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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Spencer Rattler was the man heading into the season. Now he might not even be the starter. The Oklahoma quarterback had everything going for himself two months ago. He was a preseason Associated Press first-team All-American w...

LAKE VILLAGE, Ark. (AP) — An Oklahoma physician has been jailed on a first-degree murder charge in the death of a woman who was found lying next to a parked vehicle in southeastern Arkansas. Dr. Tyler Tait, 34, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was arrested M...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas has reinstalled a Native American art exhibit that was vandalized in September. Museum officials announced Wednesday that the exhibit, "Native Hosts" by Hock E Aye Vi E...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday effectively approved a new law that will allow employees to opt-out of COVID-19 vaccine requirements, a move by fellow Republicans to challenge federal vaccine mandates. Hutchinson a...

LARNED, Kan. (AP) — Two employees at Larned State Hospital have been charged with helping convicted sexual offender John Freeman Colt escape from the hospital last summer. Rachel Rena Perez, 50, of Larned, and Liliana Guadalupe Houser, 45, of G...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Two people were hospitalized and several others sickened in a carbon monoxide leak inside a Kansas City, Kansas, supermarket, fire department officials there said. Firefighters were called to the El Rio Bravo supermarket a...

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — A large cat native to Africa is on the loose in a suburb north of Detroit after escaping from its owner. The caracal was reported missing around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday in Royal Oak, authorities said. The cat's weight is e...

Happy Birthday To Oct. 14: Dale Wares, Jennifer Whittet, Patricia Dauphin Oct. 15; DeWana Leonard, Kirk Darr, Regina Wilson, Colton Smith Oct. 16: Kriste Wood, Jan Eden Oct. 17: Jackie Smith, Dale Bliss Oct. 18: Carolyn Sample, Hal Frei Oct. 20:...

Happy Anniversary To Oct. 17: Mrs. & Mrs. Kenny Smith, Mr. & Mrs. David West Oct. 20: Mr. & Mrs. Ty Ferguson Oct. 28: Mr. & Mrs. Don Lenhart Oct. 29: Mr. & Mrs. Roger Mitchell (Note: Send corrections, additions to: [email protected] or call...

On Sunday, Oct. 10, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Announcements: We are on Facebook live at 11 a.m. Our Facebook page is Freedom United Methodist Church. UMC District Charge Conference is Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. at the...

Thursday-Friday, Oct. 14-15: Fall Break Thursday, Oct. 14: High school football at Merritt, 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18: No school – Parent-Teacher observed Tuesday, Oct. 19: Second midterm starts Friday, Oct. 22: High school football with Fairview at M...

ALVA, Okla. – After much discussion, members of the Nescatunga Arts Festival committee have voted to postpone the 51st festival from its Nov. 6 date with plans now to continue it in spring 2022. The decision was made to once again err on the side o...

ALVA, Okla. – Kaden Greenfield was just 3 years old when his father, Shawn, first made the National Finals Rodeo as one of the top 15 steer wrestlers in the PRCA. “I was alive for all of his seven qualifications to the NFR, but the only one I remembe...

Alva received 1.16 inches of rainfall in the most recent storms, according to the Mesonet. The May Ranch, located by the Kansas border received 1.30 inches while Freedom measured 0.59 inches. According to the five day rainfall total as of Wednesday,...