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Happy Anniversary To Aug. 30: Mr. & Mrs. Kelly Mitchell Sept. 1: Mr. & Mrs. Russ Stewart Sept. 3: Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Wares Sept. 4: Mr. & Mrs. Willie Williams (Note: Send corrections, additions to: [email protected] or call 800-305-2111)...
Happy Birthday To Aug. 30: Shane Thompson, Jerry Hale Aug. 31: Kendra Dillman, Dorothy McGill, Jack Wilson Sept. 1: Steve Welty, Zachary Bradt Sept. 2: Adam Adair, Crystal Page Sept. 3: Boyd Hughes, Hal Ferguson, Jennifer Kay Sept. 4: Mitchell Rader, Brandon Howland, T.J. Province, Sara Carlson, Richard Welty Sept. 5: Gary Bradt, Savanna Wares, Ron Isenbart, Randy Lile, Lindsay Bixler Sept. 6: Connie Brown Sept. 7: Dallas Smith Sept. 8: Kari Woodall, Dustin Smith, Kimberly Hughes, John Garinger Sept. 10: Kirt Province, Tonya Burnham, Josh...
The order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church on Sunday, Aug. 26, was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Invocation by Pastor Todd Finley Call to Worship – Psalm 36:5-10 led by Julie Russell Opening hymn “Nearer My God, To Thee” led by song leader, Debbie Brown Affirmation of Faith Gloria Patri Hymn of Justifying Grace “How Great Thou Art” Offertory – Janell Reutlinger Offertory Prayer by Pastor Todd Finley Scripture – Proverbs 6:22 Morning Message – “Teach Your Children” Pastor Todd Finley Pastoral Prayer Closing Hymn of Invitation...
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist women's cross country will begin the season as the No. 21 team in the country according the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) preseason national rankings. It is the first time OBU has started the season ranked in the Top 25 since the move to Division II. The Lady Bison return four runners from last season's top 20 finish at the NCAA Division II National Championship, including All-American Sydney Lawrence. Joining Lawrence as scoring runners from last season's national m...
LAWTON, Okla. – The starting middle hitter duo of Sofia Gruden and Elizabeth McVicker combined for 30 kills and seven blocks as they helped the SWOSU Volleyball outlast Cameron for a 3-1 victory on Tuesday night at Aggie Gym in Lawton. SWOSU took a 2-0 lead and were on the verge of ending the match in the third before a late rally by Cameron took the set 25-23 and forced it into the fourth. Early in the fourth set, the lights went out at Aggie Gym, forcing a stoppage of just less than an hour before play resumed. In the fourth set, SWOSU f...
FORT SMITH, Ark. - The University of Arkansas at Monticello volleyball team was defeated by the Lions of UAFS Tuesday evening, by a final score of 3-0 . MATCH NOTES Final set scores from the match were 18-25, 18-25, and 20-25 in favor of the Lions Arkansas-Monticello drops to 1-4 on the year. Arkansas-Fort Smith jumps to 4-1 overall this season. SET ONE The Lions built a 16-8 lead late in this contest, and continued to add to that advantage, out to 21-10 in the opening set. UAM fought back into the match-up with an 8-3 run with added kills...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Six Republican members of the Oklahoma House who opposed hiking taxes to improve teacher salaries lost their jobs in primary runoffs, adding momentum to a pro-education movement that previously ousted two other GOP legislators and fueled a statewide teacher walkout. Pro-education groups were extraordinarily successful in targeting legislators who sought to block the tax hike. Of the 19 House Republicans who voted against the measure, eight failed to win their nominations — including the six who lost primary runoffs Tue...
