SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — The only Roman Catholic university in Oklahoma will close at the end of the fall semester because of financial difficulties.

Students at St. Gregory's University were told about the closure during an emergency meeting Wednesday. The private liberal arts school, which was established in 1875, said it was working with other schools to facilitate student transfers and looking at teach-out agreements.

"With great sadness, the Board of Directors of St. Gregory's University voted today to suspend operations effective at the close of the fall semester 2017," the Rev. Don Wolf, b...