Articles from the September 9, 2016 edition
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No. 14 Oklahoma looks to rebound vs. ULM after Houston loss
NORMAN, Okla. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — Oklahoma has been against the ropes before. Just last season, the Sooners unexpectedly lost to Texas, and Oklahoma was considered an afterthought in the national title race. Oklahoma rallied, won seven strai...
5 Things For Week 2 of the college football season
Week two of the college football season is quite a letdown after a loaded first weekend. Still, there are plenty of things to keep an eye on. BEST GAME Arkansas at No. 15 TCU. Not a lot from which to choose on the menu this week, but the Horned...
Oklahoma State reports enrollment numbers for fall semester
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — Oklahoma State University is reporting a decline in total enrollment for the fall 2016 semester, despite a record number of undergraduate students. OSU said Friday that total enrollment on the S...
Additional bridge inspections after quake finds no damage
PAWNEE, Okla. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — An expanded inspection of bridges following a record 5.8 magnitude earthquake near Pawnee found no significant damage, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation said Friday. State highway system bridges w... Full story
3.8 magnitude quake rattles central Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — A 3.8 magnitude earthquake has rattled part of central Oklahoma. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake was recorded at 9:06 p.m. Thursday near the city of Spencer, which is northwest of O...
2 found dead in rural Pittsburg County died from gunshots
BACHE, Okla. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says two women who were found dead in a car last month in Pittsburg County died from gunshot wounds. OSBI spokeswoman Jessica Brown says authorities are still i...
Economist says modest improvement in Oklahoma manufacturing
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — An official with the Oklahoma City Branch of the Federal Reserve of Kansas City says he sees modest improvement in the expectations for future manufacturing activity in Oklahoma. Branch vice president and e...
Lawrence jeweler and metalsmith gets national recognition
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — The chance of hearing a jeweler talk about the beauty of cement, coal or industrial latex within a conversation about engagement rings is just about as likely as hearing a construction foreman asking for m...
Wood carver finds fun after the fear
CHILLICOTHE, Kan. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — Steve Holt laughs when reflecting on what he regards as three stages of emotion when creating public art. The first stage: fear. "You go, 'Can I really do this?' I'm right out here in front of e... Full story
Kansas man who stabbed his wife sentenced to probation
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — The man who stabbed his wife at a Lawrence motel will serve intensive probation. Navinkumar Patel, of Shawnee, was sentenced Thursday to five years and eight months of probation in Johnson County. He s...
Former CIA director set to talk during Kansas Book Festival
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — Former CIA Director Michael Hayden is expected to give a presentation during the annual Kansas Book Festival at the Statehouse. Hayden is scheduled to speak Saturday afternoon in the House chamber about t...
Former Lawrence mayor pleads not guilty to embezzlement
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — A former Lawrence mayor has pleaded not guilty to a federal embezzlement charge, but his attorney says his client might reconsider. The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/2c8DiBS) reports Jeremy Farmer i...
Lawrence City Commission issues letters after sit-in
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — The Lawrence City Commission has issued letters of solidarity with Black Lives Matter and American Indians protesting the Dakota Access pipeline after about 20 people staged a sit-in. The protesters' sit-in...
Flooding closes roads, schools in southern Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — Flooding closed roads and schools in southern Kansas on Friday after the area was inundated with rain. The heaviest rainfall was in south-central Kansas, where 6 to 10 inches fell in a deluge that started T...
Kansas college cancels speaker after anti-abortion backlash
WICHITA, Kan. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — A Catholic university in Wichita canceled a scheduled talk by Kansas Supreme Court Justice Carol Beier because of concerns about a backlash from people who oppose abortion. Beier was scheduled to speak F...
Missouri graduate students call for union recognition
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — Graduate and professional students at the University of Missouri are asking the schools to recognize their graduate assistants' union among other requests. The Graduate Professional Council passed four r...
Ex-sergeant sues Missouri Highway Patrol in drowning case
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — A retired sergeant who spoke out after a handcuffed Iowa man drowned is suing three Missouri Highway Patrol officials, saying they conspired against him and forced him to retire early. Randy Henry f...
St. Louis police: Boy behind 2 robbery attempts
ST. LOUIS (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — A 12-year-old boy is in juvenile custody in St. Louis, accused of two separate robbery attempts. Police say both crimes happened Wednesday near Tower Grove Park. The boy was riding a bike with other boys when h...
Arkansas consumers notified about $45M smoking settlement
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — A monthlong advertising campaign has begun to notify potential Arkansas claimants in a preliminary $45 million settlement with the manufacturer of Marlboro Lights and Marlboro Ultra Lights cigarettes. C...
Crop damage caused by Arkansas rains could top $40 million
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — Record-setting rainfall in Arkansas last month may cost row crop farmers $40 million to $50 million. That's according to a preliminary report issued by the University of Arkansas System Division of A...
Burritos in the sky: Chipotle tests drone deliveries
NEW YORK (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — Flying burritos will soon be a reality over Virginia Tech. Chipotle is taking part in a test this month that will let some of the university's students and staff have their favorite tortilla-wrapped meal delivere...
Study: Five-second rule is too generous for fallen food
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — It might be time to reconsider the five-second rule when thinking about eating food that has fallen on the floor. Researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey say in a new study that bacteria can c...
Boy discovers rare dinosaur skull during summer vacation
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — A Colorado museum says an 8-year-old boy discovered a rare dinosaur skull during his summer vacation. Lachlan Barrett of Florida uncovered the 140-million-year-old skull on the Museums of Western C... Full story
When creeks dry up, where do the fish go?
EVANSTON, Wyo. (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — It's an enigma — baking in a vanishing stream parched by drought: If a river dries up, where do the fish go? That unusual question — focused on a fish species most people have never heard of — has launche... Full story
ATM at Ohio school doles out next best thing to cash: pizza
CINCINNATI (AP, posted Sept. 9, 2016) — A newly installed ATM at an Ohio university is doling out the next best thing to money — pizza. Xavier (ZAYV'-yur) University in Cincinnati has partnered with a French company to install the first Pizza ATM...
