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Happy Anniversary To Dec. 20: Mr. & Mrs. Dean Farrow, Mr. & Mrs. Shad Brackin Dec. 21: Mr. & Mrs. Tyson Bliss Dec. 22: Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Schroeder Dec. 23: Mr. & Mrs. Monte Watson Dec. 24: Mr. & Mrs. Troy Ferguson Dec. 28: Mr. & Mrs. Charles McIver Dec. 31: Mr. & Mrs. Craig Harris Jan. 1: Mr. & Mrs. Gary Wise Jan. 2: Mr. & Mrs. Bret Smith (Note: Send corrections, additions to: [email protected] or call 800-305-2111)...
Happy Birthday To Dec. 20: Julie Russell, John Fitzgerald Dec. 21: Kevin Louthan, Madison Neese, Sidney Parks, June Frei, Mark Flock, Alyssa Hillman, Troy Ferguson, Collin Pierce Jr. Dec. 22: Justin Thompson, Zachary Thompson, Andy Newby Dec. 23: Dustin Elmore, Jacy Gillenwaters, Scott James, Faye Hope Dec. 24: Jim London, Terry Turner, Brandon Melkus Dec. 26: Bob Benn, Natalie Eden, Kent Ledford Dec. 27: George Leist Dec. 28: Mindy Snow, Bub McIver, Maria Fraire Dec. 29: Ethan West, Kevin Wares, Bill Burkhart, Paula Bradt, Donna Vogt, JoAnna...
Freedom elementary and high school students will present “Jingle Jury” twice on Friday, Dec. 21, in the school auditorium. The matinee is at 1:30 p.m. with the evening show at 7 p.m. Admission is free but play attendees are asked to bring donations to the local food bank. Help fill the sleigh with non-perishable food, a toy or stuff animal for the county DHS, or cash for local and county charities....
Last Saturday the Lady Eagles and Eagles brought home two dominating victories over the Wynona Yellowjackets. The Lady Eagles scored the first 15 points en route to a 59-6 victory. Emily Reed led the defense with seven steals, eight assists and 13 points. Leading scorer Summer Ralston added 27 points. Other scorers were Arianna White with 11, Tamlynn Link with six and Linsey Weber with two. The Lady Eagles moved to 5-5 on the season and will play No. 13 Balko on Jan. 4 at home beginning at 6:30... Full story
Freedom's Town Board met briefly last week for their regularly scheduled meeting. Members Shad Brackin, Terry Smith and Rolando Galindo were present, along with town clerk Cindy Reed. The meeting started by first approving the minutes from their last meeting. They looked at purchase orders for the general, fire, and ambulance funds next and approved those as well. The agenda's next line item called for action on resolution 2018-12 for the notice of election. Smith's Ward 2 seat is opening up...
SHAWNEE – Despite a career performance from Dishon Lowery, Oklahoma Baptist suffered their first loss on their home court this season, 77-74, to Central Oklahoma. The loss moves OBU to 4-5 on the season heading into a six-day break for Christmas. Lowery finished with 22 points and a team-high 10 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season. He went 9-of-13 from the field, and four of his 10 rebounds were on the offensive glass. The Bison led by as many as eight in the first half, but saw their lead dwindle to two points at halftime, 3...
LAS VEGAS (Dec. 18, 2018) – Oklahoma Christian posted the program's first match-play win in a Tier I tournament, beating Calumet St. Joseph (Ind.) before falling to Urbana (Ill.) on Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the Glenn Carlson Las Vegas Invitational at South Point Bowling Arena. Despite the 3-1 loss to Urbana, it was a heady day for OC's first-year program, as the Eagles' match against the Blue Knights was featured on Bowl.com's YouTube channel that streamed the event, giving OC – coached by James Hayes – recognition on a national level...
CLAREMORE, Okla. – The Rogers State men's basketball team used defensive stops late to grind out a 61-59 win over Cameron on Wednesday (Dec. 19) to go 2-0 at the UAFS Holiday Classic at the Stubblefield Center. With the win, the Hillcats (9-3) won their third straight game and went 2-0 in Fort Smith after a victory over UW-Parkside yesterday afternoon. Trailing by one point with under a minute remaining, sophomore Brewster Peacock put the Hillcats up 61-59 with a three-point play with 56 seconds on the clock to propel the Cats to the v...
UAM STATS Jaida Harden - 12 points, 4 rebounds Chari Swift - 15 points, 2 rebounds Mackenzie Johnson - 21 points, 5 rebounds FIRST HALF The Blossoms came out quick in the first period and went on a 10-3 run in the first 3 minutes of the game. Chari Swift scoring 11 points for the Blossoms in the first half. Blossoms put up 24 points from the paint in the half this afternoon to Delta State's 12. UAM went into the locker room at halftime up 32 - 25. SECOND HALF Delta State grabbed 11 points off of turnovers from the Blossoms in the second half....
