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SHAWNEE – For the first time in its NCAA era, Oklahoma Baptist knocked off Southeastern Oklahoma State and holds a 2-0 record after its 34-28 win Saturday. The Bison last won two games to open the season in its last NAIA year in 2014 and had gone 0-3 against the Savage Storm until getting redemption at home. Preston Haire passed for 298 yards with four touchdown passes with Cagney Roberson grabbing a dozen receptions for 127 yards and a score. The 12 catches tied an OBU record shared by Nyko Symonds, who reeled in 12 against Southwestern K...
EDMOND, Okla. – Day two of the GAC/MIAA Crossover was a tough one for Southeastern as it dropped both matchups on the day, first falling 3-0 to Central Oklahoma before finishing the event with a 3-0 loss to Emporia State. The losses drop the Savage Storm to 4-8 overall as they head into Great American Conference play on Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. when they host Oklahoma Baptist in Bloomer Sullivan Gymnasium. Against the Bronchos, Abby Jameson led the offense with six kills while Arianna Baker was right behind with five. Sydney Meget triggered the o...
SHAWNEE, Okla. — Southern Nazarene closed out the weekend without dropping a set as it swept both Fort Hays State and Missouri Southern State to close out the GAC/MIAA Crossover. SNU (6-7) downed the Tigers (26-24, 27-25, 25-23) before outlasting the Lions (25-23, 25-21, 25-21) The Storm survived three tight sets against Fort Hays in the opener. There were 30 ties and 13 lead changes in the match. Ten of the ties came in the first set as no one led by more than four. The Tigers led 21-18 late in the set, but SNU used a 5-1 run capped by a B...
LUBBOCK, Texas — Southern Nazarene tallied nine shots in a 4-0 loss on the road to Lubbock Christian on Saturday afternoon. The Crimson Storm (1-3) placed four shots on goal, as the Chaps (2-1) landed seven of their 13 shot attempts on goal. LCU wasted no time in getting on the board on their home field, as they scored in the third minute to take a 1-0 lead. Three minutes later, the Chaps netted another goal to extend their lead to two goals and carried that lead into halftime. Lubbock Christian added another goal in the 49th minute to make i...
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The SWOSU Soccer team earned their second straight win defeating Lubbock Christian 2-0. The Bulldogs jumped out to an early 1-0 lead and would carry that momentum through the whole game, as they would fire off 24 shots in the contest and would hold the Chaps to just eight shots all afternoon. SWOSU netted their first goal of the game in the first five minutes of play off a penalty shot by Sandra Nabweteme for her third goal of the season. The Bulldogs would continue the offensive attack for the majority of the half keeping...
LUBBOCK, Texas – Bulldog Volleyball was unable to maintain the momentum of a first-set win as Washburn took the next three sets for a 3-1 victory over SWOSU on Saturday at the LCU Chap Classic. The loss stops a school record seven-game winning streak by the Dawgs, who are now 8-2 on the year. SWOSU started slowly in each set, but overcame an early 8-2 deficit in the first set and pulled even with the Ichabods at 12-12 on a kill by Jenny Tackett. The Bulldogs still played from behind for most of the set, before taking their first lead at 2...
PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Harding volleyball team swept Spring Hill 3-0 (25-11, 25-18, 25-9) Saturday on the final day of the Argo Bash. Harding improves to 5-6 on the season. Spring Hill falls to 4-4. FIRST SET Harding took an 8-2 lead in the first set. The Lady Bisons closed the set on a 4-1 run on three kills by Emily Clayton. Harding won the set 25-11. The Lady Bisons had 14 kills and no hitting errors in the set. SECOND SET With the second set tied at four, Harding went on a 7-3 run to lead 13-7. Up 20-16, the Lady Bisons went on a 5-2 run on...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered for the opening of a $465 million park — one of the largest in the country — along the Arkansas River in Tulsa. The public park, known as the Gathering Place, will initially be about 66 acres in size but will grow to cover 100 acres. It features bike and walking trails, athletic courts and lawns for concerts. Gathering Place was built with private money from the foundation of billionaire philanthropist George Kaiser, who joined Gov. Mary Fallin and throngs of people Saturday to mark the p...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma voters wanting to change their party affiliation or their address can now do so online for the first time starting Monday. The Oklahoma State Election Board is releasing a new online form for registered voters to update their information, the Oklahoman reported . Voters can use the form to change their affiliation to one of the state's three recognized political parties or to be independent. They can also update their residential or mailing address as long as it's within the same county. The website will still r...
SEASIDE, Ore. (AP) — The family of an Oklahoma teenager who drowned in the ocean while visiting the Oregon coast has filed a $3.6 million lawsuit against the city of Seaside. The Daily Astorian reports that 14-year-old Conner Miguel Wu Moore, of Tulsa, was swimming with his cousin n July 2016 when lifeguards saw them struggling. Moore died in a hospital. The cousin survived. The lawsuit, filed in July by the boy's mother, L. Nicole Moore, claims they were not warned about dangerous ocean conditions. The suit says the city did not post a...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A judge has ordered two men to stand trial in the shooting deaths of a man and woman in Colorado Springs. The Gazette reported Saturday that 20-year-old Nashid Rayon Rivers and 19-year-old Marquis Dantre Hazard are charged with murder in the deaths of Serena Lee Garcia and Marcus Howard Denton. Garcia was 21 and lived in Parker. Denton was 20 and was a native of Atchison, Kansas. Their bodies were found in a car on April 21. Investigators testified that Rivers' brother told police the defendants planned to s...
