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Happy Birthday to Sept. 13: Bret Nixon, Crystal Schroeder, Ty Harper, Wyatt Woodson, Mary Stewart Melkus Sept. 14: Lawson King Sept. 16: Amanda Schroeder Sept. 17: Clark Schultz, Shane Justice Sept. 19: Janet Bliss, Jason Thompson, Tiffini Darr,...

Happy Anniversary To Sept. 15: Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Wares Sept. 16: Mr. & Mrs. Reuben Koehn Sept. 22: Mr. & Mrs. C. R. Nixon Sept. 25: Mr. & Mrs. Wade Walker (Note: Send corrections, additions to: [email protected] or call 800...

Sunday, Sept. 9, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger “Happy Birthday” was sung to Debbie Brown Announcements: Admin Council Meeting, Sept. 20, 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Bible stu...

General Fund John Deere Financial (Atwoods July 2018 – Dec. 2018) – $1000 VISA (supplies July 2018 – Dec. 2018) – $5000 OEDA (annual dues) – $75 U.S. Postal Service (annual box fee) – $56 H&A Pest Control (spray) – $50 JC Supply Products (ins...

Freedom Public Schools will host a book fair in the Freedom Library Sept. 17–20 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be extended hours on Sept. 20 to accommodate the parent-teacher conferences held until 9 p.m. The goal is to sell over $700. S...

DURANT, Oklahoma – Oklahoma Baptist volleyball moved to 2-0 in conference play with a 3-0 (25-11, 25-20, 25-19) sweep of Southeastern Oklahoma State on Tuesday night in Durant at Bloomer Sullivan Gym. It is the fourth straight season for OBU to s...

DURANT, Okla. – After an outstanding performance in the GAC Preview Event at Lake Hefner GC in Oklahoma City, Okla., Zach James has been named the Great American Conference Male Golfer of the Week. It was a record-setting week as his final round 6...

DURANT, Okla. – Errors proved costly for Southeastern as the Savage Storm dropped the Great American Conference opener versus Oklahoma Baptist 3-0 on Tuesday night in Bloomer Sullivan Gymnasium. The Savage Storm slip to 4-9 overall and 0-1 in l...

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – After taking home the individual medalist honor at the NSU Golf Classic, SWOSU senior golfer Gloria Choi has been named the GAC Golfer of the Week. The award was announced by the conference office on Wednesday afternoon. Choi e...

BETHANY, Okla. – For the first time since 2012, the SWOSU Volleyball team left the Sawyer Center victorious after defeating Southern Nazarene 3-1 (25-21, 25-22, 25-27, 25-19) on Tuesday evening in Bethany. SWOSU controlled the first set, but had t...

SEARCY, Ark.– Hunter Eshnaur and Allie Anderson dished out 11 kills apiece, but the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns volleyball team (7-6, 1-1 Great American Conference) was unable to overcome the hot hitting of Harding (6-6, 1-0), falling 3-1 to the L...

SEARCY – The Harding volleyball team defeated Arkansas Tech 3-1 (20-25, 25-11, 25-20, 25-22) Tuesday to open its Great American Conference season. It was also the Lady Bisons home opener. Harding improves to 6-6 on the season and 1-0 in the GAC. A...

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Ouachita volleyball team got off to a hot and fast start on Tuesday evening and never looked back as they defeated Southern Arkansas 25-23, 25-17 and 25-19. Ouachita (11-3, 2-0 GAC) has now won their conference home opener i...

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Southern Arkansas Volleyball suffered a straight sets defeat (23-25, 17-25, 19-25) on Tuesday night at the hands of one of the Great American Conference's top offensive teams in the Ouachita Tigers. The Muleriders fall to 3-9 o...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man already serving life in prison on a murder charge has been sentenced to an additional 20 years of punishment for running a drug ring from behind bars. Court records show 36-year-old Slint Kenneth Tate was s...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma gun advocates are pushing back after a new Tulsa park turned away people carrying handguns, arguing that the new riverfront park isn't abiding by state law. Three individuals with handguns, including an Oklahoma Second Am...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — An arrest warrant for a gymnastics coach facing sex abuse charges in Texas and Oklahoma alleges he put his hands inside girls' leotards. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the Oklahoma warrant accuses 51-year-old Skipper G...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — A Cherokee Nation official says medical marijuana won't be legal on the Oklahoma-based tribe's property even though the state's voters approved use of the plant. The Cherokee Phoenix reports Cherokee Nation Assistant A...

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — An Olathe woman already charged with trying to kill her three children is now accused of seeking a hit man to kill her ex-husband. Therese Irene Roever was charged Wednesday with a second attempted capital murder charge for p...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Food Bank officials say an expanded Wichita warehouse will allow the organization to provide 1 million more meals across the state. Debi Kreutzman, spokeswoman for the organization, says in a news release that the food b...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a Kansas sheriff's deputy was demoted because he couldn't succeed at the police academy and not because of alleged discrimination based on his sexual orientation. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree last m...

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A civil rights group alleges that staff at a privately run Kansas prison repeatedly disparaged a Muslim woman for wearing a headscarf and ordered her to take it off before she left her cell. Washington-based Muslim A...