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When you hear about Medicare, you probably think of the federal program that helps pay for older adults’ health care. What you may not realize is that another of Medicare’s major responsibilities is to inspect health care facilities to make sure tha...

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – On Tuesday, the Great American Conference announced that the East Central University women's basketball team had earned the 2017-18 Women's Basketball Sportsmanship Award. "These awards tie into the NCAA Division II emphasis o...

SEARCY – Harding head track and field coach Steve Guymon recently announced the hiring of two assistants for the 2018-19 season. Josh Syrotchen has been hired as the throws coach and will work with multiple-event athletes. Cathy Ebenja has been h...

SEARCY – The Harding athletics department announced the hiring of Ken Wearden as Harding's assistant softball coach Wednesday for the 2019 season. Wearden, 57, comes to Harding from Lubbock, Texas, where he has been the assistant softball coach at L...

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Southern Arkansas head softball coach Jason Anderson has announced the additions of Brooke Goad and Robyn Leighton to his coaching staff for the upcoming 2019 season. Goad is a former All-America outfielder who recently completed h...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health officials on Wednesday adopted new guidelines for the use of medical marijuana in the state after earlier rules hastily adopted last month came under harsh criticism from the attorney general and medical m...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Prison reforms in Oklahoma have saved the state more than $60 million in the past year, according to a new report. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services released an analysis Tuesday that also estimates the state will s...

LUTHER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma police say a woman fled to Texas after shooting her roommate and setting their home on fire. The Oklahoman reports that Cooke County sheriff's deputies arrested 21-year-old Kristen Elizabeth Jones on Monday during a t...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The leading Democratic candidate for Kansas governor is under attack for her past backing of tough voter identification policies as her party prepares for the possibility that the champion of those measures, conservative Kris Koba...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge imposed on Wednesday more than $26,000 in sanctions against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach as punishment for his "contemptuous behavior" during a voting rights case that challenged the state's p...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita lawyer and a computer software engineer have pleaded not guilty to a federal indictment alleging they plotted cyberattacks on websites with information criticizing the attorney's work. KWCH-TV reports that Wichita l...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is reporting that it collected $11 million more in taxes in July than anticipated to make it the longest streak of better-than-expected revenues in at least 50 years. The state Department of Revenue reported Wednesday t...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge plans to hear oral arguments on whether the federal government has needlessly interjected itself in matters traditionally reserved for states when it charged a Sedgwick County commissioner Michael O'Donnell. U...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police agencies in northeastern Kansas are opposing a proposal from the Wyandotte County District Attorney's Office to study potential wrongful conviction cases. Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree recently sought...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kansas City, Kansas, police say a man is in stable condition after being shot by officers. Police say the incident began when officers were called Tuesday night to the scene of an attempted car burglary. KCTV reports when t...

PEARCY, Ark. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says no single solution is appropriate for addressing school shootings. Sessions' remarks came Wednesday before he heard two panels at Lake Hamilton High School in Pearcy, Arkansas, discuss s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says people would drive more and be exposed to increased risk if their cars get better gas mileage, an argument intended to justify freezing Obama-era toughening of fuel standards. Transportation experts d...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday approved a catch-all spending bill that funds a wide swath of government programs, from Interior and environment to agriculture, transportation, housing, Treasury and federal courts. The $154.2 billion m...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities have issued a public health alert about more than two dozen beef, pork and poultry salad and wrap products as a precaution due to possible parasite contamination. The Agriculture Department's Food Safety and I...

The price of a can of Coca-Cola? Likely going up. A package of Pampers? That too. Plane tickets? They also may be more expensive. These items and more may cost more in the coming months as people start feeling the effects of higher fuel prices and...