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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Half a century ago, the Nebraska-Oklahoma rivalry games offered a grand stage for the best Black college football players while the South dragged its feet on integration. With Nebraska's Johnny Rodgers, Rich Glover and Willie Harper and Oklahoma's Greg Pruitt, Joe Washington, Rod Shoate and brothers Lee Roy, Lucious and Dewey Selmon leading the way, the programs dominated with stars most schools in the South wouldn't even recruit. After Texas became the last all-white team to win a national title in 1969, Nebraska and Oklah...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge ordered Kansas on Wednesday to pay a total of $1.42 million to attorneys who succeeded in getting the federal courts to strike down a state law requiring new voters to show papers documenting their U.S. citizenship when registering. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson ruled the attorneys suing the Kansas secretary of state's office over the law should receive more than $1.07 million to cover their fees and another $350,000 for litigation expenses. The lawyers had initially sought more than $3.3 million. The p...
WICHITA, Kansas (AP) — A 7-year-old Arizona girl was killed Tuesday in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 50 in in southwest Kansas. The child, Isabella Rodriguez-Rivera, was a passenger in a Volkswagen Tiguan that tried to pass a vehicle at around 1:50 p.m. near the highway's intersection with County Road 118 in Ford County, the Kansas Highway Patrol said. A 29-year-old woman from Mesa, Arizona, who was driving the Volkswagon east on the highway struck a Ford Transit 250 head-on on the westbound shoulder. Both vehicles went into the ditch, the W...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is indicating that she's wary of President Joe Biden's mandate that companies with 100 or more employees require their workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing. The Democratic governor said Tuesday at an economic development event in Lawrence that she needs to hear more details, the Lawrence Journal-World reported. Her office issued a statement last week to that effect the day after the Democratic president announced vaccine mandates affecting up to 100 million A...
Happy Birthday To Sept. 16: Amanda Schroeder Sept. 17: Clark Schultz, Shane Justice Sept. 19: Janet Bliss, Jason Thompson, Tiffini Darr Sept. 20: Rena Powers, Mary Sample, Charlene Rohrer Sept. 22: Cody Ferguson Sept. 23: Lynn Haney Sept. 24: Neil Erisman, Sue Reed, Sandy Schroeder, Julie Wyckoff Sept. 25: Kelli Erisman Sept. 27: Vanessa Nailon Sept. 28: Matt Bilyeu, Arlee Hope Reed Sept. 29: Zandi Rankin, Judy Smith Oct. 1: Christina Fisher Oct. 2: Nichole Costello, Chris Harris Oct. 3: Tera Darr, Jaden Lloyd Oct. 4: Crystal Wares, Victor...
Happy Anniversary To Sept. 22: Mr. & Mrs. C. R. Nixon Sept. 23: Mr. & Mrs. Matt Tune Sept. 25: Mr. & Mrs. Wade Walker (Note: Send corrections, additions to: [email protected] or call 580-327-2200)...
On Sunday, Sept. 12, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Announcement: We are on Facebook live at 11 a.m. Our Facebook page is Freedom United Methodist Church. Call to Worship – Psalm 36:5-10 led by Debra Brown Opening Hymn – “Come, Thou Almighty King” led by Debra Brown Affirmation of Faith led by Bruce Stansberry Gloria Patri Hymn of Justifying Grace – “My Hope is Built” Offertory Prayer by Bruce Stansberry Presenting our Tithes and Gifts – Usher Jan Eden Doxology The Morning Message – “Obedience,” Jane...
Friday, Sept. 17: Fall Picture Day Friday, Sept. 17: High school football vs. Woodland at Mooreland, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18: Robotics kickoff Friday, Sept. 24: High school football vs. Thomas at Mooreland, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28: Northwest COLT Officer Training in Enid Sept. 28-Oct. 10: Tulsa State Fair Friday, Oct. 1: High school football at BFDC, 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8: High school football vs Texhoma at Mooreland, 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10: Parent-Teacher Conferences, 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11: Parent-Teacher Conferences, 4-7 p.m....
Active Covid-19 case numbers have decreased by 32 this week. The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) report on Sept. 15 showed Woods County with 40 cases, down from the 72 reported on Sept. 8. The report also showed one additional death in the county. Numbers are also down in the state with 23,533 active cases on Sept. 15 compared to 27,332 a week ago. However, 76 of the state's 77 counties are now at the orange risk level, none are at the yellow level, and one (Harmon County) is in the... Full story
For the third time, Freedom school district voters failed to pass a school bond proposal. In Tuesday, Sept. 14, voting, 58.02 percent voted in favor with 41.98 percent against. A 60 percent majority is needed for passage. Of the 162 people voting Tuesday, 94 voted in favor and 68 against. After the first bond proposal failed, the list of improvements was split into two separate propositions with the hope that voters might at least pass one. Those were rejected. The most recent proposal for $350,000 was pared down to replace exterior windows,... Full story
The board of trustees for the Town of Freedom met Wednesday, Sept. 8, in another contentious gathering. The town's new lawyer, Drew Cunningham, was present at the meeting, along with trustees Kama Luddington and Matt Bixler. Town Clerk Cindy Reed and Fire Chief Pebbles Luddington were also at the table, and office manager Dawn Wares and Jennifer Firgard, the town's grant consultant, were present. Once the Pledge of Allegiance and Lord's Prayer were recited, conflict was apparent with the meeting's first agenda item: whether to approve minutes... Full story
