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At the annual Freedom FFA trophy auction, Freedom FFA officers served a menu that included pulled-pork sandwiches, baked beans, corn salad and dessert. The auction raised over $14,000 and will be used to benefit the FFA chapter and 4-H club throughout the show season....
Young people from all over Northwest Oklahoma shared talents and lots of fun Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Northwest District 4-H Has Talent Contest held at the Fairview School Auditorium. Eleven individual acts, four small group acts and five large group acts from 11 counties were on the program Saturday. "4-H Has Talent is a talent-sharing activity designed to help boys and girls discover, develop and demonstrate talents and begin to appreciate the performing arts," said Jim Rhodes, Northwest...
Happy Birthday To Feb. 2: Dylan Moore, Lisa Welty, Jerry Cell, Deric Wagner Feb. 3: Bobby Gerloff, Vanessa Gerloff Feb. 4: Noah Ring Feb. 5: Chad Novak, Bryce Adair, Kay Decker Wardrop Feb. 6: Tamara Green Feb. 7: Norma Jean Smith Feb. 8: Jason Noble, Arin Powers, Tanner Kay Feb. 9: Rodney Bishop, Alicia Welty Feb. 10: Kaylyn Province Feb. 11: Ronni Poe, Mark Wardrop, Becky Beer, Chasity Stewart, Betty Selman Feb. 12: Dawn Wares, Tom Russell Feb. 13: Chad Stewart, Sheila Bilyeu, Travis Woodson Feb. 14: Ashley Wilson, Darrell Bradt Happy...
Saturday, Feb. 4: Homecoming – 4:30 p.m. junior high basketball vs Waynoka at Freedom; 6:30 p.m. high school basketball vs Waynoka at Freedom Tuesday, Feb. 7: 3:30 p.m. 4-H meeting Tuesday, Feb. 7: Senior Night – 4 p.m. junior high basketball vs Hardesty at Freedom; 6 p.m. high school basketball vs Hardesty at Freedom Thursday, Feb. 9: 11:30 a.m. Freedom Local Livestock Show Friday, Feb. 1: Basketball districts begin Monday, Feb. 13: Woods County Livestock Show, Alva Tuesday, Feb. 14: Woods County Livestock Show, Alva Tuesday, Feb. 14: Sch...
Freedom voters will have several names on the ballot in the Tuesday, Feb. 14, school election. There are three school board positions open with two candidates filing for each spot. The full term position is Office No. 2. Donald Simmons, incumbent, will be running against Concha Herrera. Office No. 4 is an unexpired term. Robert N. Babcock currently holds that position after being appointed. He will be facing Sandra J. Kamas in the election. The third board position is an unexpired term for Office No. 5. Share Morris is the incumbent. His...
It is School Board Recognition Month as designated by the Oklahoma State School Board Association. This is an opportunity for local schools and communities to honor Oklahoma's more than 2,700 elected school board members for their tireless dedication to students and to schools. "We appreciate the Northwest Technology Center Board Members and their dedicated service to our technology center district. School Board Recognition Month is a way to say thank you to the board members and to share...
Most job openings across the United States require knowledge of software and other computer skills. According to CareerToolBelt.com, the skills that help applicants secure employment include a knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Access) QuickBooks, e-mail, web and social media skills and graphic design and writing skills. Students enrolled in Northwest Technology Center's (NWTC) computer and business technology program work through curriculum that provides...
Homecoming is this Saturday against the Waynoka Railroaders at 6:30 p.m. The junior high game has been canceled. This year's theme is board games, and the Freedom Homecoming festivities begin on Thursday. "Fire UP Eagles" will start in the parking lot of the school at 7 p.m. and the community is invited to parade through town and end up at the rodeo grounds for a community bonfire. On Friday, the "Guess Who" high school dance will be held in the school cafeteria beginning at 7 p.m. and lasting...
CLAREMORE, Okla. – The Rogers State baseball team scored eight runs in the fourth inning to roll to an 11-0 victory over Bacone College on Wednesday (Feb. 1) in the season opener at the Diamond Sports Complex. Eight of the 11 runs came in a hot-hitting fourth inning. The navy and red totaled six hits with four of them producing runs in the inning. In his second at bat in an RSU uniform, Bradley Degnan hit a solo shot to right field for a 1-0 edge to start the fourth inning. After the leadoff homer, the Cats loaded the bases with back-to-back s...
