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ODESSA, Texas (AP) — District Judge Sara Kate Billingsley remains exuberant in a field most judges find debilitating and how she manages it is a complex story about her mother's example, a support system of friends, a near-death experience and...

BRAGGS, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the body of a missing Oklahoma man has been found in the Arkansas River. Troopers say the body of 29-year-old Luke T. Dennis of Muskogee was discovered about 10 a.m. Saturday southwest of...

FAIRFAX, Okla. (AP) — The operator of one of Oklahoma's first medical marijuana businesses says he's selling all of the seedlings he can produce. Scott Huffman owns Wild Herb LLC in Fairfax, about 89 miles (143 kilometers) northeast of Oklahoma...

PAULS VALLEY, Okla. (AP) — A financially troubled community hospital in southern Oklahoma has closed its doors and discontinued ambulance service. Officials at Pauls Valley Regional Medical Center closed the facility on Friday. A telephone call by...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Arkansas man who was electrocuted last month after he jumped into a canal in Oklahoma City's downtown entertainment district to try and save another individual who had fallen in has been released from a hospital. Brandon...

IDABEL, Okla. (AP) — A northeast Texas woman has died of injuries incurred in a one-car crash in southeastern Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 68-year-old Patricia Lynn Pope of DeKalb (deh-KAB'), Texas, was a passenger in a car heading...

HOUSTON (AP) — Within hours of being booked at a Border Patrol station in far West Texas, two teenage sisters from Guatemala came forward to allege that an agent conducted an improper strip search. The agent in question denied the allegations,...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Raye Montague, a trailblazing black woman from Arkansas who revolutionized the way the U.S. Navy designed ships, has died. She was 83. Montague, who had a 33-year career in the Navy, developed a computer program that...

BENNINGTON, Kan. (AP) — Bailey Debold considers herself very fortunate. Most people have no idea what they want to do for the rest of their lives until they're an adult. Some go their entire lives without figuring it out, but Bailey has known...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Organizers of a small-town Kansas parade have told Republican Kris Kobach that he must remove a replica machine gun from the back of a Jeep that's become a key part of his campaign for governor and emblematic of his support for...

PAOLA, Kan. (AP) — A northeast Kansas woman who was reported missing has been found dead in her car after floodwaters receded. The Miami County Sheriff's office says deputies found the body 78-year-old Hazel Phillips Friday inside her car near...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Bob Jones came to Tulsa in 1954 to oversee design work for the new Civic Center, a radically modern project that attracted national and even international attention. A German publication declared it one of the "top...

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — While several historic figures are known for executing justice from Fort Smith, one is known for making trips into the town for her illegal actions. Belle Starr, dubbed the "Bandit Queen" in 19th century pulp novels and...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City officials say an electrical inspection has found that a lamp post that electrocuted a man after he fell in a canal was grounded and correctly connected. The Oklahoman reports that city officials said Wednesday...

TONGANOXIE, Kan. (AP) — Body camera video shows an officer handcuffing a black man who was attempting to move a large-screen television into his new Kansas home in the dark. The Kansas City Star reports that 61-year-old Karle Robinson said, while...

RAVIA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma sheriff says a 4-year-old girl died when she tried to retrieve a puppy that became stuck behind a clothes dryer and came into contact with exposed wiring that electrocuted her. The Johnston County sheriff's office...

OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Highway Patrol says a third child has died after a crash in Franklin County earlier this week. The patrol says 12-year-old Elle Bowden, of Wellsville, died Friday morning. She was injured Monday night in a...

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A yearning to soar through life on his own terms nudged Rex Russell into a career off the ground. Most of his march has followed a unique beat, some 5,400 hours of it pushing pedals and riding on air thousands of feet above...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Dressed in a red velvet gown, sparkly jewelry and white painted fingernails, Divinity Masters said she decided to read "Red: A Crayon Story" at the Wichita Public Library because of its message. "I picked this book because I...

THACKERVILLE, Okla. (AP) — The Backstreet Boys won't be rescheduling an Oklahoma concert that was postponed after fans were hurt when a storm damaged the venue where the band was supposed to perform. Band members announced Wednesday on Facebook...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The mayor of Tulsa says he plans to re-examine whether mass graves hold remains of those killed in one of the nation's worst race massacres nearly 100 years ago . Estimates of those slain in the 1921 Tulsa race massacre range...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Officials say inspections conducted following the electrocution of a man who fell into a canal in Oklahoma City's downtown entertainment district reveal that lamp posts along the canal are not grounded. City Parks Director...

OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Highway Patrol reports two children were killed and four others were injured in a two-vehicle crash. The crash was reported Monday night five miles east of Ottawa. The accident killed 11-year-old Briana Sobba and...

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The Texas woman who inspired the 1958 Buddy Holly song "Peggy Sue" has died at a Lubbock hospital. Peggy Sue Gerron Rackham of Lubbock died Monday at University Medical Center, according to UMC spokesman Eric Finley. She was...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Strong, cold beer and wine will be much easier to buy in Oklahoma. State law currently allows package liquor stores to sell wine and strong beer, and beers stronger than 3.2 percent by volume can't be chilled. That's meant...