Articles from the October 27, 2017 edition
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Cherokee Strip Museum welcomes Nancy Denner
The Cherokee Strip Museum invites you to welcome Nancy Denner McGowan back to Alva for the opening of the Nancy Denner Room at the museum. McGowan was Miss Alva, Miss Oklahoma and second runner up in...
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If your kids have moved on, here's a chance to help neglected kids
Each community has many very responsible people who have successfully raised their own children. Often, these empty nesters can use their experience to help the court system make smart decisions regar...
Lucas appointed to National Defense Legislation Conference Committee
Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, Congressman Frank Lucas (R-OK) was appointed by Speaker Paul Ryan to serve on the congressional conference committee for the National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 (...
Soccer Shuts Out Ouachita
ADA – The East Central University soccer team earned a key 1-0 shutout victory over Ouachita Baptist at Tiger Field. The win puts the Tigers in fourth in the Great American Conference standings, with just two matches left to play for the season. E...
Lady Bison Crowned GAC Champions
ALVA, Okla. – In a high-scoring affair, it was a pair of defenders that ended up securing the decisive goal as Oklahoma Baptist clinched the Great American Conference regular season crown on Wednesday night in Alva, dropping Northwestern Oklahoma S...
SWOSU defeats SNU 3-0
WEATHERFORD, Okla. — Southern Nazarene only had one less shot on goal than Southwestern Oklahoma State in a 3-0 defeat Thursday afternoon. The Crimson Storm (4-12-0, 2-8-0 GAC) had seven shots on frame while the Bulldogs (10-3-3, 7-1-3 GAC) t...
Strong Second Half Moves SWOSU Past SNU
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Three second-half goals and a clean sheet on defense gave SWOSU Soccer a 3-0 victory over Southern Nazarene on Thursday afternoon as the Bulldogs went on to sweep the regular-season series against the Crimson Storm in the p...
Hillcats Earn Point with 0-0 Draw at LCU
LUBBOCK, Texas – The Rogers State women's soccer team played to a 0-0 draw at Lubbock Christian on Thursday (Oct. 26) afternoon to clinch at least a top three finish in the Heartland Conference standings. With the decision, the Hillcats moved to 1...
Tigers Fall in Season Finale
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Ouachita Baptist women's soccer team (3-13-1, 3-9 GAC) closed out its regular season in Ada, Oklahoma Thursday afternoon with a 1-0 loss against East Central (6-6-4, 3-3-4 GAC). The Tigers finished the match with 20 total s...
AP Explains: Long-secret JFK assassination files released
BOSTON (AP) — The public is getting a look at thousands of secret government files related to President John F. Kennedy's assassination, but hundreds of other documents will remain under wraps for now. The government was required by Thursday to r...
Tillerson again insists Syrian leader Assad must go
GENEVA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson doubled down Thursday on Washington's call for Syrian President Bashar Assad to leave power, looking past recent battlefield gains by his Russian-backed forces to insist that "the reign of the A...
Experts blame Syria for chemical weapons attack in April
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Experts from the U.N. and the chemical weapons watchdog are blaming Syria's government for a sarin nerve gas attack that killed over 90 people last April. Their report, obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, says leaders o...
Trump holding back some JFK files, others are out
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump blocked the release of hundreds of records on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, bending to CIA and FBI appeals, while the National Archives came out Thursday night with a hefty cache of o...
Companies are looking for diverse ad teams to avoid blunders
NEW YORK (AP) — CoverGirl executive Ukonwa Ojo was struck when the team from an ad agency entered the room to pitch ideas for revamping the cosmetic company's image. For the first time in Ojo's more than 20-year career in business, she found h...
Harvey Weinstein sues former company over emails, records
NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein sued his former company on Thursday, seeking access to emails, his personnel file and other records he contends may exonerate him from multiple allegations of sexual harassment and assault. W...
Trump declares US opioid emergency but pledges no new money
WASHINGTON (AP) — In ringing and personal terms, President Donald Trump on Thursday pledged that "we will overcome addiction in America," declaring opioid abuse a national public health emergency and announcing new steps to combat what he d...
Trump signs $36.5 billion emergency aid bill for disasters
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a $36.5 billion emergency aid measure on Thursday to refill disaster accounts, provide a cash infusion to Puerto Rico and bail out the federal flood insurance program. The president signed the bill a...
NY woman missing since '75 found alive in Massachusetts
MONTICELLO, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who disappeared from upstate New York after being dropped off for a doctor's appointment 42 years ago has been found suffering from dementia and living in an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, authorities s...
APNewsBreak: Georgia election server wiped after suit filed
A computer server crucial to a lawsuit against Georgia election officials was quietly wiped clean by its custodians just after the suit was filed, The Associated Press has learned. The server's data was destroyed July 7 by technicians at the Center...
Russian editor says newspaper plans to arm its journalists
MOSCOW (AP) — The editor of Russia's most prominent opposition newspaper says he intends to arm his staff with guns that fire rubber bullets amid growing concern about attacks on journalists. Novaya Gazeta editor Dmitry Muratov discussed his plans t...
House backs $4T budget, faces challenges on Trump tax plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans powered a $4 trillion budget through the House on Thursday by a razor-thin margin, a close vote underscoring the difficulties that lie ahead in delivering President Donald Trump's promise to cut taxes. For now, R...
Misplaced monarchs: Clusters of butterflies stuck up north
WASHINGTON (AP) — Monarch butterflies, those delicate symbols of spring and summer, should mostly be in Texas by now, winging their way to Mexico for the winter. But Darlene Burgess keeps seeing colorful clusters of them — and she lives in Can...
US agrees to pay tea party groups in suits over IRS scrutiny
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has agreed to what a lawyer described as a "very substantial" payout to hundreds of tea party groups to settle a class-action lawsuit over the extra, often burdensome IRS scrutiny they received when a...
Ryan: People don't care about senator's concerns about Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Remember the extraordinary public clash this week between two Republican senators and President Donald Trump? House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that people aren't interested. Ryan waded into — and quickly out of — that dispu...
