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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A probe of the Oklahoma State Department of Health is being changed to an investigative audit, meaning it could lead to criminal charges in the wake of the resignations of the agency's top two officials after they were accused o...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Legislation that appropriates $23.3 million to Oklahoma's mental health agency is headed to Gov. Mary Fallin's desk to be signed into law. The measure received final approval in the state Senate on Wednesday. It's the first m...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma state workers are demanding an apology from a legislator who compared them to "terrorists." Television station KOCO reports Republican Rep. John Bennett of Sallisaw made the comments Wednesday on the state House f...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has seen its budget picture improve after officials and university economists issued a new fiscal forecast that was a little more optimistic than the previous one. The state's forecasting group on Thursday increased p...

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A former civilian employee at the Fort Leavenworth hospital has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for setting a female supervisor on fire and attacking her with a razor and scissors. Federal prosecutors say 5...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say an incident near the Kansas State University campus involving a black man's car being scrawled with racist graffiti is being investigated as a possible hate crime. The FBI said Thursday that its Kansas City f...

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — Crystal McKellips can talk with calm clarity about the day in 2008 that she would have died if not for the quick action of her 10-year-old son. A couple of hours before the boy discovered she wasn't breathing and asked another W...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — For decades, World War II veterans were the backbone of the American Legion. But that era of veterans are dying at a rate of a thousand a day, putting the organization that is approaching the century mark at a crossroads, s...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The first female candidate running for statewide office in Kansas this year has made her bid for secretary of state official — even though she's just 17 years old. The Hutchinson News reports that Democrat Lucy Steyer, of the Kan...

DALLAS (AP) — A prototype of the first integrated circuit built at Texas Instruments is expected to sell for $400,000 at auction. Heritage Auctions said it will be offered Saturday in Dallas by the family of Tom Yeargan, a technician who worked w...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) In the wake of car- and truck-based attacks around the world, most recently in New York City, cities are scrambling...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Evolutionary interests of males and females do not always coincide. This is known as sexual conflict: male innovation...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ozone hole over Antarctica shrank to its smallest peak since 1988, NASA said Thursday. The huge hole in Earth's protective ozone layer reached its maximum this year in September, and this year NASA said it was 7.6 million s...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — She knows how to pick a winner. Local media report that Kimberly Morris of Wake Forest scratched off two North Carolina lottery tickets on Monday, winning $1 million on one of the tickets and $10,000 with another. Morris t...

WEEHAWKEN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey couple is suing a construction company after they say they found bottles of urine, rodents and rotten food inside the walls of their newly purchased $2 million luxury condominium. NJ.com reports the couple's h...

WARREN, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say they're looking for a man who pulled out a gun after being told by a McDonald's drive-thru worker there were no Egg McMuffin sandwiches available. Police say the incident occurred shortly after 3:30 a.m. W...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Washington restaurant is offering a special $5 "Moscow Mueller" drink every time special counsel Robert Mueller indicts an associate of President Donald Trump. The Bird DC promoted the offer on Twitter Wednesday and added the h...

SHAWNEE, OKLA. – The East Central University soccer team saw its 2017 season come to an end with a 3-0 loss to Oklahoma Baptist in the Great American Conference Championship Semifinals. Photo Gallery The Tigers (6-8-4, 3-4-4 GAC) saw the Bison (...

WEATHERFORD, OKLA. – The East Central University volleyball team suffered a 3-0 (25-21, 29-27, 25-13) loss at Southwestern Oklahoma State in Great American Conference action. The Tigers (7-22, 2-13 GAC) were led by senior Diana Etienne, with 10 kills...

SHAWNEE – A quick strike by Ruth King and a pair of insurance goals from the penalty spot by Kerregan Edwards and Hannah White in the second half saw No. 1-seeded Oklahoma Baptist drop No. 4 East Central, 3-0, to reach the Great American Conference T...

DURANT, Okla. – Alissa Benson became the Great American Conference's all-time career assists leader and Southeastern picked up its sixth-straight win with a 3-1 victory over Southern Nazarene on Thursday night in Bloomer Sullivan Arena. The win l...

DURANT, Okla. —Southern Nazarene will have to wait until Tuesday to see if it can clinch a spot in the Great American Conference Championships after it fell 3-1 (25-20, 25-21, 22-5, 25-21) Thursday at Southeastern Oklahoma State. The loss for the Cri...

WEATHERFORD, Okla. – In SWOSU Volleyball's first game inside historic Rankin Williams Field House since 2013, the Bulldogs took care of East Central in straight sets (25-21, 29-27, 25-13) to sweep the regular season series against the Tigers. The o...