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Happy Anniversary To Oct. 20: Mr. & Mrs. Ty Ferguson Oct. 28: Mr. & Mrs. Don Lenhart Oct. 30: Mr. & Mrs. Terry Christopher Nov. 6: Mr. & Mrs. Monte Hepner (Note: Send corrections, additions to: freedomcallnews@gmail.com or call 800-305-2111)...
Happy Birthday To Oct. 18: Carolyn Sample, Hal Frei Oct. 20: JoAnn Isenbart, Anna Lee Murray Oct. 21: Steve Pierce Oct. 22; LeRoy Burks, Nancy Harger, Charles McIver, Reia Lenhart, Peyton Hughes Oct. 23: Dovie Wilson, Raye Lynn Hughes, Johnette Beagley Oct. 24: Dolores Holbrook Oct. 25: Phillip Schultz, Sabrina Bowers Oct. 26: Tommy Bradt, Maxine Tinker Oct. 27: Allyson Wimmer Oct. 28: Dennis Schroeder, Deb London, Matthew Bixler, Betsy Williams Oct. 30: Monte Wilson, Cindy Reed Oct. 31: Gene Vogt, Jack Bowers, Megan Walker Nov. 1: Eric Smith,...
The Freedom Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the entire community of Freedom for a very successful rodeo. Without the support of the Freedom community, the rodeo would not be as prosperous as it has been for the last several years. The Freedom Chamber would also like to congratulate the Freedom community in helping make the rodeo the 2018 KPRA Rodeo of the Year for the third year in a row. The Chamber would like to congratulate Colt Sterns for placing 1st in steer wrestling and Robbie Sterns for being the All-Around Cowgirl at the KPRA...
The regularly scheduled Freedom town meeting was held last week and was attended by Mayor Shad Brackin and board member Terry Smith. Rolando Galindo was absent. Cindy Reed, Dawn Wares, Bonnie Greer and Stuart Page were present as well. There were no non-scheduled guests and members quickly dove into the agenda, starting with discussion on ordinance letters sent out since the last meeting. Conversation moved on to the current state of the town’s gas and water meters. Interest was expressed in transitioning over to digital meters, but the cost o...
BETHANY, Okla. — In a quest to earn the school's first regular-season Great American Conference title, Southern Nazarene fell 4-2 in a gut-wrenching fashion to rival Oklahoma Baptist on Tuesday night at Wes Harmon Field. With a win, the Crimson Storm (5-10, 3-3 GAC) would've secured a bid to host the GAC Championships in the first week of November, something they've never achieved in school history. A record crowd was on hand in Bethany as SNU tried to make history, but the Bison (3-12, 2-4) had other plans for the Storm. It was a tale of two h...
BETHANY – Southern Nazarene hosted the number one team in the Great American Conference on Tuesday night in its rival Oklahoma Baptist and fell 4-0 at Wes Harmon Field. The Bison (11-4, 9-0 GAC) entered the match with a perfect record in conference play and already having clinched a spot in the GAC Championships. That record stayed perfect in Bethany as they tallied 31 shots in the match. They landed 17 of those on goal while the Crimson Storm (2-13, 1-8 GAC) took a season-low three shots and managed one of those on target. Alejandra Andrade w...
MUSKOGEE, Okla. – Behind a top-ten individual finish from Elin Wahlin, the No. 24-ranked SWOSU Women's Golf team placed third at the NCAA Division II Central Region Preview on Tuesday-Wednesday at Muskogee Country Club. Wahlin fired rounds of 74 and 75 to finish at seven-over par for the two-round tournament, which tied her for sixth place at the event. She was three shots ahead of Chloe Thackeray, who carded matching rounds of 76, while Gloria Choi was two shots behind her at 12-over. Veronika de Bochdanovits also had matching rounds of 78, w...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – SWOSU Women's Basketball team has been chosen as the preseason favorite in the Great American Conference for the 2018-2019 season, according to a poll voted on by the leagues head coaches. The poll was announced by the league office on Wednesday afternoon. The Lady Bulldogs are a unanimous selection to repeat as the GAC's regular season champion after receiving all 11 possible first-place votes for 121 total points. SWOSU finished the 2017-18 season with a record of 26-5, setting a new NCAA era record for wins, before a...
WACO, Texas – The Rogers State men's basketball team was picked to finish fourth in the Heartland Conference 2018-19 Preseason Poll as announced by the Heartland Conference on Wednesday (Oct. 17). Senior Saint Hiliare was selected to the 2018-19 Preseason All-Heartland Men's Basketball Team. The poll is determined by votes from the league coaches and sports information directors. The Hillcats totaled 104 points to rank fourth in the preseason poll. It's the third straight season the navy and red ranked fourth in the Heartland preseason standing...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. — Coming off a season that saw the Arkansas Tech women's basketball team advance to its fourth straight NCAA postseason, the Golden Suns were picked to finish second in this year's preseason poll, the league office announced on Wednesday. The Golden Suns, who return seven players from a squad that went 26-4 last season and won the 2018 GAC Tournament, earned one of the possible 11 first-place votes — coaches cannot vote for their own team — and 108 points to come in behind Southwestern Oklahoma State, which garnered 11 first...
