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WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Softball earned a rivalry split against Northwestern Oklahoma State on Tuesday in front of a season-best crowd during their 'Pack the Park' event at the Athletic Complex. SWOSU (17-27, 11-23 GAC) now plays their final eight games of the regular season on the road, beginning this weekend at Ouachita. SWOSU 6, Northwestern Okla. 4 Taya Haney bookended a complete game in the pitching circle with three-run home runs in the bottom of the second and sixth innings to lead the Bulldogs past Northwestern in the opening g...
OKLAHOMA CITY (April 18, 2017) – Solid pitching combined with timely hitting usually is a winning baseball formula and Oklahoma Christian received both on Tuesday afternoon against Southeastern Oklahoma State. Kolton Brown threw six strong innings, Lane Paul drove in three runs and Luke Reynolds hit his third home run of the season, lifting the Eagles to a 6-3 win at Dobson Field. The win completed a season sweep for OC (24-18) against Southeastern (14-22-1), as the Eagles beat the Savage Storm 15-9 in Durant on March 21. Southeastern is c...
HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. – The Arkansas Tech men's golf team closed out its 2016-17 regular season with a victory as the Wonder Boys held off the host, Harding for a three-stroke win at the 2017 Natural State Classic at Red Apple Inn and Country Club in Heber Springs, Ark. on Tuesday. NEXT UP The Wonder Boys will now travel to Hot Springs, Ark. for the 2017 Great American Conference Championships being played at the Hot Springs Country Club from April 23-25. HOW IT HAPPENED Heading into the second round with a seven-stroke lead, No. 50 Arkansas T...
MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Cody Wescott hit his fifth homer in his last 10 games, while Mark Vaughn added a ninth-inning home run to lead Arkansas Tech to an 8-4 win over No. 4 Southern Arkansas on Tuesday. NEXT UP Arkansas Tech will host Southern Arkansas this weekend, beginning with a nine-inning game scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday, April 21. The Wonder Boys and Muleriders will then finish the series with a doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m....
HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. — The University of Arkansas at Monticello women's golf team placed second overall in the Natural State Golf Classic this past Monday and Tuesday, played at the Red Apple Inn and Country Club. Leading UAM in the classic was senior Lauren Johnson who finished third overall with a two-day combined score of 161 (84, 77). This was Lauren's fourth top ten finish throughout the spring season also. Junior Frida Rydberg (83, 80) placed right behind Johnson in fourth place with an overall score of 163 as well. Freshman Belle Tan (...
In the final regular-season tournament, the Henderson State men's golf team placed third at the Natural State Golf Classic in Heber Springs. The Reddies shot 7-over par, 291 as team on Tuesday and finished with a 36-hole total of 583. Arkansas Tech won the 12-team tournament with a team score of 576 (+8), followed by Harding at 579 (+11) and Henderson (+15). Nick Shapiro led Henderson with a 143 total after shooting 1-under par 71 on Tuesday to tie for fourth-place. Shapiro totaled a team-best 25 pars for the tournament. Tait Darby also carded...
MAGNOLIA, Ark. – No. 4 Southern Arkansas trailed by five runs heading into the home-half of the sixth inning and managed to scratch just two runs to cut its deficit to 7-4 as Arkansas Tech would subdue that rally and one in SAU's final at bat in the ninth to claim an 8-4 victory in a non-conference affair inside Walker Stadium at Goodheart Field. TEAM RECORDS Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys (27-16) #4 Southern Arkansas Muleriders (33-8) PITCHING DECISIONS W - Nate Rutherford (2-1) L - George Eubanks (0-1) S - Jesse Harbin (7) HOW IT HAPPENED George E...
