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Happy Anniversary To Nov. 30: Mr. & Mrs. Tracy Walker Dec. 10: Mr. & Mrs. Arly Eden Dec. 11: Mr. & Mrs. Justin Rankin, Mr. & Mrs. Bret Nixon Dec. 15: Mr. & Mrs. Vaughn Rader Dec. 17: Mr. & Mrs. Barclay Holt (Note: Send corrections, additions to:...

Happy Birthday To Nov. 29: Sheli Breshears, Hammons Hepner, Bonnie Wares, Carol Bowers, Darol Wilson, Irene Bush Nov. 30: Lance Province, Shay Wilson Dec. 1: Sharon Harris, Randy Wilson, Shawn James, Connie Wise Dec. 3: Ramona Burkhart, Oren Leon...

On Sunday, Nov. 25, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Announcements: Dec. 1 will the Quinlan UMC’s annual bazaar at the Quinlan UMC. Advent will begin Dec. 2. The Community Christmas P...

ADA, Okla. – For the third consecutive year, the SWOSU Soccer team is represented on the Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CCA) All-American list which was released Wednesday afternoon. The Bulldogs had two players named as junior...

OKLAHOMA CITY (Nov. 27, 2018) – The Oklahoma Christian Eagles had eight days to stew over a lopsided loss at their archrival, No. 5-ranked Southern Nazarene, a result OC men's basketball coach Cory Cole described as a "sickness." When the Eagles f...

CORSICANA, TX—November 26, 2018—Corsicana's second annual Division II Bowl game will see Emporia State University (Kansas) and the University of Arkansas at Monticello face off during the city's Christmas Celebration Weekend, November 30 and December...

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Oklahoma has the Big 12's top offensive player for the fourth season in a row. Sooners junior quarterback Kyler Murray was selected as the offensive player of the year when the Big 12 Conference released its postseason awards W...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of felony cases filed by Oklahoma prosecutors dropped nearly 30 percent in the year after a voter-backed plan to ease criminal penalties took effect, according to a new study released on Wednesday. The study, which ana...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas-Oklahoma rivalry is never short on bad blood between the Big 12 border states. Whether it's "horns down," Darrell Royal accusing Barry Switzer of spying or Brian Bosworth's critique of vomit-inducing burnt orange, a r...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A staffer at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with long ties to former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt has been selected by Oklahoma's new governor to serve as state secretary of energy and environment. Gov.-elect Kevin S...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa County authorities say a teenager and a woman have been arrested in the fatal Thanksgiving Day shooting of a man by a person who was trying to break into the victim's truck. The sheriff's office says in a news release t...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A 39-year-old Lawrence man who molested a girl with mental disabilities was sentenced to just over 10 years in prison. Steven Capps was sentenced Wednesday after previously pleading no contest to two counts of aggravated i...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas man who is fighting deportation to his native Bangladesh for overstaying his visa was given a reprieve until at least 2022 after an immigration judge agreed to consider whether he could legally stay in the U.S. S...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay says five Topeka police officers who exchanged gunfire with a man on two separate occasions last month will not face charges. Kagay also said Wednesday that the man, 23-year-old T...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A man accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl unsuccessfully argued that he should not be charged with taking advantage of a child because she was actually 16 under a Kansas law that says life begins at f...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police say a 33-year-old man was jailed after a police pursuit and shooting in east Wichita. The Wichita Eagle reports the shooting occurred Tuesday when a motorcycle officer tried to stop a speeding vehicle. Cpt. Brent Allred s...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to murder and other charges in the abuse and death of her 3-year-old son, whose body was found encased in concrete in the laundry room of their Wichita home. Miranda Miller, 37, pleaded g...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A man whose abduction of a 10-year-old Kansas girl sparked a massive manhunt before she was found dead in Missouri has lost his appeal of his conviction and death sentence. The Kansas City Star reports that the 8th U.S. C...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Nearly one-fourth of Kansas lawmakers began serving in the Legislature after they were appointed to fill vacancies, under a system used in just three states. Under the system, party officials choose a replacement and the g...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A woman is suing after the former superintendent of the state's juvenile corrections complex was convicted of grabbing and shoving her. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Michelle Valdivia alleges in the lawsuit filed in S...

MARYSVILLE, Kan. (AP) — An inmate has been sentenced to 47 years in prison for setting a fire and shooting at officers while escaping from a Kansas jail with another inmate. The Wichita Eagle reports that 31-year-old Matson Zane Hatfield was s...

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is cautiously expanding a feature that shows people local news and information, including missing-person alerts, road closures, crime reports and school announcements. Called "Today In," the service shows people i...

BOONVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A former school employee has pleaded guilty to a second charge of having sex with a student when he was 16. The Jefferson City News-Tribune reports that 28-year-old Clairyssa Lorenz, of California, Missouri, admitted last w...