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SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist's Sydney Lawrence earned the initial Great American Conference Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week award for 2018, the league announced Wednesday. Lawrence won the UCO Land Run on the course that will serve as the v...

IRVING, Texas – The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame released Wednesday a list of 1,200 student-athletes who have already earned their undergraduate degrees and will be playing college football this fall while pursuing s...

WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Much to the delight of a large home crowd at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center, the SWOSU Volleyball team dispatched of East Central in straight sets on Tuesday night, picking up a 3-0 victory to improve to 5-1 on the year while...

CLAREMORE, Okla. – The Rogers State women's soccer team scored two goals in the first 27 minutes en route to a 3-0 victory over Rockhurst on Tuesday (Sept. 4) at Soldier Field. With the victory, the navy and red moved to 2-0-0 early in the 2018 c...

OLATHE, Kan. – Heavy rain washed out the final round of the Central Region Preview here Wednesday, making the opening round scores final. As a result the Arkansas Tech Golden Sun women's golf team tied for second place, while senior Peerada Piddon c...

ARKADELPHIA, Ark – Ouachita 3, Monticello 0 The Ouachita Tigers defeated the Monticello Cotton Blossoms in straight sets Tuesday night, 3-0. The undefeated Tigers improve to 9-0 on the season, as well as 1-0 in the Great American Conference. Set o...

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Southern Arkansas opened Great American Conference play on Tuesday night with the first of sixteen scheduled matches against league opponents, but fell to preseason favorite Arkansas Tech in three sets inside Tucker Coliseum. O...

OLATHE, Kan. – Northeastern State started the year on the right foot claiming a team championship on Wednesday at the Central Region Preview. Teams were only able to get through one hole before course conditions deteriorated to the point that the f...

Bolivar, Mo. - The Bearcats hosted their first game of the season Tuesday evening, taking on Hannibal-LaGrange. Southwest Baptist took down Hannibal-LaGrange 3-0, bringing their record to 2-7 on the year. The sets finished with scores of 25-21,...

Sunday, Sept. 2, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Candles were lit by Jack Wilson Happy Birthday was sung to Jack Wilson for his sixth birthday. Invocation by Pastor Todd Finley Call to...

Happy Birthday To 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 King, Logan Murray Sept. 11: Jerrod Reed, Tyson Bliss Sept. 12: Ladena...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A casino legalization proposal that two Native American tribes have each contributed more than $1 million to support was approved Wednesday to appear on the Arkansas ballot in November. Secretary of State Mark Martin's office...

WEWOKA, Okla. (AP) — A Seminole County jury has convicted a man on two counts of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of two people in Seminole. Court records show 25-year-old Kadetrix Grayson was convicted Tuesday of killing 30-year-old S...

MOUND CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 33-year-old Pittsburg man was sentenced to life in prison for the 2016 killings of two family members. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said David Patrick McNabb was sentenced Wednesday to life with no chance of p...

MEDICINE LODGE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas undersheriff who fatally shot a man with a beanbag round last year was charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter. Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents on Wednesday arrested Barber County Undersheriff V...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — One of Republican Kris Kobach's main opponents said Wednesday that he is not qualified to serve as Kansas governor because of his tough stance against illegal immigration and because he promises to pursue state policies meant t...

ANDOVER, Kan. (AP) — Fire officials say a 65-year-old man who was pulled from a house fire in Andover has died. Andover Fire and Rescue Chief Chad Russell said in a news release the man was rescued from a home in Andover Tuesday night but died W...

MANKATO, Kan. (AP) — A fund has been established to help two Jewell County sheriff deputies who were shot on duty last week. Authorities say the deputies were shot by a 40-year-old man who walked into the sheriff's office, asked to see a deputy a...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say two women have been killed in a Wichita crash. The Wichita Eagle reports that the crash happened Tuesday afternoon as the women were turning left. Wichita police Officer Paul Cruz says the driver of a sport u...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic makeover is in full swing. With just a few primaries remaining before the decisive midterm elections in November, voters have dramatically reshaped the Democratic Party to become younger, more diverse and unquestionab...

NEW YORK (AP) — Technology companies dropped Wednesday as Facebook and Twitter executives testified before Congress. Consumer-focused companies like Amazon and Netflix also slumped. Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO J...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House hearing about social media censorship was briefly interrupted as a protester stood up and yelled at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Republican Missouri Rep. Billy Long drowned her out using his auctioneering skills. A woman s...