Area roundup: Pawnee boys, girls advance to state title games (Stillwater NewsPress)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:16:42 GMT
OKLAHOMA CITY — Both the Pawnee boys and girls basketball teams are one win away from another state championship. The Lady Black Bears defeated Washington, 64-45 in Friday’s semifinal at the State Fair Arena.
NEW: OSBI opens investigation into City Council campaign finances (Stillwater NewsPress)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:32:01 GMT
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into the campaign finances of candidates for Stillwater City Council, an OSBI agent confirmed Friday.
Formal petition to recall Stillwater City Councilor Darrell Dougherty being circulated (Stillwater NewsPress)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:47:01 GMT
Supporters of the effort to recall Stillwater City Councilor Darrell Dougherty are now gathering signatures and will have until April 12 to collect at least 649 signatures from valid Stillwater voters to initiate a recall election. Dougherty has asked a just to halt the petition.
Scientific equipment missing from Oklahoma State (Stillwater NewsPress)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:02:01 GMT
A box with scientific equipment valued at $8,739 could have been stolen from the department of plant and soil science, police said.
Sports notes: Blankenship wins 1-mile race at Big Ten Indoor Championships (Stillwater Gazette)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:13:22 GMT
Stillwater graduate Ben Blankenship contributed to the cause as the University of Minnesota men's track and field team defended its Big Ten Indoor Championship on Feb. 27-28. The former two-time individual state champion for the Ponies in the 1,600 meters ran to a victory in the 1-mile run with a time of 4:05.64.
Softball hopes to improve with last regular season tournament (The Badger Herald)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:03:16 GMT
The Wisconsin softball team heads south this weekend for its final regular season tournament, where Oklahoma State will host the Mizuno Classic.
Senate passes three abortion bills (Tulsa World)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:36:44 GMT
The state Senate on Wednesday passed three bills designed to replace an abortion law that was struck down by an Oklahoma County judge last month.
UPDATE: Former Oklahoma State football player Bo Bowling pleads guilty to reduced charge (Stillwater NewsPress)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:17:01 GMT
Bo Bowling, 21, had been facing felony drug charges that got him suspended from the Oklahoma State football team. This week Payne County prosecutors dropped the felony counts and filed two misdemeanor counts. Bowling pleaded guilty to the reduced charges. Bowling is no longer on the OSU football team, university officials confirmed.
NEW: Felonies dropped against former Oklahoma State University football player (Stillwater NewsPress)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:47:04 GMT
The felony drug charges that prompted Bo Bowling's suspension from the Oklahoma State football team have been dropped, prosecutors said. Bowling, 21, now has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor marijuana and drug paraphernalia counts, prosecutor Tom Lee said.
Williams bashes anti-abortion bill (Stillwater NewsPress)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:17:12 GMT
Stillwater Rep. Cory Williams is trashing an anti-abortion bill recently passed in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Williams, a Democrat, attacked the bill not because it be construed as a prohibitive measure against the the controversial procedure, but because he believes it requires an unnecessary ultrasound.