POTEAU, Okla. (AP) — An independent coal-fired electricity generator and its about 100 employees in eastern Oklahoma face an uncertain future as the power market becomes more competitive. The AES Shady Point plant in Le Flore County could close as soon as January, the Oklahoman reported . Shuttering the 360-megawatt plant may be the company's only option after being notified this month that Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. won't proceed with another extension of its long-running power purchase agreement with AES Shady Point, Vice President Lundy K...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions and 40-year prison sentence of a former Oklahoma missionary convicted of sexually abusing children at an orphanage in Kenya. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday handed down the decision to 24-year-old Matthew Durham, who was found guilty in 2015 of four counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places. The same jury cleared Durham of accusations he planned to abuse the children before leaving the United States. Federal prosecutors alleged D...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Organizers of the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon say they are changing the race's course to reflect development of new public projects and help unify the city. Race officials said Wednesday the 18-year-old marathon has outgrown its traditional space and will expand the race and its finish line south of the downtown area to reflect development of a new streetcar system and a downtown park. The race will begin at its traditional start line outside the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum. But, beginning next year, the f...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A white Oklahoma law officer who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man says a "critical incident" class that she's been criticized for teaching isn't just about officer-involved shootings. Betty Shelby, a Rogers County sheriff's deputy, told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Wednesday that the class touches on any critical incident an officer might face, including seeing a dead child. Shelby resigned from the Tulsa Police Department after her acquittal last year on a manslaughter charge in the 2016 s...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Tulsa mortgage company owner won the GOP nomination in the race to become Oklahoma's next governor, setting up a November contest in which education will undoubtedly be a top issue. Kevin Stitt, a 45-year-old political newcomer, defeated former Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett in Tuesday's primary runoff after criticizing Cornett for being inadequately supportive of President Donald Trump. Stitt now advances to face Democrat Drew Edmondson, a former four-term state attorney general who has made improving the state's educa...
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State will finally unleash Jim Knowles' attacking 4-2-5 defense in the season opener Thursday night against Missouri State. Knowles was the defensive coordinator at Duke for seven years before joining the Cowboys during the offseason. Duke ranked in the top 25 nationally in scoring and total defense last season. Oklahoma State's players like the possibilities as they try to improve a unit that ranked 79th nationally in total defense and 116th in passing yards allowed last season. "I feel as if this defense i...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A teachers union has endorsed Democratic Sen. Laura Kelly in her bid for Kansas governor, casting her as an ally to education and warning her opponents will hurt schools. The National Education Association's Kansas chapter released a list Tuesday of recommended candidates for statewide, congressional and legislative races, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported . The chapter said it evaluated the candidates through interviews and by reviewing their voting record. Kelly has supported efforts to comply with state Supreme Court o...
ABILENE, Kan. (AP) — A man arrested in June in Pennsylvania on a Dickinson County warrant involving 150 counts of rape is back in Kansas. The Hays Post reports 44-year-old Eric Millsap, of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, arrived in Abilene on Monday. Dickinson County Attorney Andrea Purvis says he was extradited from the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A criminal complaint says Millsap faces 178 counts including the alleged rapes, which involved a single victim. The crimes allegedly occurred between 2006 and 2015 when he lived i...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge says crews can begin tearing down a 17-story waterslide on which a 10-year-old boy was decapitated when his raft went airborne. The Kansas City Star reports that Wyandotte County District Court Judge Robert Burns said Wednesday that the preservation of the Verruckt slide "traumatizes everyone." The 2016 death of Caleb Schwab at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kansas, led to criminal charges against the company that built the slide and five people, including Schlitterbahn's co-owner. Delays i...
GALESBURG, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a farmer has found human remains while mowing a field in southeast Kansas. Kansas Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Nichole Hamm said in a news release that the remains haven't been identified. They were found Monday morning in Neosho County and have been taken to the Shawnee County Coroner's office for examination. The KBI says the investigation is being treated as a suspicious death....
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A United Nations report released Wednesday on four months of unrest in Nicaragua describes a comprehensive effort of repression by the government that extends from the streets to the courts. The report by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights calls on the government of President Daniel Ortega to immediately halt the persecution of protesters and disarm the masked civilians who have been responsible for many of the killings and arbitrary detentions. More than 300 people have been killed in violence since m...
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A jury ruled Colorado State University did not break the law in its dealings with a former professor who sued the institution, accusing it of retaliation after she complained of sexual harassment. The Coloradoan reports the jury ruled Tuesday that former computer science professor Christina Boucher engaged in protected action when she complained about sexual harassment and the culture for women in the computer sciences department and filed a complaint with the university's Office of Equal Opportunity. But it found B...
