University of Oklahoma

Timothy Wayne Hartsell, 59, of Elizabethtown, passed away Friday May 20 at his home. Tim served in the U.S. Army for 23 years. He retired as a lieutenant colonel while stationed at Fort Knox in 1997. Tim graduated from Henderson State University in...

Money, personnel and supplies have poured into Oklahoma from across the country after Monday's devastating tornado, but one Chicago-area church is sending a different kind of assistance — a team of golden retrievers. Lutheran Church Charities,...

Money, personnel and supplies have poured into Oklahoma from across the country after Monday's devastating tornado, but one Chicago-area church is sending a different kind of assistance — a team of golden retrievers. Lutheran Church Charities,...

The city of Moore, Okla., was struck by a devastating tornado Monday because all the familiar ingredients were in place to spawn such a massive storm. It was also a victim of simple bad luck. At least twice before in recent years, in 1999 and 2003,...

STAFFER'S TWEETS Top Kan. Dem: Staffer faces discipline over tweets TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The top Democrat in the Kansas House's says he'll discipline a staffer who's been posting disparaging tweets about Republicans legislators. House Minority...

Northern State will return to a familiar venue for the conference track and field meet.  The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference outdoor meet is this Friday and Saturday in Sioux Falls. Augustana College is the host school and the meet will be...

Mark Yudof likes to point out that he was the first real outsider in more than a century chosen to run the sprawling University of California system. And he often jokes that, as a result of his leadership, it is likely to take a hundred years more...

Greg Willard Longtime NBA referee worked more than 1,600 games Greg Willard, 54, a longtime NBA referee who worked more than 1,600 games before he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, died Monday at his home in Huntington Beach, according to NBA...

Northern State finally got to practice in some nice weather.  The NSU football team had its eighth practice of the spring on Monday at Swisher Field. The Wolves had been practicing in cold weather during the first two weeks of spring ball and had been...

As parents, we like to think we can predict what our children will grow up to be based on what captures their attention as kids. Then they return to the nest as young adults and we realize how far wrong we were. The best swimmer among my children's...

You don’t have to try very hard to lure Darryl Tonemah back to Aberdeen.  Tonemah, who is a singer-songwriter in addition to other pursuits, graduated from Aberdeen Central in 1984 and Northern State University in 1989. He now lives in Lewiston,...

Raydon "Ray" Durane Christianson, 86, of Pierre and formerly of Aberdeen, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at the Highmore Healthcare Center.  Ray was born Jan. 7, 1927, to Hans and Mathilda (Johnson) Christianson on a farm near Langford in Day...