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Happy Birthday To March 22: Brianna Louthan, Bruce Stansberry, Karen Kurz March 23: Arly Eden, Hilda Craig March 24: Jena Daughhetee, Kale Pierce, Channing Joy Ferguson March 25: Dawn Schwartz, Mabel Schroeder, Jariah Fisher March 26: Roger Wagner, Les Kamas, Travis Bradt March 27: Teresa Wares, Brett Sample, Misty Parker, Sharon Snow, Brent Bowers March 29: Leo Tolle, Kenzlie Bourassa, Dustin Rankin March 30: Taelyn Eagan, Bryan Powers, Robert Babcock, Lonn Reutlinger, Kurtis Woodard, Maxine Gassett March 31: Sheldon Darnell April 1: Monte Hep...
On March 18, the fifth Sunday of Lent, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Opening prayer by Pastor Woody Hamon Call to Worship – Psalms 30:1-12 led by Shirley Wagner Opening hymn “Oh How I Love Jesus” led by Debbie Brown, song leader Affirmation of Faith led by Pastor Woody Gloria Patri Hymn of Justifying Grace “Stand Up for Jesus” Offertory – Janell Reutlinger Usher – Arly Eden Offertory Prayer by Pastor Woody Hamon Scripture – John 12:1-11 when Mary anointed Jesus with oil Morning Me...
Monday, March 19 – Friday, March 23: Spring break Tuesday, March 27: NWOSU FFA Interscholastics Wednesday, March 28: Bullying presentations, 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 28: 4-H Meeting, 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29: Alabaster Caverns Day Friday, March 30: Good Friday, no school Saturday, April 7: Track meet at Crossings Christian Monday, April 9: Board of education regular meeting, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 11: Alva Regional Speech Contest Tuesday, April 17: Redlands Community College FFA Interscholastics Wednesday, April 18: Redlands Community C...
Stuart Page, Freedom's maintenance supervisor, told the town board Wednesday night that he is concerned about running out of water in the water tower if firefighters battling rural grass fires refill their water tankers from a hydrant that depletes the town's water reserve. He said that if the visiting firefighters would use water from a hydrant at Dusty Trail and Frontier streets, it won't affect the water tower level. The water tower services areas south of Frontier and west of the highway....
The landfill will not accept appliances of any kind, no pipe, cable wire, wire rope (including barbwire), tires, car batteries, ashes or dead carcasses, absolutely no geology wire and poly pipe cut into less than 6 foot pieces. Tree limbs must be cut into lengths no longer than three inches, bundled and tied. All rock and concrete needs to be broken up into manageable pieces so when the compactor driver at the landfill drives over them they crush easily. All feed, mud or paper sacks of any kind need to be bundled and tied. Paint cans cannot...
The regular March meeting was very short for the Woods County Excise Board. Other than meeting quorum requirements and minutes approval, the only item was monthly appropriations, which were as follows: • District 1 Highway Cash – $191,758.65 • District 2 Highway Cash – $173,053.79 • District 3 Highway Cash – $174,289.51 • District 1 CBRI Fund-105 – $8,664.63 • District 2 CBRI Fund-105 – $8,664.62 • District 3 CBRI Fund-105 – $8,664.62 • Enhanced 911 – $22,067.55 • Assessor’s Fee – $330 • Count...
DURANT, OKLA. – The East Central University baseball team ended up dropping a 10-9 decision in 10 innings in a non-conference arch rivalry game at Southeastern Oklahoma State. The Tigers (2-22, 1-14 GAC) ended up with 13 hits in the game, the same as the Savage Storm (11-16, 6-9 GAC). Three of those tallies came from junior Yan-Eric Tremblay, while seniors Trevor Crone and Bryce Dimitroff and freshman Dillon Mansell each tallied two. Crone led the team with four RBIs, while Mansell and freshman Cayden Coleman each netted two. Tremblay also e...