MONTICELLO, Ark. – The University of Arkansas-Monticello volleyball team scored an impressive 3-1 victory over visiting Lyon College Tuesday evening. The Blossoms now stand at 5-22 on the season while the Scots drop to 15-13. UAM pummeled Lyon in the opening set, taking a 25-8 win behind MarKayla Dickie's five kills while Leslie Polano added four more. The teams played evenly in the early going of the second set, eventually playing to a 6-6 tie. From there, however, the Blossoms took control of the match behind a 7-2 run that put them in f...
SEARCY – Harding men's soccer landed at No. 4 in the first NCAA Division II Central Region Rankings, the NCAA's system used to determine postseason berths. Harding is 7-4-1 overall against Division II opponents and has regular-season games remaining against Christian Brothers on Oct. 19 and Ouachita Baptist on Oct. 23. There are 10 teams in the Central Region with the top two qualifying for the NCAA Division II Tournament. Fort Hays State (10-2-1) and Northeastern State (9-1-1) are No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in the first rankings. L...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced the league's weekly awards for the seventh week of the cross country season. Harding runners took both accolades as Alicja Minczuk and Bartek Kwiecinski earned the honors following their performances at the Little Rock Open. GAC WOMEN'S RUNNER OF THE WEEK – Alicja Minczuk, Harding, So., Szczecin, Poland Alicja Minczuk claimed an individual title for the first time in her career as she won the Little Rock Open 5K cross-country race by five seconds. She became the first Lady Bison to...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – One year removed from the program's first Great American Conference women's basketball regular-season championship, Southwestern Oklahoma State will enter the 2018-19 season as the unanimous preseason favorite, the league office announced on Wednesday. The Lady Bulldogs collected the first-place votes from all of the conference's 11 other head coaches. They return all five starters from a 26-5 squad, highlighted by All-American Hailey Tucker. She also earned the D2CCA Central Region Player of the Year award and her s...
JACKSON, Tenn. – The Harding volleyball team swept Union 3-0 (25-12, 25-18, 25-18) Tuesday in its final non-conference match of the season. The Lady Bisons improve to 17-7 overall. Union falls to 5-20 overall. Harding went 7-6 against non-conference opponents this season. FIRST SET Harding took a 14-6 lead in the first set and went on to win the set 25-12. The Lady Bisons hit .529 in the set and had 19 kills and only one attack error. SECOND SET Harding jumped out to a 13-4 lead in the second set. Union cut the lead to five, 21-16 but the Lady...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — After a terrific fall campaign, Henderson State's men's golf team was tabbed as the No. 8 team in the country in GolfStat's inaugural team rankings on Wednesday morning. The Reddies' No. 8 ranking is the highest in program history and their first-ever Top-10 ranking overall. Henderson is the highest ranked team in the Central Region. At the conclusion of the spring schedule, the top 10 teams in the region will compete at the NCAA Central Region Championship, which will be hosted by Henderson State at the Hot Springs C...
HAWKINS, Texas — Henderson State made quick work of Jarvis Christian on Tuesday night and dispatched of the Lady Bulldogs 3-0 (25-9, 25-20, 25-12) to pick up its 21st win of the season. The Reddies (21-4, 9-2) had an attacking percentage of .316 in the win and held Jarvis to just a .094 attacking percentage with their presence at the net. Courtney Bolf led the way for Henderson with a 12-kill, 10-dig double-double and an attacking percentage of .458. Alex Tyler added nine kills, while Gigi Garramone registered a team-high 15 digs. In the w...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced earlier today that Ouachita Baptist goalkeeper Erin Webster (Alvin, Texas) had been named Co-Goalkeeper of the Week. Webster helped the Tigers to a 1-1 record this past week in Great American Conference play. The junior had 9 saves in a 1-0 loss to Oklahoma Baptist and then recorded another 9 saves in a 3-0 shutout of Southern Nazarene. The shutout against the Crimson Storm was Webster's fifth clean sheet of the season. This is Webster's second Goalkeeper of the Week award this s...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Health officials in Arkansas and Oklahoma say a rare illness that's being compared to polio may have reached the states as it spreads across the U.S. Officials call the condition acute flaccid myelitis. It attacks the spinal cord and nervous system and causes weakness or temporary paralysis in the arms and legs. Most cases of weakness and paralysis have been in children. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has received reports of 127 patients with symptoms of the disease this year. The CDC has c...
NOWATA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma sheriff accused of stealing donated school supplies and using them for his election campaign has been charged with embezzlement. Court records show that Nowata County Sheriff Kenny David Freeman was charged Wednesday. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents booked the 43-year-old Freeman at the Washington County jail in Bartlesville, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of Tulsa. Records don't indicate that he has an attorney who might speak on his behalf. Authorities say an area Walmart donated about $...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican Kris Kobach promised Wednesday to push for tougher work requirements for welfare and state health coverage recipients in Kansas, building on existing policies that have populist appeal but draw criticism as punitive toward the poor. Kobach outlined a plan to increase work requirements for able-bodied adults receiving food stamps and cash assistance. It would impose a work requirement — and drug testing — for the state's Medicaid program, which provides health coverage to the needy. The GOP-controlled Legis...
