Articles from the November 24, 2016 edition
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Freedom birthdays and anniversaries
Happy Birthday To Nov. 24: Shirley Morris, Terry Hodgson, Eldon Murray Nov. 26: Paula Fuqua, Shalyn Bliss Nov. 27: Gary Wise, Denise Valli, Shellie Reider Nov. 29: Sheli Breshears, Hammons Hepner, Bonnie Wares, Carol Bowers, Darol Wilson, Irene Bush...
Freedom Board of Education 2017 meeting schedule
The Freedom Board of Education will hold regularly scheduled meetings in the library of the Freedom High School Building, 1138 Eagle Pass, Freedom, Oklahoma, beginning at 7 p.m. on the following dates: January 16, 2017 February 21, 2017 March 27,...
Freedom school calendar
Wednesday, Nov. 23 – Friday, Nov. 25: Thanksgiving Break Tuesday, Nov. 29: 4:30 p.m. Junior high girls and boys basketball at Taloga Tuesday, Nov. 29: 6:30 p.m. High school girls and boys basketball at Taloga Thursday, Dec. 1 – Monday, Dec. 5: Boo...
Annual holiday gift store for kids, photos with Santa Dec. 17
The seventh annual Holiday Gift Store for Kids and Photos with Santa event is coming up Saturday, Dec. 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Student Center in Alva....
Pioneer to transfer calls to Santa at North Pole for free
Santa will be eager to talk with young callers on Tuesday, Dec. 6 (one night only), 5:30–7:30 p.m. (CST). Pioneer Telephone will provide a direct line – free of charge – for Oklahoma kids eager to ca...
By Woods County commissioners make exchange on railroad crossings
The Woods County commissioners announced a deal with the BNSF Railway company to close one railroad crossing in exchange for getting automatic crossing bars on three other crossings. The one to be permanently closed is the Lake Road crossing near...
Aunt Mary's train trip
Though my great-aunt Mary passed away at age 101 in 1968, her spirit and spunk transcend time. At this time of painfully raw divisions in our nation after the recent election, she would be a healer at your table on Thanksgiving Day. Here’s what s...
Lady Bison Get 74 Boards in Win
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist set a school record with 74 rebounds and cruised to a 108-36 win over Dallas Christian in the Lady Bison home opener Tuesday in the Noble Complex. OBU had averaged 33.2 rebounds per game coming into the contest but T...
Storm got their first win of the season with a 70-62 victory over Rogers State
CLAREMORE, Okla. — Southern Nazarene used a 20 point outing from Abby Boyd to get their first win off the season with a 70-62 victory over Rogers State Tuesday night. Boyd, Adrienne Berry, and Rachel Doerneman combined for 52 points and 22 r...
Clift shines, but Lady Eagles fall at Arkansas Tech
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (Nov. 22, 2016) – Arkansas Tech quickly figured out what Heartland Conference foes already know – a zone defense doesn't work well against Oklahoma Christian sophomore guard Addy Clift, whose long-range 3-pointers have become a f...
Fast Start by Crimson Storm Too Much for Hillcats to Overcome
CLAREMORE, Okla. – A fast start by visiting Southern Nazarene was too much for the Rogers State women's basketball team to overcome in a 70-62 loss to the Crimson Storm on Tuesday (Nov. 22) at the Claremore Expo Center. SNU started the game with a 2...
McClure scores career high as Tech defeats Oklahoma Christian
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Kelsey McClure set a new career high in Arkansas Tech's 83-66 win over Oklahoma Christian on Tuesday, notching 25 points. The Golden Suns outscored the Lady Eagles 44-29 over the second and third quarters en route to Tech's third...
Lady Bison Basketball Falls at #18 Drury
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The 18th-ranked Drury Panthers made 10 3-pointers and went on to defeat the Harding women's basketball team 76-54 on Tuesday in non-conference action. RECORDS Harding falls to 4-1 overall and Drury improves to 5-0. FIRST QUARTER H...
Andelkovic Scores 23 as Harding Downs Christian Brothers
SEARCY – A late run in the first half gave Harding a double-digit lead, and the Bisons pulled away in the second half to defeat Christian Brothers 79-57 in non-conference men's basketball action Tuesday at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House. The victory w...
HSU Women Come Up Short Against Mississippi College
A third quarter surge led Mississippi College to a 74-72 come-from-behind victory over Henderson State Tuesday in women's basketball action in Clinton, Miss. After leading 41-34 at the half following Haleigh Henson's fourth 3-point field goal of the...
Reddies Run Past Baptist Bible 99-42
Henderson State ran its record to 4-1 on the Reddies beat Baptist Bible College 99-42, Tuesday at the Duke Wells Center in Arkadelphia, Ark. All 13 Reddies that played scored led by DJ Franklin who scored 15 points while having a team-high 6...
81-75 win over A&M-Commerce makes three-in-a-row for Lady Tigers
The Ouachita Lady Tigers' women's basketball team defeated Texas A&M-Commerce at home by a final score of 81-75. Sophomore guard Alivia Huell led the Lady Tigers in scoring with 16 points, while four other Lady Tigers contributed with double-digit...
Second half surge falls short on the road at Texas A&M-Commerce
COMMERCE, Texas – Trailing by as many as 19 points early in the second half, the Southern Arkansas men's basketball rallied back to get as close as four points with just under five minutes left in the game, but Texas A&M-Commerce held off the t...
Crown produces career-high 19 points; Southern Arkansas stumbles on the road at Delta State, 60-54
CLEVELAND, Miss. – Freshman forward Kimberly Crown manufactured a career-high 19 points in a back and forth affair on Tuesday night inside Walter Sillers Coliseum, but Southern Arkansas (1-3) was unable to spoil the Lady Statesmen's home opener as D...
No. 4 North Carolina rolls over Oklahoma State in Maui
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — North Carolina has won the Maui Invitational three times, championships that were a springboard to two national titles and a trip to the Final Four. Keep playing like this and the Tar Heels could be looking at a repeat p...
Baylor settles with 2 women who reported sexual assaults
WACO, Texas (AP) — Two women who reported being gang-raped by Baylor University football players have reached a settlement with the school, which has been hammered by months of criticism that it ignored or mishandled assault claims for years. The s...
Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon apologizes for 2014 assault
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma's Joe Mixon is apologizing for punching a woman two years ago, which led to the running back's suspension for the 2014 season. In a statement issued Tuesday to The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/2frffRJ ), Mixon apologized t...
US businesses cheer overtime ruling; many already upped pay
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Businesses around the country on Wednesday cheered a court decision blocking the Obama administration's sweeping new overtime rules, but many had already raised salaries or ordered managers to stick to a strict 40-hour workweek to av...
Fallin trip to New York costs Oklahoma taxpayers over $6,000
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin's office says her trip to New York to visit with President-elect Donald Trump on Monday cost the state more than $6,000, mostly in fuel costs for the state airplane. Information released from Fallin's o...
