Articles from the September 9, 2018 edition
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Bison Knock Off Southeastern, 34-28
SHAWNEE – For the first time in its NCAA era, Oklahoma Baptist knocked off Southeastern Oklahoma State and holds a 2-0 record after its 34-28 win Saturday. The Bison last won two games to open the season in its last NAIA year in 2014 and had gone...
SE Volleyball Drops Two at GAC-MIAA Crossover
EDMOND, Okla. – Day two of the GAC/MIAA Crossover was a tough one for Southeastern as it dropped both matchups on the day, first falling 3-0 to Central Oklahoma before finishing the event with a 3-0 loss to Emporia State. The losses drop the...
SNU downs Fort Hays State and Missouri Southern State
SHAWNEE, Okla. — Southern Nazarene closed out the weekend without dropping a set as it swept both Fort Hays State and Missouri Southern State to close out the GAC/MIAA Crossover. SNU (6-7) downed the Tigers (26-24, 27-25, 25-23) before outlasting...
SNU drops its second straight game on the road 4-0 to LCU
LUBBOCK, Texas — Southern Nazarene tallied nine shots in a 4-0 loss on the road to Lubbock Christian on Saturday afternoon. The Crimson Storm (1-3) placed four shots on goal, as the Chaps (2-1) landed seven of their 13 shot attempts on goal. LCU...
SWOSU Soccer Gets Second Straight Win
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The SWOSU Soccer team earned their second straight win defeating Lubbock Christian 2-0. The Bulldogs jumped out to an early 1-0 lead and would carry that momentum through the whole game, as they would fire off 24 shots in the c...
SWOSU Sees Win Streak Snapped by Ichabods
LUBBOCK, Texas – Bulldog Volleyball was unable to maintain the momentum of a first-set win as Washburn took the next three sets for a 3-1 victory over SWOSU on Saturday at the LCU Chap Classic. The loss stops a school record seven-game winning...
Volleyball Sweeps Spring Hill in Argo Bash
PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Harding volleyball team swept Spring Hill 3-0 (25-11, 25-18, 25-9) Saturday on the final day of the Argo Bash. Harding improves to 5-6 on the season. Spring Hill falls to 4-4. FIRST SET Harding took an 8-2 lead in the first se...
Hundreds gather for opening of ambitious $465M Tulsa park
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered for the opening of a $465 million park — one of the largest in the country — along the Arkansas River in Tulsa. The public park, known as the Gathering Place, will initially be about 66...
Oklahoma voters can update information online soon
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma voters wanting to change their party affiliation or their address can now do so online for the first time starting Monday. The Oklahoma State Election Board is releasing a new online form for registered voters to...
Family of boy who drowned in Pacific Ocean sues Oregon city
SEASIDE, Ore. (AP) — The family of an Oklahoma teenager who drowned in the ocean while visiting the Oregon coast has filed a $3.6 million lawsuit against the city of Seaside. The Daily Astorian reports that 14-year-old Conner Miguel Wu Moore, of...
Trial ordered for 2 in deaths of pair from Colorado, Kansas
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A judge has ordered two men to stand trial in the shooting deaths of a man and woman in Colorado Springs. The Gazette reported Saturday that 20-year-old Nashid Rayon Rivers and 19-year-old Marquis Dantre Hazard are...
Kansas State Fair offers unusual deep fried food, new shows
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas State Fair is welcoming some unusual food vendors and new attractions this year, from deep fried Pina Coladas to an inaugural Bread Sculpture contest. The fair in Hutchinson opened Friday, featuring a food lineup...
Kansas elementary teacher indicted on child sex charge
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — An elementary school teacher in Kansas City, Kansas, has been charged with sexual solicitation of a minor. The Kansas City Star reports 42-year-old Jason Crum, of Shawnee, was charged Friday on a felony count of sexual...
Kansas man pleads no contest in young son's death in bathtub
SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A Salina man whose young son was found dead in a bathtub last year has pleaded no contest in the boy's death. In a plea agreement filed last week, 44-year-old Michael Ray Hatfield agreed to plead no contest to one count of...
Kansas woman sentenced for Social Security fraud
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 50-year-old Wellington woman has been sentenced six months in prison and ordered to pay more than $86,000 in restitution for fraudulently collecting Social Security benefits. U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said Amy...
Texas teacher sentenced to 8 years for sex with student
HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston area teacher has been sentenced to eight years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old student. The Houston Chronicle reports that 24-year-old Michelle Schiffer had been facing up to 20 years in prison after she...
Kansas family helps form group to aid foster children
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — Lacy and Tom Nickelson didn't realize the critical need for foster care services in southeastern Kansas until they began working with children in police protective custody two years ago. Children are placed in police protecti...
Pettis barn weathered 2 tornadoes, being dismantled
SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — After weathering nearly eight decades and two notable tornadoes, a piece of Pettis County's farming history is slowly being dismantled. The Reine dairy barn, built in 1939 by Robert R. Reine and Charlie Allcorn and now owned by...
Kansas high school program offers lessons in agriculture
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — It's bath day for the pet rats and ferrets at Southeast High School in Wichita. Kenneth Borja gently lifts one of the rats — Zeus, Poseidon or Hades, it's hard to tell which — out of his cage. He carries the animal to the...
KU journalism project tells stories of historic buildings
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Downtown Lawrence's old brick and stone buildings, some marked with names and dates from centuries past, are a call to the curious. And now, those wanting to know more about the storefronts, people and events that populated do...
Wichita 6-year-old's card game is bow-wowing gamers
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A year ago, Chloe Pritchett was 5, and as part of a home school lesson on medieval times, she and her mom, Libby, played the kid-friendly card game "Sleeping Queens." Chloe loved the game, but she really loved the story of the...
From traditional farms to niche farming, agriculture evolves
NICKTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Walking around his Blue Goose Farm one July afternoon, Scott Farabaugh described his day-to-day life as a farmer: Planting crops with his hands, eating meals with his family, trying new growing techniques, watching his...
Indian school legacy presents a conflicted point-of-view
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — The experiment began with native children crying out in the night. Cold, tired and lonely, they were in a strange place far from their homeland, far from their tribe. Their first introduction to Carlisle was on a train pulling...