NORMAN – Perkins-Tryon High football coach Dawayne Hudson lined up his team and told them to keep their heads up.

Cushing High’s hopes of a glorious return to the state title game were upended one game short by the defending champs.

The Oklahoma State athletic department had a productive day Friday at the OSU/A&M Board of Regents’ regular meeting.

The Payne County District Attorney’s Office charged Canyn Rion Porter, 18, on Monday with first-degree rape, domestic assault and battery and domestic assault and battery by strangulation.

Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum will host its annual holiday open house from 1-3 p.m. Dec. 13 ...