been doing it for more than a century. Bauman, 108, is surely a contender for oldest living Kansan and no doubt has spent more years in S...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — The internet offers tutorials galore for crocheting plastic bags into sleeping mats, and Pat Thompson has taken those lessons to heart. Every morning Thompson, who is almost blind, makes her way to a comfortable chair in her d...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — What hatched as a rather bird-brained plan has become something of a slam-dunk for a pair of University of Kansas fans. KU alumni Jarrod Williams and Kate Neely Williams have a lot to be proud of. Their efforts to construct a m...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — On the first Tuesday in July, Linda LaFontaine's paddle cut through the hot, heavy air and sliced back into the murky water of Perche Creek. Keeping pace with her teammates, her strokes were quick and methodical, powering the bri...

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — A 92-year-old World War II veteran from Oklahoma has been surprised with a street renamed in his honor. The Tulsa World reports Oscar Nipps Jr. got the news Thursday as he volunteered at the Military History Center in B...

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Something as unremarkable as a nearby patch of grass could be hiding something prehistoric. That is what Notre Dame University anthropology and archaeology professor Mark Schurr is looking for at the Midewin National Tallgrass P...

FRANKLIN GROVE, Ill. (AP) — Straddling the line of Ogle and Lee counties are 3,500 acres of prairie where the bison roam and species of butterflies freely land on plants as rare as they are. The bison aren't just grazing; they're part of an o...

DYSART, Iowa (AP) — The Main Street in Dysart is typical of those you find in other small Iowa communities — except for the giant gorge painted in the middle of the road. If you squint just right, it seems that the public library, a women's bou...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Dodgers have sent prized pitching prospect Walker Buehler back to the minors. The 23-year-old right-hander was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Saturday, hours after allowing two runs on a pair of solo homers and six h...

MANITOU, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says an 18-year-old man has drowned in Frederick Lake in southwestern Oklahoma. The OHP says D'Antwan Hemphill of Frederick drowned about 6:30 p.m. Friday in the lake in Tillman County about 100 m...

DAVIS, Okla. (AP) — A confectioner owned by the Chickasaw Nation has partnered with Oklahoma State University to produce collegiate-branded chocolate bars. Gourmet chocolate bars made by Bedré Fine Chocolate are wrapped in packaging that bear OS...

MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — Fans of hot air balloons can add Muskogee to their list of spots for the high-flying fun. The Muskogee City Council has approved a contract with Kansas City Aerosports for the Oklahoma Festival of Ballooning. The event is s...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — GOP gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach railed against people in the U.S. illegally at a Wichita rally intended to show support for federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Wichita Eagle says Kobach blamed those i...

SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — Police say a Missouri woman missing for a week has been found dead in an eastern Kansas house, and a man has been arrested on suspicion of killing her. The Kansas City Police Department says the body of 43-year-old MeShon C...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — University of Kansas leaders say they will keep an altered U.S. flag on display in a school museum, despite demands from the governor and his top election rival to remove it from campus. The Capital-Journal reports that C...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas Republican candidate for Congress is denying claims from three Democratic officials that he considered running as a Democrat and expressed socially liberal views before announcing as a GOP candidate last year. Steve W...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A local Lawrence preservation group will bring native trees back to the banks of the Kansas River to help rid the waterway of pollution. Friends of the Kaw was recently awarded a nearly $78,000 Douglas County Natural and C...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — One of the men accused of killing a semi-pro football player in Wichita last summer has been sentenced to life plus 13 months in prison. A jury convicted Ritchie Randle Jr. of Wichita in May of first-degree premeditated murder a...

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Leaders of a Houston-area school district where 10 people were shot to death in May are expected to consider whether to install metal detectors and change the dress code. The Galveston County Daily News reports the board of t...

YELLVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A north Arkansas teenager faces four felony charges after allegedly breaking into a school building and stealing a deputy's body armor and duty belt that contained a gun. The Baxter Bulletin reports that the 17-year-old Y...