SHAWNEE – Michelle Carr is the Great American Conference Women's Golfer of the Week, the conference office announced Wednesday afternoon. Carr finished in a tie for fifth place at the Holiday Inn MWSU Women's Spring Invitational to match the best performance by a Lady Bison this season. She shot a 160 two-round total, backing up a 79 in round one with an 81 to wrap up the tournament. For Carr, it was the third top-five finish of the season. Her performance led OBU to a tie for second place at the event. It is the first weekly award for Carr, w...
DURANT, Okla. – Elexis Watson added to her honors after her outstanding weekend performance, earning Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II Player of the Week a day after taking home both Great American Conference Player and Freshman of the Week recognition. Watson earns her first national honor after becoming the first player to take home both Player and Freshman of the Week honors in the same week for the conference, and also marks the second-straight week for her to earn the Freshman honor. She produced an incredible .938 on-base percentage a...
DURANT, OKLA. – For the fourth-time this season Southeastern golfer Zach James has been named the Great American Conference Men's Golfer of the Week, this time for his performance in winning the Lion Invite at Tanglewood. James, a junior from Whitesboro, Texas, picked up his second tournament title of the season and sixth top-5 finish. He opened the tournament with a 70 on Monday and followed with a round-best 68 in Tuesday's second round. James finished with a 138, one shot ahead of the 139 by TAMUC's Blake Hartford. He will be back in a...
DURANT, OKLA. – Southeastern rallied from a four-run deficit over the final two innings to force extras and took advantage by picking up a 10-9 win in 10 innings over rival East Central on Tuesday afternoon in a non-conference matchup at The Ballpark in Durant. The win lifts the Savage Storm to 11-16 overall on the season. Travis Spinney finished with three hits, while Austin Ferguson, Joseph Cerda and Harrison Whitworth added two hits apiece. Whitworth finished with three RBI to lead the Storm, while Bryce Deatherage, Spinney, Ferguson, E...
POTTSBORO, Texas – Southeastern had three top-10 finishers, led by tournament champion Zach James, en route to a 12-stroke team victory at the Lion Invite at Tanglewood Resort on Tuesday. The Savage Storm carded a second round tally of 293 after Monday's mark of 287 to finish with a 580 for the event. That mark was 12 shots better than the second place of Ranger College who finished with a 592. Southeastern's second team fired a 304 on Tuesday to finish the week with a 610 in sixth, three strokes behind Great American Conference foe N...
BELLEVUE, Wash. – For the second time this week, SWOSU junior guard Hailey Tucker has been named an All-American as HERO Sports unveiled their 10-member 2017-18 All-American Team on Wednesday. This is the second year for the HERO Sports Division II All-America Team and Tucker becomes the first Lady Bulldog selected to the team. Tucker has now earned All-America honors from HERO Sports and the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA), which named her a Second Team All-American on Tuesday. She was also previously named a Second T...
LAWTON, Okla. – SWOSU Softball dropped both ends of a non-conference doubleheader against in-state rival Cameron on Wednesday in Lawton. SWOSU (1-25) returns to action this weekend with a Great American Conference series against Arkansas-Monticello on Friday and Saturday in Weatherford. Cameron 12, SWOSU 4 (5 inn.) Three straight batters reached for SWOSU to open the game, setting the scene for Sidney Kirk to blast a grand slam over the left field fence and give the Bulldogs a 4-0 advantage after the first half-inning. Cameron quickly r...
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Three SWOSU pitchers combined to allow just three hits and one run as the Bulldogs defeated Oklahoma Christian 5-1 on Tuesday afternoon at the Athletic Complex in Weatherford. The Bulldogs got a strong start out of Jose Laboy, who went 5.0 innings and allowed two hits with one strikeout to keep the Eagles off the scoreboard. OC had their best chance to score in the second inning, when an error and a single moved runners to the corners before Laboy got a groundout and ended the threat. OC would also get runners on against L...
WEATHERFORD, Okla. (March 20, 2018) – Three Southwestern Oklahoma State pitchers limited Oklahoma Christian to just three hits as the Bulldogs cruised to a 5-1 win over OC on Tuesday afternoon. OC (8-9) managed only a second-inning single and seventh-inning solo home run by Brice Smith and a third-inning single by Garrett Wages against Southwestern (16-11) of the Great American Conference. The Bulldogs took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on Robert Perea's RBI single off OC left-hander Michael Basler (0-1), who was making his first start of the...
