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The order of services Sunday, July 22, at the Freedom United Methodist Church were: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Invocation by Pastor Todd Finley Call to Worship: Psalm 36:5-10 led by Lori Louthan Opening hymn: “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee,” led by song leader Debbie Brown Affirmation of Faith led by Johnnie Sue Olsen Gloria Patri Hymn of Justifying Grace: “I Love To Tell the Story” Offertory: Janell Reutlinger Ushers: Arly and Jan Eden Offertory Prayer by Pastor Todd Finley Special Music: Jennifer Finley sang “Redeemed” Scripture Reading: Ep...
Northwestern Oklahoma State University will return to regular hours beginning Monday, July 30. The Alva and Woodward campuses will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Enid campus will be open 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday. Each summer the university opts for extended daily hours Monday through Thursday so that employees have Fridays off. The fall semester will begin Monday, Aug. 20. Students are encouraged to enroll before the fall semester begins. Northwestern’s course s...
Happy Birthday To July 26: Darrin Rader, Allen Bradt, Kaden Hensley July 27: Bailey Rankin, Lee Christopher, Leah Adams July 28: Shad Brackin, Doneta Hohensee July 29: Courtney Wares, Kylee Harper, Kelsey Harper July 31: Monty Reed, Dallet Maddux, Rob Burnham Aug. 1: Whitney Davey Aug. 2: Ronald Kurz, Kanden Cook Aug. 3: Kyse Eagan Aug. 5: Blythe Benson Aug. 7: Jeanne Winn, Janet Linn, Stonie Stewart, Peggy Bilyeu, Lisa Bradt, Janelle Collins Aug. 8: Randy Reed, Kim Rader Happy Anniversary To July 26: Mr. & Mrs. Merle Nickelson July 27: Mr. &...
A special meeting was held on July 19 to talk about a proposal from Pioneer Telephone on placement of a cell phone booster in Freedom. Members Terry Smith, Shad Brackin and Clerk Cindy Reed were present and called a quorum. Rolando Galindo was absent. The three discussed correspondence they received about where the site could and could not be. Brackin elaborated on the fact that cell sites, like the one proposed, usually have to rely on access and usage of a municipality's power poles and other like structures to attach the boosters to....
Casey Luddington attended the FFA Washington Leadership Conference (WLC) in June. This was made possible through the generosity of some folks and businesses in Freedom. Luddington went with a group of 84 Oklahomans via a 30-hour bus ride and spent a week in DC. His stay consisted of leadership workshops and tours of the nation's capital. The leadership workshops and keynote speakers inspired attendees to look inward at the unique offerings they bring to the table. "The question is: Who is going...
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist announced the hiring of Clarence Smith, who will serve as an assistant coach on the men's basketball team. Smith graduated from Central Missouri in 2018 with a degree in sports management and a minor in business administration. He also received an associate's degree from South Georgia Tech. He played basketball at both stops, earning team MVP honors at Central Missouri. He also was named to the MIAA Honor Roll for the Mules and was on the Dean's list at SGT as well. He started 16 games and averaged 5.9 points and h...
SEARCY - The Harding football team received the leGACy Awards for Team of the Year and Upset of the Year Wednesday. The awards were voted on in a social media poll of the conference's fans. Harding went 11-4 last season and advanced to the national semifinals. During its run, Harding upset three top-10 nationally ranked teams, all on the road. Harding All-American offensive lineman Gavin De Los Santos and All-Region offensive lineman Bryce Bray spoke to GAC Assistant Commissioner Eric Moyer about the awards....
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy fired its executive director Wednesday after state investigators confirmed she is the target of a bribery probe involving text messages exchanged with a top lawyer involved in writing the state's new medical marijuana rules. The board unanimously voted to fire Chelsea Church following a closed-door meeting in Oklahoma City. The special meeting was called after the online news agency Nondoc reported on a series of text messages in which Church appears to offer Department of Health attorney J...
STRINGTOWN, Okla. (AP) — Authorities in southeastern Oklahoma are searching for an inmate who walked away from a state prison's minimum-security unit. Oklahoma Department of Corrections says 34-year-old Johnny Simmons escaped Wednesday from the Mack Alford Correctional Center in Atoka County. Officials say Simmons was last seen running from the facility around 1:30 a.m. He was discovered missing during a 2 a.m. count at the 933-inmate capacity prison, which operates medium- and minimum-security units. Simmons was serving time on sentences f...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An 11-year-old girl has quite the fish tale: A rare pacu with human-like teeth chomped down on the worm at the end of her line while she was fishing with her grandparents and brother in an Oklahoma lake. But Kennedy Smith isn't exaggerating when she describes her catch. Caddo County Game Warden Tyler Howser confirms that the fish was a pacu, a relative of the piranha that is native to South America and can grow up to 50 pounds (22 kilograms). Kennedy's fish weighed about 1 pound (half a kilogram), according to Howser and K...
HOBART, Okla. (AP) — Deputies say they've arrested nearly two dozen people in connection with a cockfighting event in southwestern Oklahoma. KOTV-TV reports that the Kiowa County Sheriff's Office took 22 people into custody earlier this week at the scene of a cockfighting operation near Cooperton. The office expects more arrest warrants as the investigation continues. Deputies say the majority of those arrested are from western Oklahoma, and the rest are from Texas. Law enforcement found 56 birds at the cockfighting event Monday, 16 of which w...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Legislators have told the Oklahoma Supreme Court that the state Ethics Commission has become a "rogue" agency and wrongly considers itself a fourth branch of government. House and Senate leaders filed responses Monday asking justices to stay out of a lawsuit filed last month by the Ethics Commission, the Oklahoman reported . The lawsuit accused lawmakers of violating the Oklahoma Constitution by appropriating the agency less than $710,500 to operate this fiscal year, which began July 1. The appropriation came from the agenc...
PAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — Authorities in northern Oklahoma say a 26-year-old woman fatally shot herself with a handgun she apparently sneaked into her jail cell. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday that Brittany Weide DeVerges was found unresponsive in a detoxification cell at the Pawnee County Jail on Tuesday. Investigators say a handgun was lying on her stomach and she had a gunshot wound to the chest. DeVerges was arrested at 3 a.m. for public intoxication and possession of paraphernalia and placed in the cell. I...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The political action committee operated by the father of congressional candidate Steve Watkins will spend $400,000 on ads for his campaign as the August primary approaches. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Kansans Can Do Anything PAC was formed by Steven Watkins, who is a Topeka physician. Federal records released Wednesday show the super PAC, which isn't limited by campaign contribution limits, has reported total contributions of $587,000 and expenditures of $469,000. The younger Watkins is one of seven candidates s...
SIKESTON, Mo. (AP) — An Arkansas man has been convicted of participating in the killing of a Kansas man in Missouri. Ronnie Carl Robinson Sr., of Little Rock, Arkansas, was found guilty this week of second-degree murder in the death of Larry Weaver, of Pittsburg. The Pittsburg Morning Sun reports Weaver's body was found July 2, 2016, in a field about seven miles from a hotel where he was staying in Sikeston, Missouri. Surveillance video shows three suspects driving away that night with Weaver's Harley Davidson motorcycle. Investigators said W...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Mighty Mouse is missing in Wichita. Christopher Gulick says someone managed to steal a 200-pound, brightly colored log sculpture of Mighty Mouse from his backyard Tuesday night. The sculpture, which was a gift from another artist, is about 5 feet tall and painted bright yellow, blue, red and black. The Wichita Eagle reports Gulick estimates the sculpture has been on his back porch for about 25 years. It's one of many sculptures that Gulick, known locally for his kinetic mobile sculptures, has in his backyard. Gulick says h...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A food program is making a big difference to low-income families seeking healthy options in the Kansas City area. The Double Up Food Program matches Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program dollars spent on local produce at Kansas and Missouri farmers markets and grocery stores. Participants receive up to $25 a day in matching Double Up Food Bucks dollars for more local fruits and vegetables, the Kansas City Star reported . "This program helps people that do have benefits stretch those dollars," said Brian DeSmet, t...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A group of Kansas City-area doctors have donated about $11,000 to help pay off medical bills for hundreds of patients in Missouri and Kansas. The Midwest Direct Primary Care Alliance's donation announced Monday will buy $1.47 million worth of medical debt on behalf of 784 patients in the two states, the Kansas City Star reported. The alliance is comprised of 21 medical clinics where doctors don't take health insurance and instead charge patients a monthly membership fee. About 19 doctors and nurse practitioners who work...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A grand jury investigating alleged recruiting abuses in college basketball ordered the University of Kansas earlier this year to turn over communications involving its men's team coaches and at least one prospective recruit, newly released records show. The federal grand jury in New York also demanded copies of any agreements with apparel manufacturer Adidas and communications between the basketball coaches and company representatives. "These documents do not suggest any wrongdoing by the university," spokesman Andy H...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Amy Rodriguez and Becky Sauerbrunn arrived in Kansas City this week with their focus somewhat split. The veterans of the U.S. women's national team understand the importance of the four-team Tournament of Nations, which begins with a match against Japan on Thursday night. And they surely remember losing to Australia in the event last year — the last time the squad was defeated in any competition. But the national team stalwarts also understand that qualifying for next year's World Cup looms in October. And after the...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man whose murder charge was dismissed under the state's Stand Your Ground law will now face prosecution in the stabbing death of a 22-year-old woman, the Kansas Court of Appeals has ruled. The court overturned a decision by a district judge who dismissed second-degree murder and other charges against Seth Collins, 38, in the April 2016 stabbing death of Kayla Brown, The Wichita Eagle reported . The two had been fighting over a parking space at a Wichita apartment complex. The appeals court ruled Friday that a j...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A group of volunteers who helped search for a 5-year-old Wichita boy who was later found dead plans to start a charter of a nationally known Texas-based search organization. Sheila Medlam and Julie La Force spent countless hours leading searches for Lucas Hernandez, who was missing more than three months before his body was found in May. The Texas EquuSearch group came to Wichita to help with the search. It is a mounted search and recovery team with more than 1,000 members available to search worldwide for missing p...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The parents of one of the 20 children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are asking Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to remove hateful and harassing comments posted by conspiracy theorists who say the shooting never happened. Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa wrote Zuckerberg a letter published on Wednesday in The Guardian . Their 6-year-old son, Noah, died in the December 2012 Newtown shooting massacre, which also claimed the lives of six educators. Pozner and De La Rosa say they and other r...
DENVER (AP) — A group behind a proposed Colorado initiative to severely limit new oil and gas drilling on non-federal land has parted ways with a petition-gathering firm in a payment dispute. The group, Boulder-based Colorado Rising, insists its effort to collect enough voter signatures to get the initiative on the November ballot will continue, Colorado Politics reported Wednesday. Six other firms are circulating petitions for the organization, which must submit nearly 98,500 valid voter signatures to the secretary of state's office by Aug. 6...