CLAREMORE, Okla. - Ouachita Lady Tigers clashed against Rogers State in a winter non-conference match and suffered defeat, 85-75. Madison Raney put in a career night scoring 15 points on 7-12 shooting for the Lady Tigers. Madison Brittain and Alivia Huell each also added 15 points in the back and forth affair. Huell scored half of the Tigers 18 points in the fourth quarter including a three pointer with 5 seconds left in the game. Jakyya Clay likewise performed well tallying 10 points and 7 rebounds. In the first quarter, the Lady Tigers...
Magnolia, Ark. – The SAU Women's Basketball team lost a back-and-forth matchup with the Williams Baptist Eagles by a single point, 52-51. In a closely contested game where neither team held a double-digit lead, a second quarter where the Muleriders could only manage four points proved to be the difference. Freshman Kylie Warren was the top scorer for the Muleriders, and joint-top scorer overall, with 17 points. The Carlisle native's career-high scoring night came on 5-10 shooting from the field, including 4-6 from three-point land and 3-4 f...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a man who tried to rob an Oklahoma pharmacy has been fatally shot by a store worker. The shooting occurred Wednesday at a Walgreens in Tulsa. Police say the worker who had a state-issued concealed carry license shot the suspect, fatally wounding him. They say a second person inside the store was grazed by a bullet that was fired from the suspect's gun as he fell to the floor after being shot. The person grazed by the bullet was taken to a hospital. The person's condition was not immediately known. Police d...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A rebounding economy and a boom in the state's oil patch is leading to record revenue collections in Oklahoma, but the state's newly elected governor cautioned lawmakers and agency leaders on Wednesday that a $612 million surplus is "not a blank check." Gov.-elect Kevin Stitt made the comments after the state's Board of Equalization certified a record $8.2 billion in revenue available for lawmakers to spend on next year's budget. That represents an increase of about $612 million over the current year's spending levels. "Our...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Latest on a state panel certifying more than $600 million in additional funding for Oklahoma's budget (all times local): 3:50 p.m. The state's largest teachers union is asking Oklahoma lawmakers for more than $400 million in additional funding, mostly for bigger raises for teachers and support personnel. The Oklahoma Education Association announced their budget proposal on Wednesday, just hours after a state panel certified a record $8.2 billion in revenue available for lawmakers to spend next year. That's an i...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of people registering to vote at Oklahoma's public service agencies has spiked in recent years, and voting rights advocates are crediting a settlement with the state Election Board. The Oklahoman reports that the 2015 settlement was reached after state and national organization threatened to sue unless the board did more to help register potential voters at public offices, as required under federal law. Those offices included the Department of Human Services, the Department of Health and the Oklahoma Health C...
EUREKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have charged the grandmother of a 17-year-old Oklahoma boy with special needs who was left at a Kansas rest stop last month. Janie Gill is charged in Greenwood County, Kansas, with child endangerment and interference with law enforcement. She is also charged with child neglect in Rogers County, Oklahoma. A custodian found the boy Nov. 29 at a rest stop near Beaumont, Kansas. He had no identification and couldn't speak. KAKE reports that Gill, who is 68, told deputies after her arrest that she left the boy at t...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two moderate Republican legislators in Kansas became Democrats on Wednesday, capping an unprecedented round of GOP defections in the Kansas City suburbs that soured on President Donald Trump and a close political ally of his in this year's race for governor. State Sen. Dinah Sykes and Rep. Stephanie Clayton joined two other moderate lawmakers who switched last week. All four women are from Johnson County, which is the state's most populous county and which Democratic Gov.-elect Laura Kelly carried in the November e...
DIGHTON, Kan. (AP) — Twenty students and two adults were injured when a school bus carrying a Ness City High School basketball team collided with a pickup truck. The Kansas Highway Patrol says none of the injuries were life threatening. The accident occurred Tuesday night on Kansas 96 in western Kansas when the team was returning from a basketball game in Dighton. About 40 people were on the bus. The patrol says the collision occurred when a pickup pulling a trailer tried to turn in front of the bus, which struck the truck on the driver's s...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A woman who killed a 67-year-old Wichita man who was discovered dead on his birthday has been sentenced to 20.5 years in prison. Friends who went to John Gaffney's home on July 7 to take him to a birthday dinner found him dead. The Wichita Eagle reports 54-year-old Sherry Wedel of Wichita was arrested six weeks after Gaffney was killed. She pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in November. She was sentenced earlier this week. Court records say Wedel shot Gaffney with a handgun sometime between July 6 and July 7. ___ I...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man is facing federal charges after allegedly pointed a laser beam at a Kansas Highway Patrol plane. Prosecutors say 29-year-old Armando Rodriguez-Leyva was indicted Wednesday on one count of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft. If convicted, he faces up to five years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Authorities say the highway patrol plane was flying over south Wichita on Saturday when a green-colored laser flashed on the airplane several times and illuminated the cockpit. U.S. Attorney S...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Aircraft parts maker Spirit AeroSystems announced Wednesday it plans to hire an additional 1,400 people next year at its Wichita plant. Spirit Chief Executive Officer Tom Gentile said in a news conference that the new hiring will come on top of the 1,000 new jobs the company said last year it planned to add as part of a $1 billion expansion at its Wichita facility. The company reached that job goal within months, he said. Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer called the latest announcement "the biggest news in this state in a long t...