OWASSO, Okla. (March 20, 2018) – The ninth tournament win in Oklahoma Christian women's golf history proved to be one of its most dominant. With all five starters finishing in the top 12 – and three in the top six – the Lady Eagles rolled to a 23-shot win in the Hillcat Classic, which ended Tuesday at Bailey Ranch Golf Club. It was OC's second win in three years in the annual tournament hosted by Rogers State and the Lady Eagles' team win since taking the Oklahoma Intercollegiate at Fort Sill Golf Course in October 2016. OC posted a final...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Rogers State's Quintin Powell was named the Great American Conference Men's Track Athlete of the Week as announced by the GAC on Tuesday (March 20) afternoon. Powell, a senior from Oklahoma City, won the 200- and 400-meter dashes and was part of the 4x100 meter relay team that was victorious for three event wins to start the outdoor season on Thursday at the OBU Early Outdoor Invitational. In the first event of the season, Powell ran a provisional time of 47.70 seconds in the 400 meters, the third-fastest time in the c...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - Julia Schoch has been named the Great American Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week, the league office announced Wednesday. Schoch, a freshman from Montreal, Canada, helped the Golden Suns to a 2-1 record over the past week, including a 7-2 victory over SNU in Tech's first dual of the GAC season. Against the Crimson Storm, Schoch combined with Harris for a 9-7 victory in doubles and followed with a two-set win in the No. 3 singles match. Arkansas Tech followed its first win in conference play with a 5-3 decision...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Layton Robinson allowed just one unearned run in his first start of the season on Tuesday, pitching a complete-game with 10 strikeouts to lead Arkansas Tech to a 3-1 win over the University of the Ozarks. NEXT UP Arkansas Tech will return to Great American Conference play this weekend, as the Wonder Boys travel to Shawnee, Okla. for a three-game series with Oklahoma Baptist. The series is scheduled for a single game at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 23, followed by a doubleheader at 1 p.m. on Saturday. ARKANSAS TECH LINEUP H...
Henderson State traveled to Clinton, Mississippi for a midweek game on Tuesday with Mississippi College with the Choctaws overcoming a 3-0 deficit to beat the Reddies 7-3. The Reddies, 16-10 on the year, got on the board first in the fourth inning as Jordan Harris lined a single up the middle followed by a double by Brentten Schwaab to move Harris to third. Harris scored on a sacrifice fly by Jackson Martin. Henderson added to its lead as the Reddies loaded the bases in the fifth when Joe Myers and Daniel Colasanto were both hit by pitches...
PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (AP) — As a SWAT team closed in, the suspected bomber whose deadly explosives terrorized Austin for three weeks used one of his own devices to blow himself up. But police warned that he could have planted more bombs before his death, and they cautioned the city to stay on guard. Mark Anthony Conditt, an unemployed college dropout who bought bomb-making materials at Home Depot, was tracked down using store surveillance video, cellphone signals and witness accounts of a customer shipping packages in a disguise that included a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders all but finalized a sweeping $1.3 trillion budget bill Wednesday that substantially boosts military and domestic spending but leaves behind young immigrant "Dreamers," deprives President Donald Trump some of his border wall money and takes only incremental steps to address gun violence. As negotiators stumbled toward an end-of-the-week deadline to fund the government or face a federal shutdown, House Speaker Paul Ryan dashed to the White House amid concerns Trump's support was wavering. The White House l...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A relatively high bond was imposed Wednesday in a case involving a student who brought a knife to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, one day after the same judge set a $500,000 bond for the brother of the shooting suspect for trespassing at the school. Broward County Judge Kim Theresa Mollica ordered 18-year-old Jordan Salter held on $12,500 bond after she brought a knife with a 2-inch (5-centimeter) blade to the school. Authorities arrested her after a confrontation with another student Tuesday in the school c...
