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Happy Birthday To Aug. 20: Tabitha Bradt, Judy DeVine, Adam Powers, Justice Bradt Aug. 21: Jim Shreeve, Paige Hughes, Bralee Eagen Aug. 22: Kristy Armantrout, Gary Walker, Jake Hughes Aug. 23: Don Lenhart, Jessica Elmore, Trent Bliss, Rachael...

Happy Anniversary To Aug. 22: Mr. & Mrs. Randy Reed Aug. 23: Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Rader Aug. 24: Mr. & Mrs. Sonny Wagner, Mr. & Mrs. Bob Benn Aug. 28: Mr. & Mrs. Robert Province Aug. 30: Mr. & Mrs. Kelly Mitchell Sept. 1: Mr. & Mrs. Russ Stewart Sept....

In the Aug. 13 edition of The Freedom Call, a VBS photo of children petting a donkey identified the boy as Conner Welty. That was incorrect. He should have been listed as Conner Kornele. We regret the error....

The Town of Freedom held its regular board of trustees meeting last Wednesday evening, Aug. 12. Virtually present for the brief meeting were Mayor Shad Brackin and Trustee Rolando Galindo, joined later by Trustee Randy Rhodes. Also present were Town...

Freedom Public Schools will be hosting a community blood drive on Thursday, Aug. 27, from 2 to 6 p.m. The bloodmobile will be parked in front of the school. Every participant who makes an appointment can receive a free COVID-19 antibody test....

STILLWATER, Okla. – For more than a century, Oklahoma State University Extension specialists and educators have provided research-based information and resources to help Oklahomans lead their best lives possible. This has been especially evident d...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma public school superintendent has tested positive for the coronavirus. leading the district to temporarily close its only school for a deep cleaning, an official said Wednesday. The Coyle school district learned W...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An ex-soldier described by prosecutors as a Satanist and linked to a neo-Nazi group was sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for distributing information through social media about building a bomb and making n...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas prosecutor has ruled that law enforcement were justified in fatally shooting a man linked to two Nebraska killings. Douglas County, Kansas, District Attorney Charles Branson announced his findings Tuesday after r...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal task force designed to help local law enforcement agencies reduce violent crime has already made more than 1,000 arrests in the cities where it has been deployed since it began in early July, U.S. Attorney General W...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police have announced an arrest in the death of a man investigators believe was shot to death in southeast Wichita during an argument. Donovan Harrington, 25, of Wichita, was arrested Tuesday in the Monday morning shooting d...

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) — A woman's body was discovered inside a vehicle belonging to a Kansas woman reported missing earlier this month but no foul play is suspected, authorities in Arkansas announced Tuesday. The Crittenden County Sheriff's O...

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — There goes Rhode Island again — always finding a way to get its tiny tentacles onto the national stage. In a made-for-memes moment sandwiched between other states' calls to fight poverty and end racial injustice, a lawmaker and...

TOKYO (AP) — It's a living nightmare -- but a socially distanced one. "Zombies" attack vehicles, smearing them with artificial blood. But the customers inside the cars are safely separated from their stalkers by the windows. Production company K...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama painted a unsparing portrait of American democracy on the brink if President Donald Trump wins in November, warning in a scathing, and at times emotional, address Wednesday that his successor is both u...

As schools across the U.S. decide whether to reopen this fall, many are left wondering how to know if it's safe. Public health experts say virus rates in the community should be low, but there's little agreement on a specific threshold or even a...

VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Crews worked in blistering heat Wednesday to beat back wildfires that ignited across Northern California, sending thousands of people from their homes into smoky air, briefly halting traffic on an interstate and killing a p...