Articles from the September 29, 2017 edition
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Watts leads Rangers in golf season opener
MIDWEST CITY, Okla. – The Northwestern Oklahoma State women's golf team opened up their season Monday at John Conrad Golf Course in the 2017 Fall Oklahoma Baptist Invitational with a team score of 331. Freshman Ashley Watts began her college c...
Alva Cross Country girls take first at Cherokee
The Alva High School cross country team did well at Cherokee on Sept. 16. The girls team placed first overall. RayRay Bell brought home an individual first place and Priscilla Samaniego placed sixth....
Dedication of Dunning Performance Center set for Saturday
ALVA, Okla. – The public dedication of the new Dunning Performance Center will be an official part of Northwestern Oklahoma State University's 2017 Homecoming festivities. The dedication is s...
Pingelton joins co-op family
The Farmers Cooperative Association is excited to announce the recent hire of Kevin Pingelton, who will join the co-op team as manager of the Ampride Tire Center. General Manager Ronnie Truelock...
Numerous bands to participate in Northwestern's homecoming activities Sept. 30
Nearly 1,000 students in bands from across Oklahoma and Kansas will join the Ranger Marching Band by participating in Northwestern Oklahoma State University's homecoming festivities set for Saturday,...
Lehtonen Named Preseason Diver of the Year
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist's Otto Lehtonen is the 2017-18 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men's Preseason Diver of the Year, the league office announced Thursday. Lehtonen is a sophomore from Turku, Finland, that earned First Team All-RMAC s...
Three Lady Bison Earn Preseason Honors
SHAWNEE – Three members of the Oklahoma Baptist women's swimming and diving team were named to the preseason All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference team, it was announced Thursday. Juliana Cifuentes, Victoria Fonville, and Tammy Price each earned the...
Mary edges Southern Nazarene 3-2 in overtime
HAYS, Kan. — Pedro Garcia scored his third goal of the season, but it wasn't enough as Southern Nazarene fell 3-2 to Mary in overtime. The Pirates (3-4-1) scored the game-winning goal on a penalty kick three minutes into overtime. The Crimson S...
Bulldogs Fall Victim to Hat Trick, Harding
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Soccer's winless streak continued against Harding on Thursday after falling to the Lady Bisons 3-2. Bethany Sutherland netted all three goals for HU including two in the second half, forcing the Bulldogs to play from b...
Hillcats Fall, 4-2, at No. 11 St. Edward's
AUSTIN, Texas – The Rogers State men's soccer team fell, 4-2, at No. 11-ranked St. Edward's on Thursday (Sept. 28) at Lewis-Chen Field. The Hillcats (5-3-1, 2-2-1 Heartland Conference) evened the score twice after goals from the No. 11-ranked H...
NO. 19 Arkansas Tech rolls past UAM to 18th straight victory
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - No. 19 Arkansas Tech moved to 18-0 on the season with a three-set victory over Arkansas-Monticello on Thursday. The win also keeps the Golden Suns in first place in the Great American Conference with a 5-0 record. UP NEXT...
UAM Volleyball defeated on the road by #19 ATU
Russellville, Ark. - The University of Arkansas at Monticello volleyball team was taken down on the road by nationally ranked #19 Arkansas Tech by a final score of 3-0 Thursday evening. Final set scores from the match were 16-25, 15-25, and 12-25 in...
Sutherland's Hat Trick Leads Lady Bison Soccer to Victory
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Bethany Sutherland scored her second hat trick of the season in the Harding women's soccer teams 3-2 victory at Southwestern Oklahoma Thursday in Great American Conference action. Harding improves to 3-4-2 overall and 2-1-0 in t...
Supreme Court, new term near, to hear challenge to unions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Its conservative majority restored, the Supreme Court said Thursday it will return to an issue with the potential to financially cripple Democratic-leaning labor unions that represent government workers. After the justices d...
Puerto Ricans say US relief efforts failing them
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Trump administration declared Thursday that its relief efforts in Puerto Rico are succeeding, but people on the island said help was scarce and disorganized while food supplies dwindled in some remote towns eight d...
Mexican rescue dog Frida became symbol of earthquake hope
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Even without rescuing anyone from the rubble after Mexico's big earthquake, a photogenic yellow Labrador retriever named Frida has gained an international social media following. At least 344 people died in the Sept. 19 earthquake,...
AP Exclusive: Chicago nanny no accidental photographer
CHICAGO (AP) — Yawning gaps in the life story of enigmatic Chicago nanny Vivian Maier, whose gritty street photography became a sensation and the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary only after she died, led to early depictions of her as a c...
Sea critters hitchhiked across the Pacific on tsunami debris
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 300 species of fish, mussels and other sea critters hitchhiked across the Pacific Ocean on debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami, washing ashore alive in the United States, researchers reported Thursday. It is the largest a...
Stories from the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Last week Puerto Ricans hunkered down as Hurricane Maria raked the length of the island, killing at least 16 people, wrecking the electricity grid and grinding up homes, businesses, roads and farms. After the storm p...
Senator: Twitter's actions on Russia-linked accounts lacking
WASHINGTON (AP) — Social media giant Twitter told congressional investigators Thursday it has suspended at least two dozen accounts that may have been tied to Russia, but the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee was anything but s...
Iowa's proposed Medicaid cut could signal new GOP strategy
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is seeking permission from President Donald Trump's administration to cut a key benefit for all its Medicaid recipients, a move that could foreshadow other state-level efforts to change the safety net program after C...
Corruption scandal threatens eligibility for college players
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal fraud and bribery scandal shaking college basketball has led to a key question of what will happen to recruits who received money linked to attending certain schools. It could mean the permanent loss of college e...
27 years later, arrest is made in killer-clown case
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — On a May morning in 1990, Marlene Warren answered her front door in an upscale Florida suburb to find a clown in an orange wig, red nose and white face paint handing her carnations and foil balloons. "How pretty!" she exc...
Cheers, tears and hugs as wounded Scalise returns to Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — Greeted by hugs, tears and a roaring standing ovation, a hobbling Majority Whip Steve Scalise returned to the House on Thursday, more than three months after a gunman sprayed fire at a baseball practice and left the lawmaker c...
Russia's Putin visits Turkey as ties between nation's deepen
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Turkey on Thursday for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that focused on the situation in Iraq and Syria along with bilateral trade. Putin's visit came as Turkey and Russia are wo...