MULHALL, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma sheriff's deputy died Tuesday after being shot while serving an eviction notice, authorities said, and a suspect was later arrested after a manhunt. The Logan County deputy was identified as David Wade, 40. Logan County Sheriff Damon Devereaux told reporters Wade was shot several times, including in the face. He was taken to OU Medical Center, where he underwent surgery and later died. Wade was able to fire, Devereaux said, then radioed in to headquarters to say that he had been shot. The sheriff said Wade w...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health care providers are urging state lawmakers to raise the state tax on cigarettes by $1.50 a pack to help pay health care costs. Members of the Oklahoma Hospital Association gathered at the State Capitol Tuesday to discuss the need for new revenue to help state health care providers. Officials say that without a cigarette tax increase, Oklahoma may have to cut the reimbursement rate for services provided to Medicaid patients by 25 percent. The could force more than a dozen hospitals in the state and nine out o...
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Seven people have been charged in connection with a 2015 riot at a private prison in Payne County in which four inmates were stabbed to death. Online court records indicate the charges were filed on Monday in Payne County District Court. Each defendant is charged with participating in a riot, a felony punishable by up to life in prison. The deadly melee occurred on Sept. 12, 2015, at the Cimarron Correctional Facility in Cushing, which is a private prison owned and operated by Tennessee-based Corrections Corporation o...
PAWHUSKA, Okla. (AP) — Eight months after fish and turtles died in an Oklahoma creek, when saltwater levels spiked and water temperature at the bottom of the creek hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit, there still isn't a definitive answer as to where the saltwater came from. Contamination in North Bird Creek is likely from deep in the earth, Oklahoma State University geology professor Todd Halihan told the Tulsa World (http://bit.ly/2nZpdzG ). Halihan said the answer may not be apparent, but water cools on its way to the surface, which indicates the s...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — HUD Secretary Ben Carson is scheduled to speak at a memorial ceremony for the Oklahoma City bombing. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says Carson will speak Wednesday, the 22nd anniversary of the 1995 attack. The explosion killed 168 people, including 19 children. It was the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil until the Sept. 11 attacks six years later. Oklahoma City's Alfred P. Murrah Building housed HUD offices as well as employees from other federal agencies. HUD lost 35 employees when the b...
SPERRY, Okla. (AP) — The police chief of a small northeast Oklahoma community says he issued himself a citation for speeding, but only after being caught on video. Sperry Police Chief Justin Burch posted an apology on the department's Facebook page Saturday, saying he was "wrong in traveling at 75 and 80 mph." Sperry is about 10 miles north of Tulsa. Burch admits he's not sure he would have issued the ticket if not for the video, and that he had a "reason for being in a hurry." Nonetheless, he admits he must "be held accountable." Burch says h...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback appointed a legislator Tuesday as the next state treasurer to replace Republican Ron Estes after Estes won a special congressional election. The new treasurer is GOP state Sen. Jake LaTurner, of Pittsburg. He will serve the rest of Estes' four-year term and said he will seek a full, four-year term in 2018. Brownback touted LaTurner's work as a legislator during a Statehouse news conference, pointing to his authorship in 2015 of a state law limiting the authority of cities and counties to spend a...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas grocery and convenience stores will be able to sell regular beer starting in 2019 after a years-long effort to get full-strength brews into the stores. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill Tuesday allowing grocery and convenience stores to sell beer with up to 6 percent alcohol by volume. They can now sell cereal malt beverage with 3.2 percent alcohol by weight. In exchange, liquor stores will be able to sell cereal malt beverages and more non-alcoholic products, such as shot glasses, mixers, lottery tickets a...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Kansas agreed in a court filing with an expert's finding that a "climate of mistrust" exists between themselves and defense attorneys, and it's harming the interests of justice. Monday's acknowledgement comes in the wake of a special master's report issued last month saying most defense suspicions that the government was monitoring attorney-client communications are groundless. The report said "the underlying mistrust is corrosive and must be fixed." "Mutual suspicion not only makes it harder for c...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The FBI has set up a hotline to collect information about a suburban Kansas City teacher who is charged with sex crimes. The agency said Monday that its Kansas City Child Exploitation Task Force has joined Blue Springs police in investigating allegations against 52-year-old James Green Jr., The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/2puUcDx ) reports. Green, who is on administrative leave from teaching and coaching in the North Kansas City School District, is charged with six counts of second-degree statutory sodomy. Bond is s...
