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Happy Anniversary To Nov. 30: Mr. & Mrs. Tracy Walker Dec. 10: Mr. & Mrs. Arly Eden Dec. 11: Mr. & Mrs. Justin Rankin, Mr. & Mrs. Bret Nixon Dec. 15: Mr. & Mrs. Vaughn Rader Dec. 17: Mr. & Mrs. Barclay Holt (Note: Send corrections, additions to: freedomcallnews@gmail.com or call 800-305-2111)...
Happy Birthday To Nov. 29: Sheli Breshears, Hammons Hepner, Bonnie Wares, Carol Bowers, Darol Wilson, Irene Bush Nov. 30: Lance Province, Shay Wilson Dec. 1: Sharon Harris, Randy Wilson, Shawn James, Connie Wise Dec. 3: Ramona Burkhart, Oren Leon Howland Dec. 4: Lori Sample, Francis Melkus, Lyndon Province, Katie Blunk Dec. 5: Donnie Wehrenberger, Sharon Walker, Shelly Province Dec. 7: Tim Hepner, Mike Scates, Cindy Jones, Wade Walker, Wade Burnham Dec. 8: Cory Russell, Cyndi Bradt Dec. 9: Jill Elmore Dec. 10: Tracia Vogt, Rustin Cook Dec. 11:...
On Sunday, Nov. 25, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Announcements: Dec. 1 will the Quinlan UMC’s annual bazaar at the Quinlan UMC. Advent will begin Dec. 2. The Community Christmas Program is Dec. 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Freedom Christian Church. Candlelight Services will be held at Freedom UMC on Dec. 23 at 6:30 p.m. Please come join us as we celebrate Jesus’ birth. Invocation by Pastor Todd Finley Call to Worship: Psalm 24 led by Johnnie Sue Olson Opening hymn “Joyful, Joyfu...
Freedom Public School Lady Eagle player junior Summer Ralston has made the top 100 basketball player list, and she was also picked as a member of the first team class B. After three games Ralston is averaging 24 points and 10 rebounds per game. Senior Kris Fargo made the top 100 boys list and is leading the state with 37 points per game average. The top 100 high school basketball players in the state will compete for the 5th time for the title of Shelter Insurance Mr. Basketball and Miss...
ADA, Okla. – For the third consecutive year, the SWOSU Soccer team is represented on the Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CCA) All-American list which was released Wednesday afternoon. The Bulldogs had two players named as junior forwards Alimata Rabo a First Team selection, and Sandra Nabweteme, a Second Team selection earned the recognition. Rabo earns a spot on the first team for the third consecutive year following another outstanding season. She was the driving force of the Bulldogs offensive attack, leading the team in...
OKLAHOMA CITY (Nov. 27, 2018) – The Oklahoma Christian Eagles had eight days to stew over a lopsided loss at their archrival, No. 5-ranked Southern Nazarene, a result OC men's basketball coach Cory Cole described as a "sickness." When the Eagles finally had the chance to release their pent-up frustration on Tuesday night, they overwhelmed Barclay (Kan.), dominating from the tip and rolling to a 95-45 win in a nonconference game in the Eagles' Nest. Six Eagles scored in double figures and Will Lienhard recorded his third career double-double w...
CORSICANA, TX—November 26, 2018—Corsicana's second annual Division II Bowl game will see Emporia State University (Kansas) and the University of Arkansas at Monticello face off during the city's Christmas Celebration Weekend, November 30 and December 1, with the game scheduled December 1 at 2 p.m. The two teams will arrive Thursday and will be part of several events around town, including the Friday "High Five" ceremony at Corsicana ISD selected schools. Friday afternoon, players will be part of the Downtown Main Street Christmas event by signi...
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Oklahoma has the Big 12's top offensive player for the fourth season in a row. Sooners junior quarterback Kyler Murray was selected as the offensive player of the year when the Big 12 Conference released its postseason awards Wednesday. The awards are determined by the 10 league coaches who couldn't vote for their own players. West Virginia junior linebacker David Long Jr. took the top defensive honor. Iowa State's Matt Campbell and Oklahoma's Lincoln Riley shared Big 12 coach of the year honors as selected by their p...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of felony cases filed by Oklahoma prosecutors dropped nearly 30 percent in the year after a voter-backed plan to ease criminal penalties took effect, according to a new study released on Wednesday. The study, which analyzed felony filings since the new law took effect in July 2017 to make many drug and property crimes misdemeanors, was conducted by Open Justice Oklahoma, a project of the Tulsa-based, liberal think-tank Oklahoma Policy Institute funded largely by the George Kaiser Family Foundation. The study show...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas-Oklahoma rivalry is never short on bad blood between the Big 12 border states. Whether it's "horns down," Darrell Royal accusing Barry Switzer of spying or Brian Bosworth's critique of vomit-inducing burnt orange, a rivalry that dates to 1900 has more than its share of antics and lore. And the 114th meeting Saturday — the second this season and with the Big 12 championship at stake — is well on its way to producing its own. Dial back to Oct. 6, when No. 9 Texas beat No. 4 Oklahoma 48-45, a game that showc...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A staffer at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with long ties to former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt has been selected by Oklahoma's new governor to serve as state secretary of energy and environment. Gov.-elect Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday that Kenneth Wagner has been appointed to the cabinet-level position. Oklahoma previously had separate cabinet positions for energy and environment, but Gov. Mary Fallin combined those during her first term. Wagner currently works for the EPA as senior adviser to the a...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa County authorities say a teenager and a woman have been arrested in the fatal Thanksgiving Day shooting of a man by a person who was trying to break into the victim's truck. The sheriff's office says in a news release that a 17-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday on first-degree murder and second-degree burglary warrants in the death of Staijjeck Helm. A 37-year-old woman was arrested as an accessory after the fact. Online court records do not show that formal charges have been filed against either suspect. The s...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A 39-year-old Lawrence man who molested a girl with mental disabilities was sentenced to just over 10 years in prison. Steven Capps was sentenced Wednesday after previously pleading no contest to two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The girl was 14 when the abuse occurred. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Capps must register as a sex offender and be supervised for the rest of his life after he's released from prison. Prosecutor Mark Simpson said the victim's family supported the plea agreement, in p...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas man who is fighting deportation to his native Bangladesh for overstaying his visa was given a reprieve until at least 2022 after an immigration judge agreed to consider whether he could legally stay in the U.S. Syed Jamal, of Lawrence, had the first hearing of his recently reopened case Tuesday in Immigration Court in Kansas City, Missouri. Judge Glen Baker said he would review whether Jamal qualified for certain forms of deportation relief and set the next hearing for April 27, 2022, The Lawrence J...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay says five Topeka police officers who exchanged gunfire with a man on two separate occasions last month will not face charges. Kagay also said Wednesday that the man, 23-year-old Trevon Lorenzo Brown, has been charged with 12 crimes. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that on Oct. 11, members of the department's burglary task force encountered Brown, who fired several shots before fleeing. Later that day, Brown again encountered officers, who exchanged gunfire with him. Kagay s...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A man accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl unsuccessfully argued that he should not be charged with taking advantage of a child because she was actually 16 under a Kansas law that says life begins at fertilization. Defense attorney Cooper Overstreet argued in a motion that Jordan Ross, 21, of Topeka, could not be convicted of aggravated indecent liberties with a child because, under the state's definition of life, the alleged victim would be 16, rather than 15. The age of consent in Kansas is 16. "Because o...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police say a 33-year-old man was jailed after a police pursuit and shooting in east Wichita. The Wichita Eagle reports the shooting occurred Tuesday when a motorcycle officer tried to stop a speeding vehicle. Cpt. Brent Allred said the driver didn't stop, prompting a chase. Allred said the driver, Brandon Hanafin, eventually drove toward the officer and got within about 6 feet of hitting him. Allred said the officer was in a private driveway and had nowhere to go, so he fired two shots at Hanafin, who wasn't hit. Hanafin e...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to murder and other charges in the abuse and death of her 3-year-old son, whose body was found encased in concrete in the laundry room of their Wichita home. Miranda Miller, 37, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, child abuse and aggravated child endangerment under a deal in which she faces a prison sentence of about 29 years. With credit for good behavior, she could get out of prison in about 25 years, District Attorney Marc Bennett told The Wichita E...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A man whose abduction of a 10-year-old Kansas girl sparked a massive manhunt before she was found dead in Missouri has lost his appeal of his conviction and death sentence. The Kansas City Star reports that the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected the claims of 44-year-old Keith Nelson that his attorney had provided ineffective assistance. Nelson snatched Pamela Butler in 1999 as she was roller-skating near her Kansas City, Kansas, home. A witness to the abduction got Nelson's license plate, but he m...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Nearly one-fourth of Kansas lawmakers began serving in the Legislature after they were appointed to fill vacancies, under a system used in just three states. Under the system, party officials choose a replacement and the governor appoints that person, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Party officials help pick legislative replacements in about a dozen states in total. By contrast, 25 states use special elections to fill vacant legislative seats, The Wichita Eagle reports. The typically l...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A woman is suing after the former superintendent of the state's juvenile corrections complex was convicted of grabbing and shoving her. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Michelle Valdivia alleges in the lawsuit filed in Shawnee County District Court that Kyle Rohr engaged in negligence and battery, causing emotional distress. The Kansas Department of Corrections, Rohr and the State of Kansas are named as defendants in the case. Rohr is appealing his misdemeanor battery conviction. It stems from a dispute that arose l...
MARYSVILLE, Kan. (AP) — An inmate has been sentenced to 47 years in prison for setting a fire and shooting at officers while escaping from a Kansas jail with another inmate. The Wichita Eagle reports that 31-year-old Matson Zane Hatfield was sentenced Tuesday for attempted murder and other charges for the October 2017 escape from the Marshall County jail, near the state's border with Nebraska. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says Hatfield fled to a nearby home and later surrendered. A pickup truck also was stolen at gunpoint from a county e...
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is cautiously expanding a feature that shows people local news and information, including missing-person alerts, road closures, crime reports and school announcements. Called "Today In," the service shows people information from their towns and cities from such sources as news outlets, government entities and community groups. Facebook launched the service in January with six cities and expanded that to 25, then more. On Wednesday, "Today In" is expanding to 400 cities in the U.S. — and a few others in Australia. The...
BOONVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A former school employee has pleaded guilty to a second charge of having sex with a student when he was 16. The Jefferson City News-Tribune reports that 28-year-old Clairyssa Lorenz, of California, Missouri, admitted last week in Cooper County to one count of felony sexual contact with a student. She was sentenced to 120 days of shock incarceration and probation. Last month, she pleaded guilty to an identical charge in neighboring Moniteau County. Lorenz is a former elementary school counselor at Cole County R-1 Schools a...
