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If it's Iowa State, great; but if it isn't, please don't boo Harrison Barnes By Sean Keeler - skeeler@dmreg.com - November 12, 2009 Will high-flying Harrison Barnes be calling Ames home for another few years or so? Tomorrow, we all get to find out.

Tyler Lamb said a month ago his verbal commitment to UCLA was made of granite and he would not back down.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is dishing out more than $450 million in stimulus dollars, but they're not all going to Oklahoma companies.

OU and OSU play on the road in Big 12 matchups Saturday. The Sooners visit Nebraska for a 7 p.m. kickoff .

Grant Thornton has named Lou Grabowsky chief operating officer effective Jan. 1. Grabowsky's day-to-day responsibilities and oversight of the firm's operations will include geographic regions and human resources.

The U.S. Attorney's Office announced the sentencing Tuesday of 34-year-old Coffeyville resident Victor Lavone Lewis.

This weekend you can get spooked at a haunted house or plan ahead and do some holiday shopping at an antique and craft show.

The odds for slot machines at casinos in Oklahoma should be regulated and published as a matter of public record just as Nevada does for its casinos.

Trucks that could be hauling livestock along the Kansas and Oklahoma border were detained and their drivers questioned Thursday during a drill aimed at protecting the nation's food supply from foot-and-mouth disease.

SITKA, Kan. a ' Kansas and Oklahoma are preparing a joint exercise to test plans for responding to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in livestock.

The Senate approved $32 million Tuesday for a planned foot-and-mouth disease research lab in Kansas, while ordering more study on the lab's safety.

Country music superstar and Oklahoma native Garth Brooks might be coming out of retirement.

The Grand River Dam Authority plans to increase its base rates 11.95 percent on Jan.

Officials in Kansas and Oklahoma hope a joint exercise will help them be better prepared to stop the spread of animal diseases.

Thousands of mustangs that now roam the West would be moved to preserves in the Midwest and East under a new Interior Department plan to protect wild horse herds and the rangelands that support them.

The film based on Thomas Frank's 2004 book What's The Matter With Kansas? is a subtle yet revealing portrait of the religious right and how it continues to influence politics in this region of the country.

Faith-based programs are the key to turning around the drug problems in northeast Oklahoma, a state official said Wednesday.

Thousands of mustangs that now roam the West would be moved to preserves in the Midwest and East under a new Interior Department plan to protect wild horse herds and the rangelands that support them.Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday the plan would not require killing any wild horses.

How important do two of the nation's top basketball coaches think 6-foot-6 small forward Harrison Barnes is to their programsa TM futures? Dukea TMs Mike Krzyzewski and North Carolinaa TMs Roy Williams made in-home visits to scout.coma TMs top-ranked recruit in the 2010 class a ' on the same night.

The Delaware County jail, despite a threat of fines by the state for overcrowding, was able to handle the influx of 35 inmates after a state drug raid, according to the sheriff's office.