GREENWOOD, Kan. (AP) — Volunteer firefighters, who make up 90 percent of the firefighters in Kansas, are seeking additional funding. Kansas spends about $300,000 at the state level on firefighting, less than almost any other state, the Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2nZw5wA ) reported. This resulted in local firefighters having no extra help to fight the state's biggest wildfire in March, which burned more than 450,000 acres in Kansas. "A grassfire moves fast," volunteer Brian Hind said. "The biggest fire we've (Greenwood County) ever had was 3...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities searching for a man who jumped off a Kansas River bridge while fleeing from law enforcement have found a body. WIBW (http://bit.ly/2opEF3a ) reports that Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat said in a statement that that the body was found Monday about a mile from the bridge and near the bank. A man jumped from the bridge northeast of Paxico earlier this month when the pursuit ended with him crashing into a patrol car. The man was being sought in connection with an alleged auto theft in Wamego. Highway patrol a...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Lawmakers in Kansas are debating the fairness of proposed inspection protocols and fee increases for animal breeders and shelters. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/2oJ02yj ) reports some legislators want to pass a state law forbidding the Kansas Department of Agriculture, which inspects pet animal businesses, from giving breeders advance notice of inspections. They are also considering implementing a fee on facilities that skip inspections or need to be re-inspected after failing. Republican Rep. Doug Blex of I...
HOLTON, Kan. (AP) — The first trial has started for a man who is charged with sexually assaulting a teenager and five women in a case that has divided the small Kansas town of Holton. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/2ok5d6K ) reports that the trial focuses on claims that 22-year-old Jacob Ewing sexually assaulted the teen in a rural cemetery. He's charged with aggravated indecent liberties and aggravated criminal sodomy with a child under 14 years old. Ewing has entered not guilty pleas in all the cases. The charges involving the f...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University's military training program has expelled a promising cadet, accusing him of falsely claiming that he was sexually assaulted during an altercation that left him hospitalized. The cadet testified that during a July 4 bonfire near his family's lake house in Nebraska, a 19-year-old acquaintance rubbed the cadet's genitals and inner legs with a beer bottle against his wishes. He said he pushed the man away, and that the man hit him on the head with a bottle. The cadet received several stitches to his f...
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Twenty-two years as a Vigo County emergency dispatcher helped prepare Vickie Oster for the threats of violence against Terre Haute North Vigo High School that shook the area for hours on April 7. She was one of four dispatchers on duty in Central Dispatch when she handled a call from a teen or man calling himself Michael and threatening to detonate pipe bombs and shoot people in the school. The call did not sound like the standard prank or bomb threat. "Most of the time, they say, 'There's a bomb here' and they hang u...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A former strip mine would be converted into a solar farm under a proposal announced Tuesday by an Appalachian coal company that says it wants to place hundreds of thousands of panels in the Kentucky mountains. The Berkeley Energy Group, EDF Renewable Energy and former Democratic state Auditor Adam Edelen said they are looking at two mountaintop removal sites just outside of Pikeville in the heart of Kentucky's coal country. It's the latest example of efforts to diversify the energy output of the nation's third-largest c...
BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada's dominant electric utility is marking completion of a solar power array in the desert outside Las Vegas. Officials with NV Energy and Alabama-based Southern Power and SunPower said Tuesday the Boulder Solar I facility began providing 100 megawatts of electricity last December. That's enough to power 30,000 homes during daytime hours. The plant has almost 290,000 solar panels on nearly 1 square mile (2.6 square kilometers) in a dry lake bed in the Eldorado Valley area of Boulder City. That's about 20 miles (...
