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DENVER (AP) — Denver teachers ended a three-day walkout and returned to their classrooms Thursday, greeted by hugs and high-fives, after their union reached a tentative deal raising their pay, the latest win in a national movement by educators to raise their wages and advocate for changes in schools. The deal was worked out in talks that lasted through the night and signed shortly before classes started. Teachers were encouraged to return to their classrooms, even though the deal awaits ratification by the union membership. Susan McHugh said s...
OUTSIDE BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — Islamic State group militants clung to their last square kilometer (square mile) of land in eastern Syria on Thursday with an unknown number of civilians trapped inside, officials said. U.S.-backed forces conducted precision operations targeting the militants' outposts in and around the village of Baghouz and worked to clear surrounding villages of remaining fighters, officials with the Kurdish-led forces said. Thousands of people, including many foreign fighters and their families, have emerged from the area in t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's plan to declare a national emergency to free up money for his border wall would be an extraordinary step, despite his statement that predecessors liberally used such power. The White House said Thursday that Trump plans to go ahead with the declaration as part of his effort to direct money unilaterally to wall construction, because Congress agreed to give him far less than he demanded in the deal averting another government shutdown. It's a contentious move, likely to be legally challenged, and not s...
BETHANY – Oklahoma Baptist ran up against a red-hot basketball team losing 102-62 to nationally-ranked Southern Nazarene Thursday in Bethany. The 40-point margin was the Bison's biggest most lopsided loss this season. OBU still remains in good shape as the regular season draws to a close in the coming weeks. The Bison are 12-11 overall and 11-6 in the Great American Conference. OBU remains in third place in the league standings but share the spot with East Central and Southeastern Oklahoma. The Bison will next play Saturday at East Central. T...
DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern pushes its current winning streak to three while snapping a losing skid in its rivalry series thanks to an 83-70 victory over East Central on Thursday night in Bloomer Sullivan Arena. The win is the third-straight and the sixth out of the last seven games, lifting the Savage Storm to 15-6 overall and 11-6 in Great American Conference play, moving into a three-way tie for third place with ECU and Oklahoma Baptist. SE will be back in action on Feb. 16 when it heads to Alva, Okla., for a 3 p.m. matchup with N...
BETHANY - Sometimes a true test of a champion is how you respond after you've fallen and what you do when you pick yourself up. After a stunning loss at home to Southeastern that saw their 25-game home streak snapped, No. 17 Southern Nazarene had to get ready for an Oklahoma Baptist team that was currently tied for third in the GAC. A team that took SNU to the brink last month which saw SNU escape with a one point win on Bison Hill. Tonight in Sawyer? The heart of a champion was on display and a statement was made. The Crimson Storm shot 53%...
BETHANY - We've said it before and it always remains true. In rivalry games, anything can happen. Unfortunately for the Southern Nazarene softball team, they found that out the hard way on Thursday evening as they were three outs away from earning their fourth victory of the year, leading 4-0 in the bottom of the seventh, but eventually fell to the Oklahoma Christian Eagles by the score of 5-4 in eight innings. Through four innings, it was a pitching dual between Caitlin Lewis of SNU and Kali Crandall of OC as they kept both teams scoreless....
BETHANY - We've said it before and it always remains true. In rivalry games, anything can happen. Unfortunately for the Southern Nazarene softball team, they found that out the hard way on Thursday evening as they were three outs away from earning their fourth victory of the year, leading 4-0 in the bottom of the seventh, but eventually fell to the Oklahoma Christian Eagles by the score of 5-4 in eight innings. Through four innings, it was a pitching dual between Caitlin Lewis of SNU and Kali Crandall of OC as they kept both teams scoreless....
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Men's Basketball lost a double-overtime thriller to rival Northwestern Oklahoma State on Thursday evening after the Rangers sank a three-pointer with less than four seconds to play and took the game 98-96. The Bulldogs led by 10 with just over 10 minutes to play, but they were unable to close out the Rangers, who sank two free throws with 24 seconds to play in overtime and forced overtime after a last-second shot by Nick Shoemaker was off the mark. SWOSU trailed for most of the first overtime period until Shoemaker g...
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The #13/8-ranked Lady Bulldogs forced Northwestern into 28 turnovers, and converted a season-high 17 steals into 25 points off turnovers as they raced past the Rangers 83-58 on Thursday evening at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center. With the victory, the Lady Bulldogs have clinched at least a share of the Great American Conference regular season championship as they improve to 17-0 in league play. SWOSU can secure their second consecutive championship outright with a victory at Southern Nazarene on Saturday. In addition, t...
LAREDO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2019) – Channeling his inner John Moon, another Oklahoma Christian center put together a perfect shooting game on Thursday night. Senior Will Lienhard went 8 of 8 from the field, scoring a career-high 20 points to go with 14 rebounds, leading the Eagles to a much-needed 89-64 romp over Texas A&M International at the Kinesiology and Convocation Building. OC shot a season-best 62.5 percent (35 of 56) from the field. The win moved OC (9-13, 4-7 Heartland Conference) into sixth place in the Heartland men's basketball standin...
OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 14, 2019) – A no-hitter, a grand slam and a dramatic late rally to secure a win against an archrival gave Oklahoma Christian's softball team a Valentine's Day to remember on Thursday. Madison Hagood threw her first career no-no and Lindsey Stoeckel hit her first collegiate grand slam in an 8-0 win over Southwestern Oklahoma State in the Edmond Regional Festival II at Tom Heath Field, then the Lady Eagles stole victory from the jaws of defeat while vanquishing Southern Nazarene 5-4 in eight innings. OC (10-1) is off to a whiz...
