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WEST MINERAL, Kan. (AP) — An annual festival in southeast Kansas is bringing crowds in to see a giant electric coal-mining shovel that has turned into a tourist attraction. The Joplin Globe reports the Polka Fest will be held Saturday at Big B...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a man accused of raping and trying to kill a 7-year-old Wichita girl will go on trial. Corbin Breitenbach is charged with attempted capital murder, aggravated criminal sodomy and aggravated burglary. P...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Latest on the search in Oklahoma for two inmates who escaped a prison transfer service. (all times local): 1:35 p.m. An Oklahoma sheriff says two escaped inmates who stole a prisoner transport van may be armed even though o...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The grandmother of a woman suing over her 2013 firing from Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's office testified that her granddaughter's failure to go to church factored into her dismissal. Margie Canfield also told jurors T...

CUBA, Mo. (AP) — A Native American tribe in Oklahoma has hired lobbyists in its bid to open a casino in Missouri. The Osage Nation hired former Missouri House Speaker Steve Tilley on Aug. 15 to lobby on its behalf. The tribe also hired Tom Robbins a...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A white former police officer is headed for a fourth trial in the killing of his daughter's black boyfriend, but Shannon Kepler has recently added another racial element to the case: He now says prosecutors can't try him b...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City officials are beginning negotiations with a regional airline to bring an aircraft maintenance center to the city. The Oklahoman reports the city's Economic Development Trust authorized staff Tuesday to begin n...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An attorney for a man accused of trying to detonate what he believed was an explosives-laden van outside an Oklahoma City bank has asked a federal judge to withdraw her request for a mental examination of the suspect. Defense a...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The high-profile case of a former Oklahoma City police officer convicted of raping women while on duty focused the public's attention on the problem of sexual misconduct on the force, but his appeal raising questions about DNA e...