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RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - Allie Anderson turned in a 16-kill performance and hit .538, Emily Acker dished out 23 assists, and Madison Grantham added 13 digs as the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns volleyball team (8-6, 2-1 Great American Conference) swept to a...

SEARCY – The Harding volleyball team pushed its winning streak to three matches Thursday after defeating Arkansas-Monticello 3-0 (25-19, 25-15, 25-14) in Great American Conference action. Harding improves to 7-6 on the season and 2-0 in the GAC. Arka...

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Taylor Scalzi collected her third double-double in four games and Courtney Bolf notched 12 kills, as Henderson State extended its winning streak to 11 matches and defeated Southern Arkansas 3-0 (25-12, 25-22, 25-22). The victory mark...

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Freshman setter Lexi Kruse notched her second career double-double, while junior Seven Powers posted six kills behind an efficient .313 attack clip and despite falling in three sets to Henderson State, who won their 11th straight m...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Southern Arkansas Football's Malik Preston was honored nationally on Thursday morning as it was announced that his stellar play in the Muleriders' 28-23 upset win at #7 Harding earned him D2Football.com's Defensive Player of the...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A new council will study the expansion of poultry operations in northeastern Oklahoma as some residents in the region complain of pollution from such facilities. The Coordinating Council on Poultry Growth will be co-chaired by O...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma man who was serving a life term for the hate-crime killing of his Lebanese neighbor has died in prison just months after being sentenced, the state Department of Corrections said Thursday. Stanley Vernon Majors, 6...

ENID, Okla. (AP) — A prosecutor asked the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to decide whether a sheriff will go to trial over the death of an inmate who spent more than two days in a restraint chair. Special prosecutor Chris Boring made the request...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the murder conviction and life sentence of a woman who says she killed her husband in self-defense because of battered woman's syndrome. Thursday's ruling rejected claims by 7...

MINNEAPOLIS, Kan. (AP) — A 35-year-old Maine man was sentenced to life in prison for killing a Kansas man while on a cross-country trip. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Robert Willard Colson, of Bucksport, Maine, was sentenced Thursday t...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas plans to spend more than $4.6 million on election security grants over the next five years as it aims to tighten cyber security, modernize voting equipment, audit election results and safeguard voter rolls, according to a...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas Health System has received a $66 million donation to be used for an inpatient care unit. Health System officials said Thursday the donation from the Sunderland Foundation is the largest gift ever r...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A woman has filed a federal lawsuit accusing a Kansas agency of failing to properly investigate complaints that a high-ranking official offered her a job in exchange for sex and sent her a sexually explicit video. Jennifer G...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 23-year-old Romanian man in the United States illegally pleaded guilty to placing skimming devices on Kansas City-area ATMs. The Kansas City Star reports the devices are used to illegally obtain PINS and debit card n...

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A 19-year-old Salina woman has pleaded guilty to charges arising from an incident last year when she entered a stranger's home after using LSD and repeatedly stabbed him. The Salina Journal reports Amy Ramirez was accused of e...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Two U.S. Air Academy cadets face charges stemming from a hazing incident involving the Colorado school's swim team. The Gazette reports that the criminal charges announced by the academy Thursday are without p...

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — The attorney for the parents of a teen accused in a Texas school shooting that left 10 people dead and 13 wounded is disputing allegations that they were negligent, saying they did what they could for their son. Attorney Ron R...

JULIS, Israel (AP) — An Israeli company says it has come up with a unique item to protect against the threat of school shootings — a bulletproof backpack that transforms into a bulletproof vest. Masada-Armour says its backpack also deploys a pro...

LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — A series of gas explosions an official described as "Armageddon" killed a teenager, injured at least 10 other people and ignited fires in at least 39 homes in three communities north of Boston on Thursday, forcing entire n...

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — A Trump administration advisory committee on Thursday recommended a change in the way energy companies calculate how much money they owe taxpayers for pumping natural gas from public lands. But the U.S. Interior Department's R...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of mayors, climate activists and business leaders from around the world descended Thursday on San Francisco to cheer on efforts to reduce global warming, even after U.S. President Donald J. Trump signaled his disdain f...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving to head off a government shutdown that neither party wants, Congress has overwhelmingly approved a compromise spending bill and pledged agreement on a short-term bill to fund the government through early December. The H...

The world's supply of oil hit a record last month, yet another sign of oil's dominance over the energy landscape. The International Energy Agency said Thursday that the global oil supply reached 100 million barrels a day for the first time ever, boos...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Leer en español. The downfall of Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega has been dizzyingly fast. In January 2018, he...

MOSCOW (AP) — The United States could impose sanctions on a new Russia-Germany gas pipeline, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Thursday during a visit to Moscow. Asked whether sanctions on the undersea Nord Stream 2 pipeline are possible and i...