LAREDO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2019) – The Oklahoma Christian Lady Eagles are showing themselves to be road warriors as the Heartland Conference women's basketball season enters its homestretch. The latest proof came Thursday. OC never trailed, led by as many as 28 points and held off a late rally to cruise to a 71-54 win over winless Texas A&M International at the Kinesiology and Convocation Building. It was the third conference road win this season for OC (12-11, 5-5 Heartland) and the fifth overall. OC moved into a tie with St. Mary's (Texas) f...
PITTSBURG, Kan. – The Rogers State Softball team picked up a split with Pittsburg State Thursday afternoon on the road in non-conference play. The Hillcats defeated the Gorillas 8-2 in game one, but fell to Pitt State 9-6 in game two. In game one, the Hillcats jumped out into an early lead and never looked back. Tailee Reding and Mikayla Waggnor scored on a ball in play by Danelle Day and then Day would score later in the inning on a passed ball as Rogers State went up 3-0. The hosts would get two runs back in the second inning on a double, b...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Freddy Lee led a cast of five Wonder Boys to score in double-digits with 21 points helping the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys basketball team (9-14, 7-10 Great American Conference) edge past Harding (5-18, 3-14 GAC) 88-82 on Thursday night at Tucker Coliseum. NEXT UP The Wonder Boys will return to action on Saturday, Feb. 16, hosting Arkansas-Monticello with a 3 p.m. tip-off is scheduled. HOW IT HAPPENED The opening minutes saw Tech and Harding trade baskets with the score knotted at 7-7. Arkansas tech took its first lead of the...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — Henderson State trailed by 19 points with 11 minutes to play on Thursday night but closed the game on a 34-12 run to rally and stun rival Ouachita Baptist 68-65 in front of a raucous crowd at the Duke Wells Center. The Reddies (15-8, 10-7) trailed 36-24 at the break and the first 10 minutes of the second half made matters worse for HSU, as the Tigers stretched their lead out to 53-34 with 11 minutes remaining. After a timeout, Henderson began to chip away and quickly ripped off a 10-0 run in a three-minute window to cut t...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Sophomores Lani Snowden and Karrington Whaley combined for 30 points as the Reddies scored 56 in the second half to take down Ouachita Baptist 75-62 and sweep the season series against the Lady Tigers. The Reddies shot just 24 percent from the floor and scored 21 points in the first half, but turned things around by shooting 57 percent after the break. Hailey Estes finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds for her 17th career double-double and passed Angela Brown to become the fifth leading rebounder in program history. The R...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Ouachita Tigers Men's Basketball team used an all-around team effort to hold a lead over Henderson State for 39 minutes but could not capture the win. Wesley Franklin led the Tigers with 14 points and seven rebounds. Kendarious Smith added 10 points while Mahlon Martin put in nine points and six rebounds. In the first half the Tigers jumped out quickly out of the gate as Matthew Ward and Wesley Franklin hit back to back three pointers. The Tigers would create an 11-4 lead on a Kendarious Smith three at the 14:53 point. T...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Lady Tigers have a strong showing at rival Henderson State, but they fall in the end 75-62. Alivia Huell led the Lady Tigers with 17 points and nine rebounds. Madison Brittain added in 13 points going 3-4 from behind the three point line. Jakyya Clay off the bend put in eight points and eight rebounds. In the first quarter the Lady Tigers came out hot, taking a quick 7-3 lead. Eden Crow would extend the lead back to four at 10-6 with 4:32 left in the quarter. A Jakyya Clay free throw is the only other points Ouachita w...
MAGNOLIA, Ark. – It was a historic night inside a raucous W.T. Watson Center on Valentine's Day 2019 as the Southern Arkansas Men's Basketball team rallied from an 11-point deficit midway through the second half to defeat Great American Conference rival Arkansas-Monticello 55-48 and improve its home-court winning streak to 14 games. In the process, the Muleriders punched their ticket to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, for the upcoming league tournament in March. Additionally, the win sets a new Division II Era (1995-96) record for victories in a s...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma Highway Patrol captain accused of using cellphone audio recordings to try to blackmail the commissioner of the state Department of Public Safety and further his career has been charged with extortion. Attorney Mike Johnson said Capt. Troy D. German "100 percent" denies the accusations, calling his client "a whistleblower who exposed corruption at the highest levels at the highway patrol." A grand jury charged German on Thursday with extorting Commissioner Rusty Rhoades to gain a promotion or appointment to a s...
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Bloomington, Minnesota-based The Toro Company has announced plans to purchase the Oklahoma-based company that manufactures Ditch Witch and other underground construction equipment. Toro said in a news release Friday that it will pay $700 million in cash for The Charles Machine Works, a privately held company based in Perry, Oklahoma. The proposed sale is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close by the end of the third quarter. Toro chairman and CEO Richard Olson said Charles Machine Works will s...
SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — A 41-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the 2015 hit-and-run death of his 2-year-old son. Jail records show Marland Tramble was being held in the Pottawatomie County jail Friday after being charged in the death of Andreis Tramble. Court records do not list an attorney to speak on his behalf. Investigators say Tramble was pushing his son in a stroller in the westbound lane of a county road near Shawnee about 10 p.m. on May 27, 2015, when the boy was struck by a vehicle that left the scene. The O...
