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WAGONER, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says divers searching the Verdigris River just south of Wagoner for the gun used in a nearly 20-year-old unsolved homicide were unsuccessful. OSBI spokeswoman Brooke Arbeitman says d...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in the July 2018 beating and stabbing deaths of his estranged wife and her cousin. The Capital-Journal reports that 41-year-old Bradley Sportsman, of H...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Kansas City man shot by police after officers say he tried to hit them with his vehicle has been charged with several criminal counts. The Kansas City Star reports that the Jackson County Prosecutor's O...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Police in Topeka have identified a man killed in an overnight shooting. Topeka police say in a news release that officers were called to a northeast Topeka neighborhood around 2 a.m. Saturday for a report of gunshots. Arriving o...

Survivor advocates credit increase in reported rapes to undefined TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Crime statistics show that reports of sexual assault nearly doubled at Oklahoma's two largest public universities from 2016 to 2018, which advocates suggest c...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas apologized for its risque Late Night at the Phog event in which rapper Snoop Dogg performed, stripper poles were wheeled onto the Allen Fieldhouse floor and fake money was shot over the heads of p...

LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — People who live near a Colorado cement plant are raising concern about dust. The group Save Our St. Vrain Valley recently filed a report with Boulder County Public Health about dust clouds rising from Cemex's Lyons plant. L...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Zac Hanson of the pop music band Hanson is recovering following a motorcycle crash in Oklahoma this week. The 33-year-old Hanson said in posts on Twitter, Facebook and the Tulsa-based band's website that he is recovering after s...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Museum of the Bible in Washington quietly replaced an artifact purported to be one of a handful of miniature Bibles that a NASA astronaut carried to the moon in 1971 after an expert questioned its authenticity. The move f...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Good Life is far from sweet for the honeybee these days. The official Nebraska state insect is feeling the sting of agricultural chemicals, unfavorable weather, flooding and mites, according to beekeepers big and small. K... Full story

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A national outbreak of a vaping-related lung illness is increasing pressure in Kansas to consider new regulations for vaping and tobacco products. One of the suggestions getting attention is raising the age for purchasing n...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The American Countess is set to join the American Queen Steamboat Co.'s fleet in April. The company offers Mississippi River cruises that call on New Orleans, Baton Rouge and St. Francisville. The Advocate reports the C...

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry is suing The Sun and the Daily Mirror, two of Britain's most popular tabloid newspapers, over alleged phone hacking. Buckingham Palace confirmed Saturday that claims regarding "illegal interception of voicemail messages" w...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing an impeachment inquiry, President Donald Trump is turning to a familiar playbook to defend himself: attacking his investigators , blasting the inquiry as illegal and deriding the process as all-but-rigged. Many facts are g...

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — The University of Illinois' engineering college and a company led by a graduate of the school are partnering on a technology center. The $100 million Center for Networked Intelligent Components and Environments will develop t...

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Stepping into the newly completed Mosaic Backyard Universe is more like stepping off a back porch with a direct view of the solar system and the inner workings of a tree all while digging up fossils, and it was designed to f...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Wal-Mart employee has sued the company after suspecting she was fired for complaining about not getting adequate break time to pump breast milk for her 5-month-old baby. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Friday that M...

ENID, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma woman was shot in the thigh when a dog inside the vehicle with her jumped onto a back seat console, causing a gun under the console to fire. The Enid News & Eagle reports that Tina Springer was in the passenger seat o...

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Northwestern Oklahoma State football team went on the road and suffered a 47-7 loss at the hands of Henderson State. The Rangers struggled to get things going and were outgained on the afternoon by a final total of 393 y...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Northwestern Oklahoma State University men's cross country team took the course in the 31st Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival, hosted by the University of Arkansas, turning in a 26th place finish. Kory Wilson put his n...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Camille Lear of the Northwestern Oklahoma State University women's cross country team moved up in the NWOSU record books at the 31st Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival, hosted by the University of Arkansas. Lear moved into t...

CLAREMORE, Okla. – Rogers State Men's Soccer picked up a 2-0 victory in Great American Conference play, defeating Northeastern State 2-0 Friday night at DeLoache Field. Callum Hubble scored his first goal of the season and Jake Simpson added his s...

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Southeastern offense posted its best yardage output of the season, racking up 454 yards against sixth-ranked Ouachita Baptist, but were bitten by a pair of turnovers which were both turned into points in a 27-14 road loss o...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The United States showed off the speed and depth of its squad to win three gold medals on the final day of the world track championships. U.S. runners won the men's and women's 4x400-meter relays, and U.S. women finished first a...