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas State Fair is welcoming some unusual food vendors and new attractions this year, from deep fried Pina Coladas to an inaugural Bread Sculpture contest. The fair in Hutchinson opened Friday, featuring a food lineup that attempts to outdo outrageous concoctions from the past, the Wichita Eagle reported . This year's food vendors are serving deep fried deviled eggs, pickles stuffed with sour hard candy and burgers topped with a MoonPie. Bernard's Pit Stop Bar-B-Q will be offering Shuttle Fries to pair with the M...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — An elementary school teacher in Kansas City, Kansas, has been charged with sexual solicitation of a minor. The Kansas City Star reports 42-year-old Jason Crum, of Shawnee, was charged Friday on a felony count of sexual exploitation of a child. He was released from jail after posting $100,000 bond. The charge alleges that between January 2014 and January 2015, Crum attempted to convince a child under the age of 18 to engage in sexually explicit conduct. Crum is listed on the Kansas City, Kansas, school district's w...
SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A Salina man whose young son was found dead in a bathtub last year has pleaded no contest in the boy's death. In a plea agreement filed last week, 44-year-old Michael Ray Hatfield agreed to plead no contest to one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of aggravated endangering of a child. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 22. The charges stem from the May 2017 death of Hatfield's 10-month-old son, Waylon Hatfield. Hatfield was originally charged with first-degree murder, aggravated child endangerment, possession o...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 50-year-old Wellington woman has been sentenced six months in prison and ordered to pay more than $86,000 in restitution for fraudulently collecting Social Security benefits. U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said Amy McLain was sentenced Friday for one count of Social Security fraud. She pleaded guilty to receiving Social Security benefits while working from 2008 to 2014 at Kreifels Communications. She fraudulently reported to Social Security that she was not working and had no income. A co-defendant, 58-year-old S...
HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston area teacher has been sentenced to eight years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old student. The Houston Chronicle reports that 24-year-old Michelle Schiffer had been facing up to 20 years in prison after she had pleaded guilty in May to one charge of improper relationship with a student. Schiffer was sentenced Thursday during a hearing in a Houston courtroom. Her defense attorney, Grant Scheiner, says Schiffer accepts responsibility for what she has done. According to court records, Schiffer, a world h...
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — Lacy and Tom Nickelson didn't realize the critical need for foster care services in southeastern Kansas until they began working with children in police protective custody two years ago. Children are placed in police protective custody after they're removed from their parents or guardians but while still waiting to be entered into the foster care system. "In Kansas, we call it short-term placement for children who come into care, and it averages about three to six days, depending on the child or children that you take in,...
SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — After weathering nearly eight decades and two notable tornadoes, a piece of Pettis County's farming history is slowly being dismantled. The Reine dairy barn, built in 1939 by Robert R. Reine and Charlie Allcorn and now owned by Reine's son Albert Reine, once processed, bottled and delivered milk to local residents. Reine, who recently sold 252 acres to Nucor Steel Sedalia LLC and 83 acres to the county, said last month that dismantling the barn is bittersweet. The large barn sits next his home on the 250 acres he still r...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — It's bath day for the pet rats and ferrets at Southeast High School in Wichita. Kenneth Borja gently lifts one of the rats — Zeus, Poseidon or Hades, it's hard to tell which — out of his cage. He carries the animal to the sink, lathers him with shampoo and holds the squirming rodent under warm water for a rinse. "I really didn't choose this class. I was randomly put into it," said Borja, a senior. "But I found it to be interesting, so I stayed ... Now I've kind of grown close to the animals and I like taking care of them....
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Downtown Lawrence's old brick and stone buildings, some marked with names and dates from centuries past, are a call to the curious. And now, those wanting to know more about the storefronts, people and events that populated downtown's historic buildings have an easy way to find out. A University of Kansas journalism class, with the assistance of historical researchers, has been compiling timelines of buildings on Massachusetts Street and using them to create what resembles an online scrapbook of downtown Lawrence's past. T...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A year ago, Chloe Pritchett was 5, and as part of a home school lesson on medieval times, she and her mom, Libby, played the kid-friendly card game "Sleeping Queens." Chloe loved the game, but she really loved the story of the game's inventor — a 6-year-old New Jersey girl named Miranda Evarts. "She said, 'If a 6-year-old girl can create a game, I can too,'" remembers her father, Jeff. The next night, he came home from work and found Chloe busy scratching away on a pad of sticky notes. About 50 of them were spread out all...
NICKTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Walking around his Blue Goose Farm one July afternoon, Scott Farabaugh described his day-to-day life as a farmer: Planting crops with his hands, eating meals with his family, trying new growing techniques, watching his children learn from the land, figuring out ways to meet customers' needs, dealing with economic issues, feeling the warmth of the sun and the pounding of the rain. And that is a life Farabaugh lives every moment when he is on his property. "I make the joke that the best part of my job is I wake up and I'm a...
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — The experiment began with native children crying out in the night. Cold, tired and lonely, they were in a strange place far from their homeland, far from their tribe. Their first introduction to Carlisle was on a train pulling into the downtown station around midnight on Oct. 6, 1879. Hundreds of onlookers had gathered to watch them disembark. Wrapped tightly in blankets, these first of many thousand students were escorted to the open gates of an abandoned Army post and separated by gender. There, they slept fitfully on b...