Oklahoma has won the Big 12 football championship a record 10 times under coach Bob Stoops. So it makes sense that the Sooners, who clinched their latest trophy on the field only two months ago, are often the conference champs in recruiting. And they now have another spring title. The Sooners wrapped up a 27-player signing class Wednesday, including 18 four-star recruits. That gave them a top-10 national class and by far the best in the Big 12. According to composite rankings of recruiting services compiled by 247Sports, the rest of the Big 12...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Maddie Manning had 19 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals, Peyton Little scored 16, and No. 18 Oklahoma beat Kansas 89-52 on Wednesday for its eighth straight home win. Manning was 8 of 9 from the floor, including 3 for 3 from distance, to help the Sooners shoot a season-high 59.2 percent. Her eight field goals tied a career high. Gabbi Ortiz added 12 points and Gioya Carter 11 for Oklahoma (17-6, 8-3 Big 12). Freshman Nancy Mulkey blocked a career-best eight shots to help the Sooners finish with a s...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma has been placed under a national fire advisory as much of the state struggles with unrelenting drought and tinder-dry vegetation capable of igniting and quickly spreading out of control, state forestry officials said Wednesday. The rare advisory — and the first for Oklahoma — issued by the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, is in effect for two weeks and warns residents and fire departments to prepare for potentially severe wildfires. The national center also cautioned that areas in the neigh...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A state health leader has warned lawmakers that without legislative action Oklahoma's public health laboratory will not only lose accreditation, but it will also close. State Health Commissioner Terry Cline told a group of lawmakers at a budget hearing Tuesday that his agency will need the Legislature to approve a 20-year bond for $58.5 million. He also requested $632,000 to pay the interest of the bond, The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/2kRz5WU ) reported. "When the medical examiner's office lost their accreditation (in 2009),...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's new Republican House Speaker Charles McCall is setting up a special committee to review and approve House expenditures in excess of $15,000. McCall announced the creation of the new committee on Wednesday based on a recommendation from a special panel that is investigating a $44,500 wrongful-termination settlement with a former employee who alleged she was sexually harassed. The newly created oversight committee will review and authorize all future legal settlements, as well as major expenditures that exceed $...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Longtime Oklahoma County Sheriff John Whetsel is announcing his retirement just months after his re-election amid an ongoing investigation into his office's finances. Whetsel submitted his letter of resignation on Wednesday, saying he believes new leadership is required to solve problems with the jail and "overall funding" of the office. A scathing audit of Whetsel's office released in November found the office didn't pay contracts for inmate health care and spent about $900,000 on vehicles even though its financial o...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Oklahoma City police officer convicted of sexually assaulting women while on duty is appealing his conviction and 263-year prison sentence. Online Court of Criminal Appeals records indicate that attorneys for 30-year-old Daniel Holtzclaw formally filed his appeal on Wednesday. Among other things, attorneys allege the evidence at Holtclaw's 2015 trial was insufficient to convict him of the charges and that he didn't receive a fair trial because of a "circus atmosphere" during the highly publicized case. Holtzclaw a...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A special House committee investigating a Tulsa Republican lawmaker accused of sexually harassing two former legislative assistants is set to release its final report. House officials announced in a press release Wednesday that the special investigative committee has wrapped up its probe into the allegations, as well as a wrongful-termination settlement agreement paid to one of the accusers. The panel will release its findings and recommendations at 1 p.m. Thursday at the state Capitol. Rep. Dan Kirby initially resigned i...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Results from a monthly survey of business supply managers released Wednesday suggest economic conditions continue to improve in nine Midwest and Plains states, and that confidence in the regional economy is at its highest level in six years. The Mid-America Business Conditions Index report said the overall economic index for the region rose to 54.7 in January from 53.1 in December and 46.5 in November. It's the highest figure since February 2015. "This is the third consecutive month the index has increased, and (it) points t...
The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same methodology as the national survey to consult supply managers and business leaders. Creighton University economics professor Ernie Goss oversees the report. The overall index ranges between 0 and 100. Growth neutral is 50, and a figure greater than 50 indicates an expanding economy over the next three to six months. Here are the s...
PAWHUSKA, Okla. (AP) — Police in northern Oklahoma say they've arrested a substitute teacher on an indecent exposure complaint after she reportedly did a cartwheel in front of students while wearing a skirt but no undergarments. The Pawhuska Police Department says a student recorded the incident on a cellphone. Police Chief Scott Laird says the incident reportedly happened during a high school choir class in Pawhuska, about 100 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. The substitute teacher, whose name has not been released, was arrested Tuesday a...
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Police say they've arrested three juveniles for allegedly making threats on Facebook Live videos against Stillwater Junior High School officials. Stillwater police say two 15-year-olds and one 16-year-old were arrested this week. Oklahoma City television station KFOR reports (http://bit.ly/2kRCFQW ) that the suspects are two current students and one former student at Stillwater Junior High. Their names weren't released because they are juveniles. Stillwater Police Capt. Kyle Gibbs says the teens were holding what a...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A manager of a small-town Dairy Queen accused of bullying a teenage employee who later killed himself was charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter following a rare investigation in Missouri requested by the local coroner. A felony complaint alleges that Harley Branham, 21, harassed the 17-year-old employee between September and Dec. 21, when he fatally shot himself outside his family's home. Branham testified during the coroner's inquest that she never bullied the boy, Kenneth Suttner, and that he seemed not to be...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — House Judiciary Committee members will wait for input from an advisory committee before making any new policy regarding a law that allows police officers to seize and forfeit citizens' property. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Blaine Finch referred five bills for review to the Kansas Judicial Council, an advisory committee made up by the judiciary committees' chairs and chief justice appointees. Finch said in a statement he expected the group to make recommendations and "possibly draft legislation." He says it likely w...
